Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of the American Indian
A Smithsonian Institution museum dedicated to the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of the native Americans of the Western Hemisphere.
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia Museum of Art
The home page of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Visit the museum through an interactive floor plan, or by area (American art, European art, Asian art, Arms and Armor, Costumes and textiles, Dutch ceramics, etc.).
California State University
Hux 576 Key Periods and Movements, Art: Ancient Maya
Mayan art is mixed in with general information in this two-page article.
Smithsonian Institution
Freer | Sackler Galleries: Gallery Guide: The Art of Buddhism
An examination of the aesthetic tradition of Buddhist art in India, China, and Japan, with examples pulled from the Smithsonian galleries devoted to the art of Asia.
American Indian Heritage Foundation
Indians.org: Navajo (Dine) Literature
Brief narrative of Navajo history and culture accompanied with links to many traditional Navajo legends. Contains the full text of the Navajo "Wind Prayer" and traditional Indian art.
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Carnegie Museum: North South East West: American Indians and the Natural World
Web companion site to the Alcoa Foundation Hall of American Indians exhibit at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. It focuses on American Indians' relationships with the natural world and explores four different visions: the Tlingit...
University of Manitoba
University of Manitoba: Plano Indians 6000 b.c. 4000 b.c.
Discussion of the Caribou Lake Complex in Manitoba as a major archaeological unit. It was a campsite for Paleo-Indian, Archaic, and Woodland cultures. Excellent graphic showing stratification of remains.
Curated OER
U.s. Department of the Interior: Southern Plains Indian Museum, Anadarko, Oklahoma
This resource provides a listing of featured artists, including examples of their work and a short biography.
Other
Canadian Native Art
Nokomis, a 70 year old Ojibwa artist tells stories about the Eastern Woodland Indian culture north of Lake Superior and interprets the native legends and myths that provided much of the imagery of Ojibwa artists like Morrisseau.
Other
Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians: History of the Chumash People
Read a history of the Chumash Indians and learn about their way of life before contact with the Spanish. Find out about their large domed houses, plank canoes, and impressive cave paintings.
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Southeast Woodland Indians [Pdf]
A very simple, but informative description of the culture of the Southeast Woodland Indians. Find information on their food, shelter, arts, recreation, transportaion, and physical surroundings. Sweet drawings accompany information. [pdf]
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Lompoc Museum: Chumash Indians [Pdf]
A very complete look at the Chumash Indians of California from the Lompoc Museum. Read an overview of how the Chumash lived and took advantage of their environment. Follow links to see maps of where they lived and information about their...
Other
Cincinnati Arts Association: Native American Heritage [Pdf]
This study guide, originally designed to accompany an artist-in-the-schools outreach program, can be used to teach about hidden Native communities that populated the Ohio region after the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
Lin and Don Donn
Native Americans in Olden Times for Kids: Southeast Woodland Indians
A brief overview to the Southeast Woodland Native American culture. Find a map, and a brief discussion of their languages, arts, religions, and tribal organization. Hyperlinks to information on specific Southeast Woodland tribes.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Awa Tsireh
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, this site provides biographical information on Awa Tsireh. The site, in addition to the biographical information, provides an extensive listing of his works as displayed at the...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of the American Indian: The Art of Being Kuna
This resource provides information about Kuna and the art of the molas.
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