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)

The Avalon Project at Yale Law School: Documents in Law, History, and Diplomacy
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/natamer.htm
“The Avalon Project will mount digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government. We do not intend to mount only static text but rather to add value to the text by linking to supporting documents expressly referred to in the body of the text.”
Hosted by the Yale Law School, this database contains documents pertaining to Native American studies. The collection is among the most extensive Internet source for this type of material. The material on this site includes, but is not limited to, treaties, court cases, and presidential speeches. Because those involved with this project keep it updated, the collection will possibly expand in the upcoming months.

Camping with the Sioux: Fieldwork Diary of Alice Cunningham Fletcher
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/naa/fletcher/fletcher.htm
“Although they contain scant ethnographic information, Fletcher’s writings provide an important insight into the attitudes of many white scientists and administrators in the late nineteenth century with regard to what they termed ‘the Indian Question.’"
The information on this website concerns Alice Cunningham Fletcher and her ethnographic work among the Sioux. Educated in the best Bostonian preparatory schools, she gained some repute as a lecturer before her western travels. Her interest in the Siouan peoples eventually lead Fletcher to live among the tribes in order to study their culture. Digital reproductions of her diary, photographs, and a collection of oral literature recorded by Fletcher are included.

Kappler’s Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/index.htm
“Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties, compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler, is an historically significant, seven volume compilation of U.S. treaties, laws and executive orders pertaining to Native American Indian tribes. The volumes cover U.S. Government treaties with Native Americans from 1778-1883 (Volume II) and U.S. laws and executive orders concerning Native Americans from 1871-1970 (Volumes I, III-VII).”
Charles J. Kappler’s Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties is an important reference source for Native American History. Within these volumes, researches can easily access the numerous laws and treaties concerning native tribes in the United States. By transferring this material to an electronic, web-based source, the Oklahoma State University Library has provided people with quick access to these documents. This project began in 1996 with funding by AMIGOS Bibliographic Council. Further funding by the Coca-Cola Foundation allowed the project to continue with its efforts at digitizing these documents in 1999. Overall, this website is a wonderful source of information. Browsers can access the material in image form or text. It should be noted, though, that middle and secondary students will probably need assistance in citing and using this material.

Legal Information Institute (LII)—Title 25—Indians
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/25/index.html
The material contained on this site includes the text and reproduction of United States codes pertaining to Native American tribes. The information covers subjects ranging from Indian child welfare to the irrigation of Indian lands. Overall, this is a great website for Native American Legal History. While the material is accessible, teachers may need to help younger high school students use the resources for research projects.

National Indian Law Library
http://www.narf.org/nill/index.htm
“The National Indian Law Library is a non-profit public library supported by individual contributions. The library provides free reference and research services to the public and strives to deliver information to its clients in the most cost-effective manner.”
Associated with the Native American Rights Fund (NARF), the National Indian Law Library (NILL) website contains information on tribal constitutions and policies, as well as any recent U. S. Supreme Court cases that may affect tribal sovereignty. Browsers can retrieve this information in the form of a summary, or in some cases, actual transcriptions of the Supreme Court decision or tribal constitution. In addition to information contained on the website, the NILL provides visitors with links to other helpful sites.

Native American Documents Project
http://www.csusm.edu/nadp
“This project was begun in 1992 by Prof. E.A. Schwartz to develop methods for making documents of federal Indian policy history accessible by computer. The first documents used, now in the Rogue River War and Siletz Reservation collection, were originally gathered for dissertation research.”
For teachers, students, and scholars looking for primary documents, this is a wonderful source! Native American Documents Project has digital images of the reports of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, principally from the 1870s. It also includes sources about the Dawes Allotment Act, including accompanying charts, tables, and narratives about allotment and its effects on Native Americans. The narrative about the Rogue River War is well documented and very helpful for people uninformed of the event. Finally, teachers searching for maps of reservations in the West will be very pleased with this site. The researchers for Native American Documents Project include a colored, detailed map of the reservations located west of the Mississippi River.

Pueblo of Sandia Home Page
http://www.sandiapueblo.nsn.us/
“The Sandia people are members of the pre-Columbian Tiwa language group who once dominated the Albuquerque area and our lineage can be traced back to the Aztec civilization who later migrated to the New Mexico region. The present site has been our home, where we have cultivated the land and raised our families, since at least 1300 AD.”
The Sandia Pueblo site provides information regarding their history and culture as well as current issues. The segment on the Sandia Mountain settlement gives researchers valuable primary sources and a general history of this prolonged court battle for Sandia Pueblo rights to 10,000 acres of land ceded to them by the Spanish. For those interested in environmental history, the web designers have a section that discusses modern efforts to promote a healthy and stable environment.

Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center
http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/index.html
“The Arctic Studies Center invites you to explore the history of northern peoples, cultures, and environments and the issues that matter to northern residents today. Join us as we excavate arctic sites; support indigenous efforts to preserve cultural heritage; and work with communities and scholars to share the treasures preserved in museum collections and archives.”
Visiting the Arctic Studies Center website, visitors come face-to-face with the history of the North American and Siberian Arctic regions. During this encounter, the visitor explores the rich cultures, histories, wild life, and geography of the region. To enhance this experience, the web site provides a sweeping array of images, videos, and virtual tours. These interactive features make the website especially attractive. By reading extracts from explorers’ and anthropologists’ original documents, readers also have the opportunity to discover the initial reactions of Russian and American colonists to the region and its inhabitants. In addition to European and American experiences within this region, the Arctic Studies Center website offers an insight into the indigenous cultures. On-line displays of various tribal artifacts bring the ancient cultures to life and portray living native peoples in their cultural settings. he exhibition of the Yamal expedition to Siberia is another place of interest. Here, students and teachers can learn about a living indigenous culture that still maintains a traditional way of life. Last, but definitely not least, the website provides an interesting exhibit on the Ainu, thus opening students’ perspectives on indigenous Japanese cultures. Overall, this website provides an enjoyable experience as one lingers in the Arctic.

Teaching with Documents:
Maps of Indian Territory, the Dawes Act, and Will Rogers’ Enrollment Case File
http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons/federal_indian_policy/
federal_indian_policy.html
“Federal Indian policy during the period from 1870 to 1900 marked a departure from earlier policies that were dominated by removal, treaties, reservations, and even war. The new policy focused specifically on breaking up reservations by granting land allotments to individual Native Americans.”
The primary purpose of this site is to provide instructors with a lesson plan and resources to teach students about the Dawes Act and Indian Territory. Activities rely on group activities, primary documents, and creative writing assignments, as well as a research project geared toward learning the dismantling of Indian reservations. While the site includes some textual explanation about this event, students accessing the material will find more use from the primary documents and should refer to other sources for an in-depth explanation of the Dawes Act and Will Rogers’ life.

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)