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Celebrations Mark Opening of the National Museum of the American Indian

NPR: Native Americans Gather for Opening of Museum [RealOnePlayer] http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=3929554 Ottawa architect won't attend Washington opening http://ottawa.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=ot_cardinal20040920 National Museum of the American Indian [Macromedia Flash Reader, Windows Media] http://www.nmai.si.edu/ Fast Facts: National Museum of the American...

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2004/0924
Indian Converts Collection

First published in 1727, the remarkable book "Indian Converts, or Some account of the lives and dying speeches of a considerable number of the Christianized Indians of Martha's Vineyard" is now available in full online. Written by Experience Mayhew, the book provides remarkable insights into the lives and culture of four generations of Native Americans in colonial America. This digitized version...

https://rdc.reed.edu/c/colhist/home/
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Lucullus V. McWhorter Collection

Lucullus V. McWhorter happened to have a chance meeting with Nez Perce War veteran, Yellow Wolf, in 1907 that eventually led to his book, Hear Me, My Chiefs! Published after his death, the book offered a complex and nuanced take on the 1877 Nez Perce War. In its archives, Washington State University has a number of McWhorter’s primary sources collected throughout his research, including oral...

https://content.libraries.wsu.edu/digital/collection/mcwhort...
NativeTech

Native Tech is an internet resource providing historical and contemporary information, including how-to's and references on indigenous ethno-technology and arts of Eastern Woodland Indian Peoples. The non-profit organization is "dedicated to removing the term primitive from discussions of Indian artifacts." Articles address topics such as Beads & Beadwork, Metalwork, Stonework and Tools, and...

http://www.nativetech.org/
PBS-Nova: America's Stone Age Explorers

This Nova website asks the question: "Who were the first Americans, and where did they come from?" The site was designed to accompany a Nova program about America's Stone Age Explorers that aired on November 9, 2004. The site provides a transcript of the program; a brief article discussing the disappearance of many large mammals around 13,000 years ago; a photographic exhibit of 10...

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/stoneage/