Native Americans and the Hudson River Valley Prehistory Links
Archaeology:
The New York State Museum Anthropological Survey
offers a number of publications – books, journals, articles, and essays -
on New York State and Hudson Valley pre-history.
http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/arcpub.html
Dr. Christopher Lindner
has created and maintained this site on mid-Hudson archaeology that details
findings at Grouse Bluff, Tivoli Bays, and the surrounding area.
http://inside.bard.edu/archaeology/intro.html
ARCHNET
offers archaeological resources and a directory of
archaeological societies throughout North America.
http://archnet.asu.edu/archnet/regions/north_america.php3
Native American Repatriation & Reburial: A Bibliography,
Compiled by Barb Bocek, Stanford Archaeologist, a
guide to and through the North American Gravesite Protection
and Repatriation Act and some initial responses. (the site was
last upadated in 1992)
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/native/appf.html
Historical Organizations:
The Hudson River Maritime Museum’s
pages on the explorations of Henry Hudson and the Native
Americans offer brief synopses and further links.
http://www.ulster.net/~hrmm/halfmoon/halfmoon.htm
The National Museum for the American Indian
offers a wide variety of resources – web based as well as from
their George Gustav Heye Center (GGHC) in New York City.
http://www.nmai.si.edu
The New York State Museum has two
"virtual collections" that can be browsed online, the Henry Lewis
Morgan collection represents artifacts from one of the earliest ethnographies
done in the New World:
http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/morgan/
The second collection is of the Iroquois dioramas on exhibit at the museum:
http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/IroquoisVillage/
The Thaw Collection of the
New York State Historical Association
contains approximately 800 model examples of Native
American artistry and craftsmanship.
http://www.nysha.org/thaw.htm
The New York Folklore Society’s
site offers content and links to many sites on New York
history, including articles on Native Americans in New
York State.
http://www.nyfolklore.org/index.html
American Women's History: A Research Guide; American Indian Women
is a research site from the Middle Tennesse State University Library.
http://www.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women/wh-indn.html
Libraries:
The Native American Resources section of the
New York State Library offer related links
on general interests as well as business and government issues.
http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/reference/nativeref.htm
The Desmond Fish Library offers a brief history and
related links on this and other topics of regional interest
http://www.hhr.highlands.com/native.htm
The Westchester Library System
offers a County specific history of pre-historic
and Colonial Westchester.
http://www.westchesterlibraries.org/westchestercounty/history_1783.htm
The Hudson River Resource Center at the
Newburgh Free Library maintains a listing of available
titles of regional interest.
http://www.newburghlibrary.org/hrrcbib.htm#history
Native American Websites:
"NativeWeb is dedicated to disseminating
information from and about indigenous nations, peoples, and
organizations; to fostering communication between native and
non-native peoples; to conducting research involving indigenous
peoples' usage of technology and the Internet; and providing
resources, mentoring, and services to facilitate indigenous peoples'
use of this technology."
http://www.nativeweb.org/
"Since 1989, NativeNet has facilitated communications
about the Native peoples of the world," this site hosted by Smith
College in Northamptoon, MA.
http://niikaan.fdl.cc.mn.us/natnet/
There is also a listing for the Nativenet archive.
http://nativenet.uthscsa.edu/archive/nl/aboutarch.html
The official web site of the Seneca Nation of Indians,
geographically based in western New York State.
http://www.sni.org/
Publications:
The New York State Museum Anthropological Survey
offers a number of publications – books, journals, articles,
and essays - on New York State and Hudson Valley pre-history.
http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/arcpub.html
"The Hudson Valley Regional Review takes an
eclectic and interdisciplinary approach to the region and
regionalism," and has included numerous articles on Hudson
Valley pre-history in their online catalog.
http://www.bard.edu/aboutbard/publications/hvrr/
The attached link lists all available Bulletins of the New York State
Archaeological Association.
http://www.home.eznet.net/~spoon/nybull.html
The Native American Times is published monthly and
offers New York State as well as national level coverage.
http://www.okit.com/
A national publication, Indian Country Today
offers "definitive reporting, incisive analysis and
pointed commentary…on American Indian issues."
http://www.indiancountry.com/
Miscellaneous:
This link contains a discussion of the flags
of various Native American tribes as well as an online survey
of various examples from around the United States.
http://hometown.aol.com/Donh523/navapage/index.htm
The New York State page of the Accessgeneology site
offers search services as well as associated New York State links.
http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/newyork/index.htm
The Native American Geometry site presents
a discussion of geometry based on the use of the simple circle;
it is recommended as an educational site and includes suggestions
for math lessons.
http://www.earthmeasure.com/
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