LibGuides: 8th Grade: Native American History and Survivance: Research Links

Encyclopedias and Databases

Britannica
Includes articles, videos, and links to websites.
School Access ID: townschool (case sensitive)
School Passcode: Ktwelve (case sensitive)
World Book Online
Includes articles, videos, and links to websites.
Login ID: townschool
Password: apple (case sensitive)
Gale Databases
Password: empirelink (case sensitive)

This is a link to the many databases from the Gale company to which Town students have access. The database "Opposing Viewpoints in Context" could be especially useful for this project. After you click the link and log-in, scroll down the list to select the "Opposing Viewpoints" database.
eLibrary Curriculum Edition
Full-text articles, images, reference works, and primary sources for K-12 students.
Username: TownSchool
Password: 76TownSchool! (case sensitive)
EBSCO Explora
Full-text articles, images, reference works, and primary sources for for middle school students, includes Middle Search Plus and other databases plus full text books.

if needed:
Username: townschl
Password: townschool76!

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Websites of interest

Indian Country Today
Native journalism site, focusing on issues of relevance to Nations around the US.
Native Land Digital
Interactive world map showing indigenous territories and nations worldwide. Type in a specific address or region to find out tribes, treaties, and language information.
PUʻUHONUA O PUʻUHULUHULU
Official website for the stand-off at the Maunakea Access Road to protect Maunakea from the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT).
Unearthing Truths: Reckoning with Our Nation's Indigenous Boarding School History
Article from the US Department of Arts and Culture by the Director of Decolonized Futures & Radical Dreams.
NPR: Dakota Access Pipeline articles
Various articles from National Public Radio on the Dakota Access Pipeline. Includes some radio broadcasts and interviews.
USDAC - Honor Native Land
U.S Department of Arts & Culture page dedicated to the #honornativeland movement. Created in partnership with Native allies and organizations, there is a guide that offers context about the practice of acknowledgment.
Cherokee Nation
Website for the Cherokee Nation. Includes links to information about history, culture and maps.
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Official website for the National Representational Organization Protecting and Advancing the Rights and Interests of Inuit in Canada. Includes information on projects to promote health and wellbeing of Inuit and short history details and maps.
National Congress of American Indians
NCAI is the oldest, largest, and most representative American Indian and Alaska Native organization serving the broad interests of tribal governments and communities. Links to policy, news, and resources.
Native American Rights Fund - Voting Rights
Provides a brief history of issues Native Americans have faced in voting since the passage of the 14th Amendment.
Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska
Official site for the tribal government representing over 34,900 Tlingit and Haida Indians worldwide.
TIingit - American Museum of Natural History
Images, exhibition details and video from the American Museum of Natural History.
Native American Heritage Month
Resources provided by the Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Features audio and video files.
Native Voices Timeline
Interactive timeline that highlights key events and themes from antiquity to today
Unity
Indigenous youth groups throughout various regions. Click on Youth Councils for information and videos about issues important to indigenous kids.
National Archives - Bureau of Indian Affairs
Primary sources particularly on native boarding schools, like boarding school letters, reports, pictures that are available for free to the public.
Native Voices Interviews
Recorded interviews with members of native communities on various issues. Click on themes to explore many community issues including schools, education, and reservation life.
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls (MMIWG)
Resources and links from the UCSC American Indian Resource Center about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, a human rights issue impacting Native communities all across the United States and Canada.
US Department of the Interior
FAQ about federally recognized tribes. Includes details about legal and protected status, terminology, rights, and historical information.
United South and Eastern Tribes
USET works on issues focused on East Coast Nations. Features links to policies and resources on issues facing these Nations today.
Native American Aid
The Native American Aid (NAA) provides program services that benefit the Native Americans in the Northern Great Plains. Website includes statistics and information about economic and health conditions of local native groups.
National Indigenous Women's Resource Center
NIWRC seeks to enhance the capacity of American Indian and Alaska Native (Native) tribes, Native Hawaiians, and Tribal and Native Hawaiian organizations to respond to domestic violence. Site includes statistics and resource links.
New York Times - Town School subscription
Get full access to the NY Times through Town!

1. Select create account
2. Fill in email address field using your Town email address.
3. Create a password for your NYT account.
4. Select student and enter graduation year
5. Click sign up.
6. Check your @townschool.org email for a verification email from NYT. Click on the embedded link to activate your Academic Pass.
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Already have a NY Times account but now it says you've run out of free articles? You need to renew your subscription!

Just go to NYTimes.com/passes. The system will send automatically send you an email to confirm your account. Go to your email and click confirm, then select your graduation year and click sign up. You're back in business!

Suggestions for searching

Look for websites of the different Native American tribes or reservations
Suggestions of news outlets for your research, in addition to your Town subscription to the NY Times:
- Washington Post, PBS, CNN, Reuters, CNBC, BBC, Associated Press (AP), Axios, National Geographic, Smithsonian
Consider search terms like the tribe's cultural practices and identity, and cultural resilience.
Look on tribal websites for links to culture, language preservations, and services to tribal members.