As of September 30, 2005, the North Central Regional Technology in Education Consortium is no longer in operation.

Materials and Resources

The following information was taken from The Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Library, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849 C St., NW, Rm. 1151, Washington, DC 20240, (202) 208-5815. The Interior library has a large collection of books on Indians available to the public or through inter-library loan to federal depository libraries, as well as research periodicals for current information about Indians.

Smithsonian Institution, Public Affairs Office, Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, 10th St. and Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20560, (202) 357-1861. The Handbook Office is preparing a 20-volume series, Handbook of North American Indians, on the history, culture, and contemporary circumstances of North American Indians. Nine volumes have been published so far.

Photographs

National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution, Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560, (202) 357-1986, has a large collection of photographs dating back to the early 1800s.

Photo Services, National Museum of American History, Museum of History and Technology, Smithsonian Institution, 14th St. and Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20560, (202) 357-1933, prints photographs upon request after research has been completed at the Smithsonian. You need to provide a negative number from source files.

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540, (202) 707-6394, has a historic collection of prints and photographs of American Indians.

National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, Photograph Department, 3753 Broadway, New York, NY 10032, (212) 283-2420, has a large collection of objects and photographs of Native Americans. Much of the museum's collection will be moved to Washington, D.C., when the National Museum of the American Indian is built on the Mall to house the collections currently located in New York City.

Community Resources

Newberry Library, D'Arcy McNickle Center for the History of the American Indian, 60 West Walton St., Chicago, IL 60610, (312) 943-9090. One of America's foremost research libraries, the Newberry makes its resources available to academic and lay scholars. The library has more than 100,000 volumes on American Indian history.

Contact local tribes or individuals and invite them to your classroom as guest speakers.

Check you local library or government for help in identifying individuals.

Technology resources

Native American Print Media Resources Web Page:
http://www.plumsite.com/shea/nativep.html

This site lists numerous newspapers, journals and other publications.

Potawatomi Nation:

http://www.potawatomi.org/

http://www.potawatomi.org/hownikan/9706.htm

Cherokee Nation: Guide to their past and their current leaders:

http://www.powersource.com/powersource/nation/default.html

Native American Resources on the Internet:

http://www.tucson.ihs.gov/publicinfo/amerindian

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