Internet Resources for Prospective Students

Native American Sites

American Indian Library Association (AILA). This site includes its officers, bylaws, resources for tracing native roots, and books by and about Native Americans.
http://aila.library.sd.gov/

Index of Native American Resources on the Internet. A rich, comprehensive index of resources, including culture, history, video/film, health, artists, museums, links to tribe sites, and activists sites for Native American students, educators, and scholars. These pages are edited and links are added through e-mails from all over the world.
http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/

Native American History. This web page has links to bibliographies, directories, Historical Documents & Online E-texts, pages of individual tribes, documents, periodicals and general links.
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/native.htm

Financial Aid for Native Americans. This site has links to resources about colleges and universities which offers incentives and options to Native American Indians. It also includes the scholarships available and other useful information as well.
http://www.finaid.org/otheraid/natamind.phtml

"Diversity Web sources in higher education: Looking at our rich heritage." By Mae N. Schreiber, Donald R. Juedes, Elaina Norlin, Gloria Rhodes, and Ethylene Whitmire (members and friends of the ACRL Racial & Ethnic Diversity Committee) College and Research Libraries News: 2000 http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/crlnews/backissues2000/september4/diversityweb.htm

American Indian Resources
Includes sections on Native American studies, texts, culture, education, history, representation, languages and literature.
http://www2005.lang.osaka-u.ac.jp/~krkvls/naindex.html

Academic Info: Native American Studies
Includes links to databases, legal materials, online exhibits and bibliographies.
http://www.academicinfo.net/nativeam.html

Reference Books on Native Americans
A list prepared by the Resource Center, National Museum of the American Indian.
http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmai/referenc.htm

Native American Languages
Includes links to publications, statistics, language study centers, online dictionaries, native fonts and information on issues such as language preservation, legislation and bilingual education.
http://www2005.lang.osaka-u.ac.jp/~krkvls/lang.html

Native American Authors
Provides biographical information, bibliographies of published works, interviews and criticisms.
http://www.ipl.org/ref/native/

Indian and Native Peoples Law (FindLaw)
Links to primary sources related to Native Americans including treaties, case law and US code and the US Constitution
http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/21indian/gov_laws.html

Hispanic American Sites

REFORMA. The National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking-REFORMA, established in 1971 as an affiliate of the American Library Association (ALA), is committed to the improvement of the full spectrum of library and information services for Hispanic Americans.
http://www.reforma.org/
Tucson, AZ Chapter: http://www.sir.arizona.edu/reforma/

Historical Site. Stanford University Libraries' collections on the historical and contemporary experience of Hispanic Americans, and in particular Mexican Americans, are extensive, making Stanford an excellent place for students conducting research in this area.
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/adams/shortcu/chic.html

Latino Website. This site has links to many resources including art, business, country information and more. The index includes a comprehensive list of helpful reference sources.
http://atm-info.com/pathsubjects.php

Financial Aid for Hispanic Americans. This site contains links to resources about applying to colleges and universities, loans and scholarships and other interesting information.
http://www.hsf.net/

MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan). Main purpose is to educate "nuestra gente (our people) about our history and culture." As the official voice of Chicano/a students at the University of Oregon; MEChA's main objective is to provide a feeling of community and security, while increasing the recruitment and retention of Oregon Chicanos/as.
http://www.panam.edu/orgs/MEChA/MECHAlnk.HTM

Listservs

REFORMANET. The official electronic discussion group for REFORMA.
http://lmri.ucsb.edu/mailman/listinfo/reformanet

AILA-L, the listserv of the American Indian Library Association. AILA membership includes a subscription to the quarterly Newsletter with information pertaining to library services to Native Americans, and reviews of books on Indians. Membership also makes one eligible to subscribe to AILA-L, a discussion group for AILA members hosted by Oklahoma State University.
AILA-L@LISTSERV.OKSTATE.EDU