Native American Studies: Background Information

The American Indian Higher Education Consortium, a 501(c)(3) organization governed by a board of directors composed of the presidents of the accredited United States-based Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs), a unique community of tribally and federally chartered institutions working to strengthen tribal nations and make a lasting difference in the lives of American Indians and Alaska Natives.

AILDI provide's critical training to strengthen efforts to revitalize and promote the use of Indigenous languages across generations by engaging educators, schools, Indigenous communities and policy makers through outreach, transformative teaching, purposeful research and collaborative partnerships.

Founded in 1824 the BIA provides services (directly or through contracts, grants, or compacts) to approximately 1.9 million American Indians and Alaska Natives in 573 federally recognized American Indian tribes and Alaska Native Villages in the United States. Contains program and policy information, as well as press releases dating back to 1953

The Indian Health Service, an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, is responsible for providing federal health services to American Indians and Alaska Natives. The provision of health services to members of federally-recognized tribes grew out of the special government-to-government relationship between the federal government and Indian tribes.

Environmental Protection Agency and American Indian Environmental Office website.

While treaties between Indigenous peoples and the United States affect virtually every area in the USA, there is as yet no official list of all the treaties. The US National Archives holds 374 of the treaties, where they are known as the Ratified Indian Treaties. Here you can view them for the first time with key historic works that provide context to the agreements made and the histories of our shared lands. Search the U.S. map by Cession number to find the specific treaty originally ceding any part of the land to the U.S. government. Treaty documentation often contains subsequent decisions and rulings which altered original agreements further.

ILI researches, teaches, and shares information and tools to empower Native communities to make their languages seen and heard everywhere and by everyone.

EVERY MEXICAN STATE HAS A STORY.

IndigenousMexico.org is a culmination of decades of research, brought to you by John P. Schmal, historian, genealogist, and lecturer.

Native American news, information and entertainment. Wholly-owned and operated by Ho-Chunk Inc., the economic development corporation of the Winnebago Tribe.

NCAI was established in 1944 in response to the termination and assimilation policies the US government forced upon tribal governments in contradiction of their treaty rights and status as sovereign nations. To this day, protecting these inherent and legal rights remains the primary focus of NCAI.

The National Indian Law Library (NILL) of the Native American Rights Fund is a law library devoted to federal Indian and tribal law. NILL maintains a unique and valuable collection of Indian law resources and assists people with their Indian law-related research needs.

A Database of Foods, Drugs, Dyes and Fibers of Native American Peoples, Derived from Plants.

Native Land Digital is an Indigenous-led Canadian not-for-profit organization who run this interactive map of traditional territories of Indigenous Peoples of the Americas. The map does not represent or intend to represent official or legal boundaries of any Indigenous nations. To learn about definitive boundaries, contact the nations in question.

Studies the unique problems of American Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native peoples and to propose legislation to alleviate these difficulties. These issues include, but are not limited to, Indian education, economic development, land management, trust responsibilities, health care, and claims against the United States. Additionally, all legislation proposed by Members of the Senate that specifically pertains to American Indians, Native Hawaiians, or Alaska Natives is under the jurisdiction of the Committee.

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