Government Web Sites
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)
NAGPRA ia a federal law passed in 1990. The Act provides a process for museums and Federal agencies to return certain Native American cultural items - human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony - to lineal descendants, culturally affiliated Indian tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations. This site contains the law and various resources that relate to NAGPRA.
Administration for Native Americans (ANA)
The Administration for Native Americans (ANA) promotes the goal of social and economic self-sufficiency of American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and other Native American Pacific Islanders, including Native Samoans.
First Gov - Tribal Governments and Native Americans
http://www.firstgov.gov/Government/Tribal.shtml
Bureau of Indian Affairs Federal Acknowledgement Decision Compilation (ADC) Compiled by Indianz.com
The Acknowledgment Decision Compilation (ADC) is a record of documents the BIA has on file for dozens of groups that have made it through the federal recognition process. It contains over 600 MB of documents that were scanned in by the agency's Office of Federal Acknowledgment.
United States Census Bureau - American Indian and Alaska Natives (AIAN) Data & Links
Nice collection of data from the 2000 Census with subheadings that include "Economic Data," "Populations Estimates and Projections," and "Maps," along with links to the 1990 Census, Tribal Government Programs and a List of Federally Recognized Tribes.
Law Library of Congress - Guide to Law Online (United States: Native Americans)
Includes a list of texts, commentary, agencies and organizations, and general links to information concerning Native Americans and the law.
American Indian Health (National Library of Medicine)
An information portal to issues affecting the health and well-being of American Indians.
Bureau of Indian Affairs
The BIA website as well as the BIA mail servers have been made temporarily unavailable due to the Cobell Litigation. Please continue to check from time to time. We have no estimate on when authorization will be given to reactivate these sites.
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
Complete transcripts of Hearings now available. Includes links to "Members," "Past Hearings," "Briefings," "Legislation," "Press," "History," and "Staff."
National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC)
Created in 1988, when Congress enacted the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA), the NIGC is an independent federal regulatory agency, comprised of three Commissioners, each of whom serves a three-year term. The Chair is appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The Secretary of the Interior appoints the two Associate Commissioners. Under the IGRA, at least two of the three Commissioners must be enrolled members of a federally-recognized Indian tribe and no more than two members may be of the same political party.
Code Talk
CodeTalk is a federal, interagency, Native American Web site designed specifically to deliver electronic information from government agencies and other organizations to Native American communities.
United States Serial Set Number 4015 - Indian Land Cessions in the United States
"U.S. Serial Set Number 4015 contains the second part of the two-part Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1896-97 by J.W. Powell, Director. (Part one, printed in U.S. Serial Set Number 4014, will be available at a later time.) Part two of the Report features sixty-seven maps and two tables compiled by Charles C. Royce, with an introductory essay by Cyrus Thomas."
"The Schedule of Indian Land Cessions subtitle notes that it "indicates the number and location of each cession by or reservation for the Indian tribes from the organization of the Federal Government to and including 1894, together with descriptions of the tracts so ceded or reserved, the date of the treaty, law or executive order governing the same, the name of the tribe or tribes affected thereby, and historical data and references bearing thereon."The Schedule of Indian Land Cessions comprises 709 entries with links to the related map or maps for each entry. The tables and essays are available in both searchable text and page images, and the maps are available in images. Due to the complexity of information presented in each entry, it is strongly recommended that users print out both pages of a table entry for comparison with the related map."
