NATIVE AMERICAN RESOURCE LIST (MAORI & WHALE RIDER RESOURCES BELOW)
http://www.pbs.org/circleofstories/
Audio and Images from PBS! Circle of Stories uses documentary film, photography, artwork and music to honor and explore
Native American storytelling. Listen and learn from four Native storytellers. Explore a gallery of stories and learn about the history
of Native storytelling. Find out how Native American tribes are confronting language and land issues today.
http://www.airos.org/audio.html#es
Audio – AIROS - providing you with authentic Native American music, news, entertainment, interviews and discussions of
the current issues in Indian Country and the world. AIROS is an international distributor of Native American programming through
the Public Radio Satellite System.
http://www.wisdomoftheelders.org/
Audio - Wisdom of the Elders Radio: Series Three consists of eight one-hour American Indian cultural magazine radio
programs, with the theme: Native Nations along the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Trail . Programs feature tribal elders, historians,
storytellers, artists, song carriers and environmentalists from thirteen native nations living in the Bitterroot Mountains and along the
Columbia River: Lemhi Shoshone; Nez Perce or Nimi'ipuu; Salish, Kootenai, Flathead; Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla; Yakama;
Wasco, Warm Springs, Northern Paiute; Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde; and Chinook tribes. The radio series is hosted by
Arlie Neskahi (Dine, or Navajo).
http://www.nmai.si.edu/livingvoices/voices.html
Audio - Living Voices presents fifteen short (five minute) profiles of individual Native people who represent different
ages, traditions, and perspectives. The profiles, which are made available for broadcast to Native and other community and public
radio stations, incorporate community and culturally based perspectives and tell personal stories that are educational, moving, and
entertaining.
http://www.hanksville.org/storytellers/podcasts.html
Audio on a Virtual Ipod! Some stories in English – some in the native language!
http://www.carnegiemuseums.org/cmnh/exhibits/north-south-east-west/
Interactive Exhibit - American Indians and the Natural World - Through exploration of four different visions of living in and
with the natural world—those of the Tlingit of the Northwest Coast, the Hopi of the Southwest, the Iroquois of the Northeast, and
the Lakota of the Plains—North, South, East, West: American Indians and the Natural World examines the belief systems,
philosophies, and practical knowledge that guide Indian peoples' interactions with the natural world.
http://www.indians.org/Resource/natlit/natlit.html
Indian Story Collection from Scholastic
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/Exhibits/nativeamericans/index2.html
Interactive Exhibit - "Images of Native Americans," examined within the historical context that produced these images, may
inform, entertain, and contribute to a better understanding of the perceptions of Native Americans in our society. Are the images
an accurate portrayal of Native Americans? Do the illustrations represent a mis-interpreted view of American Indians by a white
society?
http://hanksville.org/NAresources/indices/NAetext.html
Portal Site for Full Length Texts at WWW Library
http://www.pantheon.org/areas/mythology/americas/native_american/
Numerous articles and stories at the Encyclopedia Mythica under Native Americans
http://www.powersource.com/gallery/objects/default.html
Images and Interpretation - In the Native American tradition, man communicated with the Creator through interaction
with nature; the birds, the forest, the animals.... Many chose or were given symbolic "power animals" whose strength or character
reflected the human character traits of the individuals claiming the "power" of that specific animal.
http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/199702/01_smiths_densmore/docs/magic.shtml
Video and Audio and Images - The Magic Lantern Audio Visual Show is a narrated slideshow about Indian music and
culture. The site also contains Video regarding native beliefs (Sitting Bull, the Sun Dance – banned by US – and other topics).
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/NAANTH/CREATION.HTM
Creation Stories for Comparison & Analysis
http://www.angelfire.com/ca/Indian/stories.html
Native American Indian Myths to Print and use in class.
http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=15162865
The Native American Oral Tradition: Voices of the Spirit and Soul
Great book at Questia about Oral Tradition and Native American Myth – Good for selections for handouts…
http://etext.virginia.edu/subjects/Native-American.html
Native American Related Stories at University of Virginia (etexts) – Includes Native Indian stories as well as stories about
Indians.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cbhtml/cbhome.html
Primary Source Documents - California: I Saw It - First person Narratives 1849-1900 from American Memory
http://www.innu.ca/respect.html
Article - Respect for Animal Masters
http://www.nativeland.org/
The Storyscape Project works with indigenous communities to protect, restore, and revitalize endangered story,
song, language, and lands through current ethnographic recordings, the restoration and repatriation of histori cal
audio recordings, and technical assistance for tribes to protect their own cultural legacies.
Maori People
Soundclip of Maori Tribe Singing a Story
http://encarta.msn.com/media_461543681/Maori_Storyteller.html
Whale Rider Resource Site (oddly enough) – Glossary, Lesson Plans, etc.
http://www.piccom.org/whalerider/glossary.html
The Maori Creation Song/Story (loosely translated with audio)
http://maaori.com/whakapapa/creation.htm
Maori Culture and Myth at Emory
http://www.english.emory.edu/Bahri/Maori.html
Maori: Living with the Land
http://www.newzealand.com/travel/about-nz/nature/in-the-shadow-of-the-volcanoes/living-with-the-land/living-with-the-land.cfm