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An Explanation of the Terms "Indian" and "Native American"
Reading through this website, you'll notice that most of the time we use the term "Native American" to describe the first inhabitants of this continent. Sometimes, however, we use the term "Indian." While most scholars prefer to use Native American most of the time, sometimes the term "Indian" is more appropriate. Native Americans sometimes use the term "Indian" or "American Indian" to describe themselves. We often use terms like "Indian schools" or "Indian officials" for two reasons: one, because that is the language people at the time used, both Native Americans and whites, and two, these things are also often proper names or titles, as in the case of "Holy Childhood Indian School" or the "Bureau of Indian Affairs."
Education
The American Indian College Fund - Based in Denver, Colorado, the College Fund was created as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in 1989. The American Indian College Fund primarily supports tribally-controlled colleges.
American Indian Graduate Center:Financial help for Graduate School - AIGC was established in 1969 to assist American Indian college graduates who wanted to continue their education at master's, doctorate & professional degree levels & needed financial support.
American Indian Heritage and World View Essays - James Q. Jacobs' selected writings from an Integrated Studies class at Mesa Community College.
American Truths - Dramatic audio presentations quoting historic documents that contrast the values, beliefs, and behaviors of indigenous and immigrant cultures, and reveal the roots of today's controversies.
Ancient Lifeways Institute - A center in Illinois providing students, teachers and academics with direct experiences of the ways of early Native American cultures. Field schools, workshops and living history.
The ANNA Foundation - Assembly for Northern Native Americans, memorial to late AIM activist Anna Mae Pictou-Aquash. Provides scholarships to Northern Native Americans. Application and contribution forms, program information, links.
Brain-Box Digital Archives - Ojibwe perspectives and resources combine in a CD-ROM archive of oral history, images, and documents, available for purchase from this site. Free material for teachers also available here.
The Cradleboard Teaching Project - Native American curriculum and cross cultural exchange.
Little Feather Interpretive Center - Native American owned and run Indian Center, where education is our main goal. Features information on the sacred pipestone and a cultural awareness program.
Peace 4 Turtle Island - Writers, artists, and photographers promoting culturally sensitive and accurate information about the Iroquois, or Haudenosaunee (People of the Longhouse). Articles, images, homework help.
Pipe Keepers - Internatinal organization teaching the significance of pipes and quarrying the stone for making them. History, membership, events, photos.
Rediscovery International Foundation - Cultural and natural heritage programs for youth of all ages.
The Sayana Wolf Trust - Documents a cultural educational project, Native American 2,000, for two Native Americans to visit the UK to work in schools sharing their music, traditional and environmental teachings with the children.
Scholarships, Graduate Fellowships and Postdoctoral Awards for Native Americans - Database of funding opportunities at all levels, gathered from major organizations and foundations.
Blackfeet Community College - Located on the reservation in Browning, Montana.
American Indian Studies - Interdisciplinary approach to the variety of beliefs and practices within American Indian communities, Living (current vitality and continuous development) and historic. University College at Denver seeks American Indian instructors.
American Indian Studies Programs - University of Arizona
Department of Native American Studies, UC Davis
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HSU: Native American Studies Program
Institute of American Indian Studies - American Indian students, organizations, and studies program at the University of South Dakota
Jake Thomas Learning Center - Dedicated to strengthening the Rotinonshn:ni traditions through teaching and preservation of history.
Native American Studies - University of Oklahoma at Norman
Native American Studies - The Claremont Colleges, CA.
Native American Studies - Montana State University
Native American Studies - Dartmouth College
Native American Studies - University of New Mexico
Native American Studies - The goal of the course offered is to provide an open, alternative education opportunity through experiencing a Native American philosophy of education that promotes self-determination, individual research, goal setting, internal motivation and self-reliance.
Native American Studies Books - Reviews on Native American Studies Books written by consumers at Epinions.com.
Northern Michigan University
PCC Libraries: Native American Studies - Internet Resources in Native American Studies
South Dakota Oral History Center - American Indian students, organizations, and studies program at the University of South Dakota.
University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge Alberta Canada - Faculty and staff roster, course descriptions, news, research projects, links.
Tribal Colleges
American Indian Higher Education Consortium - AIHEC's mission is to support the works of Tribal College members and the natural movement for tribal self-determination
Bay Mills Community College - Welcome to Bay Mills Community College and Bay Mills Nishnaabek Kinomaadewin College On-Line.
Blackfeet Community College - ...committed to serving the needs of the Blackfeet Tribe.
College of Menominee Nation - Official site for the College of Menominee Nation, located in Keshena, WI.
College of the Menominee Nation
Crownpoint Institute of Technology
Din College - (Formerly the Navjo Community College).
D-Q University
Dull Knife Memorial College
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College - The Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College Homepage: an overview of academic programs, campus life, resources, news and events, with extensive links to other web sites including Ojibwe Language and Culture and Native American Indian Resources.
Fort Belknap College
Fort Berthold Community College
Fort Peck Community College
Haskell Indian Nations University
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development - IAIA is a national Native American fine arts college in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It is dedicated solely to the study and practice of American Indian and Alaska Native arts and culture.
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwas Community College
Little Big Horn College
Little Hoop Community College
Little Priest Tribal College
Maskwachees Cultural College - A Cultural and special College that provides opportunities for each student to develop academic, social and economic knowledge and skills by assisting each to develop further within a Native context. In Hobbema, Alberta, Canada.
Multicultural Affairs in Higher Education - Conference providing a national forum for the discussion of ways to better serve multicultural students in higher education.
Nicola Valley Institute of Technology - NVIT is an Aboriginal institute, offering post-secondary programs that meet the needs of First Nations communities in four theme areas: The Land; Wellness; Economic Development; Governance.
Northwest Indian College
Nunavut Arctic College Home Page - Located in Canada's eastern Arctic.
Oglala Lakota College
Red Crow Community College - Single paragraph giving contact information.
Salish Kootenai College
The Saskatchewan Indian Federated College - First Nations higher education centre.
Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies - Offering training and education programs to First Nations adults in Saskatchewan.
Seven Generations Education Institute - A certificate, diploma and degree granting institute.
Si Tanka College - Formerly Cheyenne River Community College. Located in Eagle Butte, South Dakota, USA.
Sinte Gleska University
Sisseton Wahpeton Community College
Six Nations Polytechnic - An Aboriginal human resource center addressing Aboriginal needs and issues. SNP offers programs in partnership with government, industry and commerce. There is an emphasis on developing and promoting the culture and language of Hodinohso:no/Rotinonhshonni.
Sn-qt-pas-xn-c'utn, (The Six-Mile Creek Education Centre) - A self-paced, individually monitored, adult education centre located at Six-Mile Creek off Westside Road on the Reserve of the Okanagan First Nation in British Columbia.
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute - A National Indian Community College located in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Stone Child College
Turtle Mountain Community College
United Tribes Technical College
White Earth Tribal and Community College
Canada Education
Aboriginal Apprenticeship and Industrial Training - Apprenticeship and training courses, grants and career counselling for first nations students in the interior BC geographic area.
Aboriginal Education and Training Strategy - The purpose of this site is to share ideas about initiatives and resources in Aboriginal post-secondary education.
BESS Aboriginal Management - Business enterprises and self-governing systems of Indian, Inuit and Metis People courses, from the University of Lethbridge, Alberta.
Canadian Indigenous Education - A listing of schools, programs and teaching resources for aboriginal people.
First Nations Community Wellness Diploma - This Diploma was developed to provide First Nations community wellness workers with accredited post-secondary education.
First Nations on Schoolnet - This section of Canada's Schoolnet includes information on native business resources, cultural centres, elders teachings.
First Nations Partnership Programs in Child and Youth Care - Two-year training programs on Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) and Child and Youth Care (CYC).
First Nations Periodical Index - Index of First Nations journals, articles, book reviews for use by students, educators, instructors and researchers.
FNTI's Aboriginal Media Program - This post-secondary program leads to a provincially recognized two year Print Journalism Diploma from Loyalist College of Applied Arts and Technology, in Belleville, Ontario. It also leads to a certificate in Aboriginal Media Studies from First Nations Technical Institute.
Institute of Indigenous Government - Dedicated to providing an accredited specialized program of post-secondary education, skills-training and research opportunities dedicated to empowering Indigenous Peoples to exercise their right of self-determination.
Leo Ussak Elementary School - Located in Nunavut.
Maskwachees Cultural College - A Cultural and special College that provides opportunities for each student to develop academic, social and economic knowledge and skills by assisting each to develop further within a Native context. In Hobbema, Alberta, Canada.
McGill University Certificate in Education for First Nations and Inuit - An introduction to the programs offered for Aboriginal teachers through the Office of First Nations and Inuit Education.
Micmac-Maliseet Institute - A resource for the first Nations of the Maritime region, located at the University of New Brunswick in Marshall d`Avray Hall. Offers UNB academic programs for Aboriginal students and engages in a variety of other activities.
Native Access Program for Engineering - Developed by Aboriginal peoples and The Faculty of Engineering at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Native Access To Engineering - Dedicated to equal representation of Aboriginal People in the professional world.
Native Nurses Entry Program - A nine month preparatory program designed to provide the necessary skills and academic preparation required for successful completion of the four (4) year nursing degree program.
Native Training Centre - Community training seminars and workshops.
Nicola Valley Institute of Technology - NVIT is an Aboriginal institute, offering post-secondary programs that meet the needs of First Nations communities in four theme areas: The Land; Wellness; Economic Development; Governance.
Nunavut Arctic College - Located in Canada's eastern Arctic.
Saskatchewan Indian Federated College - First Nations higher education centre.
Seven Generations Education Institute - A certificate, diploma and degree granting institute.
Six Nations Polytechnic - an Aboriginal, community-controlled, community-based human resource development centre addressing issues and needs from an Aboriginal perspective.
Sn-qt-pas-xn-cutn - The Six-Mile Creek Education Centre - A self-paced, individually monitored, adult education centre located on the Reserve of the Okanagan First Nation.
Yellowhead Tribal Council Education - Working with established Universities, Colleges and Programs the Y.T.C. education department offers an array of educational opportunities. |
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