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	Genocide in America

The following links relate to genocide, Native American history, and current Native American issues such as health care, land and treaty rights, and other sociopolitical topics. You may also wish to read more about the genocide of Native Americans in the Reading Room.

Genocide:

About Genocide

Convention on the Prevention & Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
Genocide in the 20th Century (from The History Place)
The U.S. and the Genocide in Rwanda 1994 (declassified documents)
Prevent Genocide International (nonprofit educational organization)
Genocide Watch (coordinates the Intl. Campaign to End Genocide)
Crimes of War Project (raising awareness of humanitarian law)
Teaching About Genocide (PBS guide for grades 3-12)

Genocide Research (note: often excludes American Indians)

Center for Holocaust, Genocide & Peace Studies (Univ. of Nevada)
Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Gen., & Human Rights (CMC)
Ctr. for the Study of the Holocaust, Gen., & Human Rights (Webster U.)
Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (University of Minnesota)
Danish Ctr. for Holocaust & Genocide Studies (Min. of Foreign Affairs)
Genocide Studies Program (Yale University)
Holocaust Genocide Studies Project (Monroe Community College)
Montreal Inst. of Genocide & Human Rights Studies (Concordia U.)
Project on Genocide, Psychiatry & Witnessing (U. of Illinois--Chicago)

Native Americans in the Past:

Native-American History

Natl. Museum of the American Indian (new Washington, DC, museum)
American Indian Heritage Foundation (serves 500 indigenous groups)
The Trail of Tears (forced march after the 1830 Indian Removal Act)
Native American Documents Project (100+ documents on "allotment")
Carlisle Indian Industrial School (U.S. effort to assimilate Indians)
Massacre at Wounded Knee (300+ Indians killed by U.S. Army)
Indian Occupation of Alcatraz Island (National Park Service slideshows)

Christopher Columbus

Examining the Reputation of Christopher Columbus (Balt. Eve. Sun)
Slaughter That Came with the Arrival of Christopher Columbus (Taino)
The Journal of Christopher Columbus: 1492 (from the History Guide)
1492: An Ongoing Voyage (exhibit of the U.S. Library of Congress)
History Overlooks Racism, Slavery and Murder Regarding Columbus
Transform Columbus Day Alliance (national coalition to repeal holiday)

Native People Today:

Native-American and First-Nation Web Portals

NativeWeb (resources for indigenous cultures around the world)
First Nations: Issues of Consequence (extensive links & information)
First Nation Information Project (Canadian web guide)
Native American Resources on the Internet (WWW Virtual Library)

Native-American Rights

American Indian Movement (social justice organization)
Native American Rights Fund (offers legal representation)
Natl. Congress of American Indians (more than 250 gov. members)
International Indian Treaty Council (has UN consultative status)
Lawsuit: Individual Indian Monies Trust ($500 million gone missing)
Indian Trust Assets Management (U.S. government's side of story)
International Office of the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee

Native-American Health and Well-Being

American Indian Health Central (comprehensive site)
Indian Health Service (U.S. government agency)
Native American Health (National Library of Medicine)
Homicide and Suicide Among Native Americans (CDC report)
National Native American AIDS Prevention Center (nonprofit group)
Assn. of American Indian Physicians (balancing mind, body, & spirit)
National Indian Council on Aging (bettering the lives of elders)

Native Americans and the Environment

Native Americans & the Environment (has large searchable database)
Honor the Earth (natl. foundation and environmental advocacy group)
First Nations Environmental Network (Canadian national organization)
Indigenous Environmental Network (grassroots alliance)
Skull Valley Goshutes (repository for 40,000 tons of nuclear waste)
Shundahai Network (international anti-nuclear & environmental group)
Natl. Envir. Coalition of Native Americans (creating nuclear free zones)
Diné Citizens Against Ruining our Environment (Navajo envir. group)

U.S. Government Sites

Bureau of Indian Affairs (Department of the Interior)
Committee on Indian Affairs (United States Senate)
Office of Tribal Justice (Department of Justice)
American Indian Environmental Office (Environ. Protection Agency)
Waste Management in Indian Country (Environ. Protection Agency)
Administration for Native Americans (Dept. of Health & Human Serv.)
American Indian Initiatives (Federal Communications Commission)

Native-American Controversies:

American Indian Mascots in Sports

Natl. Coalition on Racism in Sports & Media (countering stereotypes)
American Indian Sports Team Mascots (comprehensive site)
Native American Images & Nicknames as Sports Symbols (USCCR)
NCAA Bans the Use of Offensive Indian Mascots (press release)
Alliance Against Racial Mascots (working to ban them in California)
Retire the Chief (opposes Chief Illiniwek, the Univ. of Illinois mascot)
Chief Illiniwek: Understanding the Issues (Univ. of Illinois radio archive)
In Whose Honor? (award-winning video on American Indian mascots)

American Indian Logos and Team Names

Indigenous Imagery in Corporate Labels (large image bank)
Redskin: A Hate Word Defined (pictorial essay)
My Skin Is Not Red... (cartoon and information)
Indian Mascots, Symbols, and Names in Sports (brief history)

Squaw Controversy

Respect Native Women: Stop Using the S-Word (Indian Country Today)
Squaw Lake Resists Name Change (Minnesota Public Radio)
Squelching the S-Word (compares term to "Jewess" or "Negress")
U.S. Geological Survey Name Search (type "squaw" as Feature Name)

Other Native-American Issues:

Stereotypes of Native Americans

Stereotyping of Native Americans (how to avoid it)
Stereotypes of Native Americans (reading list and links)
Stereotype of the Month Contest (Native stereotypes in the media)
Native Americans: Stereotype vs. Reality (Smithsoniam bibliography)

Ways to Help Native American Communities

American Indian College Fund (offers thousands of scholarships)
Friends of the Oglala Lakota (focusing on Pine Ridge)
Native American Petition Campaigns (from United Native America)

Other Useful Web Sites

First Nations Films (for, by, and about First Nations people)
American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut Population (U.S. Census profile)
United Natl. Indian Tribal Youth (developing strong Native youth)
Natl. American Indian Housing Council (helping Native communities)
Seventh Generation Fund (foundation offering community assistance)
History of the Slur "The Only Good Indian Is a Dead Indian" (essay)

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