Aboriginal Languages of Australia - There are more than 200 Australian Indigenous languages. About 20 languages are strong, but endangered: the others have been destroyed, live in the memories of the elderly, or are being revived by their communities. This site has annotated links to 180 resources for about 60 languages. About 25% of these resources are produced or published by Indigenous people.
Ardcoh Algonguin First Nation (AAFNA) - An Anishnabek community that is located in the Madawaska, Mississippi and Rideau watersheds. The Algonquin people have occupied the Ottawa River valley and surrounding territory for at least the last 3000 years. Their roots are in the archaic traditions of Turtle Island (North America).
Association of Iroquois and
Allied Indians (AIAI) -
Established primarily as a political organization in 1969 to represents its member Nations in any negotiation or consultation with any level of government affecting the well-being of the member Nations as a whole. The Association currently represents eight (8) member First Nations of status Indians in Ontario with a membership of 20,000 people. AIAI provides political representation and policy analysis in the following areas of mutual concern: Health, Social Services, Education, Intergovernmental Affairs, Treaty Research and Tax Immunity.
Bauu Institute - A science and applied research institute. Since 1998 it has conducted a wide range of environmental, psychological, and social science projects. Experienced in a wide range of local, state, federal, and tribal based studies, and especially at working with American Indians, Alaskan and Hawaiian Natives, and First Nation peoples.
Canada: Historical Indian Treaties -
The fourteen Vancouver Island Treaties are sometimes referred to as the Douglas Treaties, after James Douglas the chief factor of Fort Victoria (Hudson's Bay Fort), who negotiated the purchase of approximately 358 square miles of land on Vancouver Island. The aboriginal peoples in return were paid in blankets and promised the rights to hunt on unsettled lands and to carry on fisheries "as formerly".
There were no more treaties on Vancouver Island after 1854 "due to lack of funds from the Crown and due to the slowness of European settlement on Vancouver Island during this period." Also see:
Canada in the Making: Aboriginals - Treaties and Relations -
Since the time of European First Contact, the course of Aboriginal history in Canada has been deeply altered by relations with Europeans and the laws they imposed on Aboriginals - laws like the Indian Act. Furthermore, major and minor treaties played a significant and important role in charting the course of European - Aboriginal relations within the country.
This section of the Canada in the Making site looks at these treaties and laws, and the events that preceded and followed these changes
Center for World Indigenous Studies (CWSIS) - Concerned with the advancement of ideas for solving social, economic and political problems in the Fourth World, the Center for World Indigenous Studies links voluntary contributors world-wide and conducts original research, education, conflict resolution symposia and conferences benefiting constructive relations between nations, and nations and states.
Chiefs of Ontario -
The Chiefs in Ontario, comprising the 133 First Nations in Ontario, is a political forum and secretariat for collective decision-making, action and advocacy.
Chilean Indigenous People Project - Anthropologists, artists, journalists and members of the indigenous communities contribute their knowledge and practices about Chilean ancestral cultures.
Cultural Survival - U.S.-based international indigenous rights organization promoting the rights, voices, and visions of indigenous peoples.
Cultures of the Andes - Dances, poems, jokes, stories, pictures, fotos from Peru, Perú, Bolivia, Equador.
Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (Australia) - Official site. Provides information and documents about Australian multicultural policy and the government's work with its indigenous peoples, including fact sheets, current policy statements, and reports on the socioeconomic standing of these groups.
Haudenosaunee: People Building a Long House - Official source of news and information from the Haudenosaunee, comprised of the traditional leadership of the Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk and Tuscarora Nations.
Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) - Provides advocacy for environmental justice and health, convening local, regional and national meetings on environmental justice issues, and providing support, resources and referral to Indigenous communities and youth throughout North America.
Indigenous Language Institute - Povides language related services to native communities so that their individual identities, traditional wisdom and values are passed on to future generations in their original languages.
Indigenous Peoples Literature - An archive of cultural material about the indigenous peoples of the world, ranging from literature and music to prayers and history.
Indigenous Peoples Issues and Resources -
A leading source for news, articles, videos, resources, and more on indigenous peoples issues from around the world.
Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Working Group (IPSWG) - The IPSWG cknowledges and gives thanks to the Lekwungen (Songhees), Esquimalt and Wsanec Nations (Pauquachin, Tseycum, Tsawout and Tsartlip). It is on the territory of these Coast Salish Peoples that this group exists and operates in what is colonially known as "Victoria, British Columbia." The IPSWG aims to create opportunities for indigenous and non-indigenous community members (including students and youth) to participate in education, mobilization and action against colonization and in support of Indigenous peoples' inherent right to self-determination and self-governance of Indigenous territory.
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) - Supports indigenous peoples' struggle for human rights, self-determination, right to territory, control of land and resources, cultural integrity, and the right to development.
Intertribal Times - Native and aboriginal news stories from around the globe.
Maori Law Review - A reporter of law affecting Maori, the indigenous people of New Zealand/Aotearoa.
Mapuche International Link - Covering the Mapuche people of Chile, providing information about their culture and history as well as their continuing struggle and aspirations for the future.
NationTalk - An Aboriginal newswire, employment, event and tender service located in Canada.
National Museum of the American Indian - Washington, D.C. The museum is divided into four main exhibits: one that celebrates contemporary life and Indian identities, one that pays tribute to modern native art, one that details traditional Indian knowledge and wisdom, and one that chronicles native American history.
NativeWeb - Dedicated to using computer technology to disseminate information from and about native or indigenous nations, peoples and organizations around the world; to foster communication between native and non-native peoples; to conduct research involving native peoples' usage of technology and the Internet; and to provide resources, mentoring, and services to facilitate native use of this technology. Over 3,000 Internet resource links.
Reconciliation Australia - Identifies and promotes examples of reconciliation in action in Australia so that others can share the good ideas and add their support.
Six Nations - The people of the Six Nations, also known by the term, Iroquois Confederacy, call themselves the Hau de no sau nee (ho dee noe sho nee) meaning People Building a Long House. Located in the northeastern region of North America, originally the Six Nations was five and included the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas. The sixth nation, the Tuscaroras, migrated into Iroquois country in the early eighteenth century. Together these peoples comprise the oldest living participatory democracy on earth.
Six Nations Council of the Grand River -
The Six Nations of the Grand River Territory is the most populous First Nation in Canada. Nestled within Southern Ontario, near Brantford, the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory is close to major Ontario centres such as Toronto and Hamilton. The Six Nations Elected Band Council came into existence in 1924. Today, it has evolved into a sophisticated organization that works in the best interests of all Six Nations citizens by creating a standard of living enjoyable for all its members. Also see listing of First Nations National and Regional Organizations.
Six Nations Lands and Resources - The Six Nations Lands and Resources Department continues to investigate and report to the Six Nations Council breaches of the Crown’s fiduciary obligation to manage Six Nations lands and resources.
Solidarity with Six Nations -
Blog set up by supporters of Six Nations in Brantford, Caledonia, Hamilton, Kitchener-Waterloo and Toronto to keep people updated about the current state of struggle for the land, to provide historical context, and to bring attention to injustices that continue as part of the colonial process.
UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues - Working on indigenous peoples' issues in economic and social development, culture, the environment, education, health and human rights.
Union of Ontario Indians (UOI) -
The Anishinabek Nation incorporated the Union of Ontario Indians (UOI) as its secretariat in 1949. The UOI is a political advocate for 42 member First Nations across Ontario. The Union of Ontario Indians is the oldest political organization in Ontario and can trace its roots back to the Confederacy of Three Fires, which existed long before European contact.
The UOI represents 42 First Nations throughout the province of Ontario from Golden Lake in the east, Sarnia in the south, Thunder Bay and Lake Nipigon in the north. The 42 First Nations have an approximate combined population of 42,000 citizens, one third of the province of Ontario’s aboriginal population. The Anishinabek Nation has four strategic regional areas Southwest, Southeast, Lake Huron and Northern Superior and each region is represented by a Regional Grand Chief.
Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation (UNPO) - Members are indigenous peoples, occupied nations, minorities and independent states or territories who have joined together to protect their human and cultural rights, preserve their environments, and to find non-violent solutions to conflicts which affect them.
Winnemem Wintu Tribe - There are about 125 Wintu, roughly 30 of whom live communally on a 42-acre Jones Valley ranch (north of Redding, California) that they maintain should be officially recognized as Indian country. But the Bureau of Indian Affairs doesn't consider the Wintu a tribe despite their documented 150-year history along the McCloud River, and even though the government maintains a cemetery for Wintu, moved from old tribal graves when Shasta Lake began forming behind the dam six decades ago.
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