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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/