American Native Press Archives
http://anpa.ualr.edu/default.htm
American Native Press Archives is devoted to the preservation and dissemination of the written words of Native peoples…It stands today as one of the world’s largest repositories of Native thought.”
This collection of Native American resources is maintained and hosted by the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Much of the website is dedicated to the contents of the Archives and will not be of much use to the casual browser. However, the digital library, or Native Writers Digital Text Project is very useful. It contains various pieces of Native American literature that give a unique view on historical events. The most valuable resource on the site is the information on the Trail of Tears. The texts in this section contain a wealth of information, primary documents and even related images of this tragic event. (BR)

NativeWeb
http://www.nativeweb.org/resources/history/united_states/
“Our purpose is not to ‘preserve,’ in museum fashion, some vestige of the past, but to foster communication among peoples engaged in the present and looking toward a sustainable future for those yet unborn.”
NativeWeb, an international nonprofit educational organization, dedicated to disseminating information from and about indigenous nations, peoples, and organizations around the world, brings to the internet a great resource. This website is easy to navigate through to find information as it is broken down into logical categories of information: 1400s through 1600s, 1700s through 1800s, 20th Century, Biographies, Living History, and Tribal Histories. With all of the information available on this site pertaining to Native Americans, it would be hard not to find what one was looking for. In the chance that this site would not have the needed information though, its designers have included a “Links” section to access further material. These links are from external websites, and as is the case careful attention should be paid to where they are being redirected.

University of Virginia Electronic Text Center
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/subjects/
“The Etext Center at the University of Virginia Library has pursued twin missions with equal seriousness of purpose since its inception in 1992: To build and maintain an internet-accessible collection of SGML and XML-encoded texts and images…To build and maintain user communities adept at the creation and use of these materials.”
The most useful collection in this online library is The Modern English Collection (AD 1500-present). Within this collection there are primary documents from African American and Native American sources, the American Civil War, the Colonial era, Women Writers and many others. These documents range from runaway slave advertisements to works of early American fiction. This collection has many of the common documents that are easily found elsewhere, but also contains thousands of unique resources. The selection offers the opportunity to go beyond well-known sources and to utilize new and fresh documents. This collection is an excellent place to find primary documents for classroom use. Though not directly applicable to U.S. History there are also interesting sources for European and world history. (BR)

Voice of the Shuttle
http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2713
A professor at the University of California at Santa Barbara together with a team of graduate students maintains this portal site. They must have been keeping themselves busy because their sites content is enormous! Although including many subjects, the most extensive is the list of History websites. On the right hand side of the page is a list of topics including U.S. and Native American history. Clicking on these links will direct you to lists of websites. The links are all organized into subcategories such as “US-Indian Treaties and Related Documents,” “Revolutionary America (to 1791)” and “U.S. Civil War.” There are 38 such subcategories. Each link has a brief annotation or explanation of the site. Furthermore, the resources on the page all seem to be updated and without bad links. This is a well-organized portal site with a wide range of subjects to choose from. It well deserves the awards and distinctions it has received.