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Native American Home Pages
www.nativeculturelinks.com/indians.html
Award-winning database of Native American Web resources covering individual nations, organizations, colleges, arts, languages, native businesses, and more. Maintained by Lisa A. Mitten, bibliographer at the Univ. of Pittsburgh.
Index of Native American Resources on the Internet — WWWVL American Indians
www.hanksville.org/NAresources
An extensive list of links to Web sites that provide scholarly and commercial resources on North American native peoples.
Chaco Culture National Historical Park
www.nps.gov/chcu
The canyon, with hundreds of smaller sites, contains 13 major archeological sites unsurpassed in the United States, representing the highest point of Pueblo pre-Columbian civilization. Maintained by the National Park Service.
Native Americans and the Environment
cnie.org/NAE
Site contains hundreds of bibliographic entries and links to many Internet resources relating to North American native peoples. Resources are classified by tribal groups. Includes a clickable region map to help readers find information.
NativeWeb Home Page
www.nativeweb.org
An excellent site for material on the native peoples of the Western Hemisphere and Australia/Oceania.
National Museum of the American Indian
www.nmai.si.edu
This Smithsonian Institution site contains information about the museum's exhibitions and research as well as an annotated listing of other Native American sites on the Internet.
Native American Indian Art, Culture, Education, History, Science
www.kstrom.net/isk
More than 300 pages of historical maps, indigenous-language resources, lists of Indian authors and books, articles on Native American products, arts information, and astronomy pages.
IPL: Pueblo Pottery Exhibit
www.ipl.org/div/pottery
From the Univ. of Michigan-based Internet Public Library, an online
exhibition of Southwestern pottery, ranging from 100 A.D. to the
present and arranged by Pueblo. Also with a history of Pueblo Indian
culture, a glossary, and a bibliography.
Prehistoric Cultures of North America
www.beloit.edu/~museum/logan/mississippian/amerexhib.htm
Highly informative online exposition devoted to pottery traditions
of prehistoric North American cultures. Created by art historian Dr.
Christopher Henige at the Univ. of Wisconsin. Based on collections
of the Logan Museum at Beloit College, Wisconsin.
Desert Peoples of the American Southwest
www.desertusa.com/ind1/du_peo_past.html
An excellent resource devoted to the peoples, cultures, and historical
personalities of the Southwest, with historical information, current
data, and related links. Maintained by Desert USA, an online southwestern
magazine.
Gallup, New Mexico — Native American,
Indian, Navajo, Hopi, Zuni, Acoma, Laguna, Southwest, Route 66
www.gallupnm.org
Focuses on Gallup's rich Native American heritage. Offers traditional
recipes and, for those visiting Native American pueblos and reservations,
advice on etiquette. Also covers tourist amenities, events, and regional
attractions.
NMAA: Teachers' Guides
nmaa-ryder.si.edu/education/guides/pueblo
A guide to Pueblo Indian art for middle-school students, provided
by the National Museum of American Art. Includes a map of pueblos;
data on history, language, religion, dances; paintings; artists' biographies;
a bibliography; a glossary; and more.
Ethnologue
www.ethnologue.com
Contains the most authoritative classification database of the world's
languages currently available. Searchable by language name, language
family, and country; general search option also provided.
The American Southwest — New
Mexico Guide
www.americansouthwest.net/new_mexico
Richly illustrated, individually maintained guide to selected national
parks, national monuments, and other places of interest (including
spectacular lava beds) located in New Mexico.
Maps of United States National Parks
and Monuments
www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/national_parks.html
Part of the Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection of the University
of Texas at Austin, these pages provide maps of U.S. national parks
and monuments.
Bandelier National Monument
www.nps.gov/band
Provided by the National Park Service, this Web site gives extensive
information, including detailed visitor information, about Bandelier
National Monument. Illustrated and linked to related information,
the site is educational and useful.
New Mexico Department of Tourism
www.newmexico.org
New Mexico Department of Tourism site contains information about state
and national parks, events, tips for travelers, and other related
resources.
Southwestern Archaeology (SWA)
www.swanet.org
The Southwestern Archaeology site maintains an extensive index of
links to information related to the peoples and geography of California,
Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Mexico, and Texas.
Colorado Desert Places To Go —
DesertUSA
www.desertusa.com/placestogo/du_colorado.html
Wealth of information related to the desert regions of Colorado, including
descriptions, photos, and maps of national parks, state parks, monuments,
cities, towns, and museums. Part of DesertUSA's online travel guide.
The Official Website of Colorado Tourism
www.colorado.com
Home page of the Colorado Travel and Tourism Authority features a
virtual tour, with interactive panorama views. Provides maps; city
listings; information on attractions, lodging, dining, and transportation.
Includes a searchable database.
Mesa Verde National Park
www.nps.gov/meve
Provided by the National Park Service, this Web site gives extensive
information, including detailed visitor information, about Mesa Verde
National Park. Online tours and information centers are available
or will be soon. Illustrated, educational.
ArchNet — WWW Virtual Library
— Archaeology
archnet.asu.edu
ArchNet offers links to a vast array of archaeological resources available
online, categorized by geographic region and subject. The Archaeological
Research Institute at Arizona State University hosts this multiple
language Web site.
The American Southwest — Arizona
Guide
www.americansouthwest.net/arizona
Richly illustrated, individually maintained guide to the national
parks, national historic sites, and selected other scenic places located
in Arizona.
Arizona Desert Places To Go —
DesertUSA
www.desertusa.com/placestogo/du_arizona.html
Wealth of information related to the desert regions of Arizona, including
descriptions, photos, and maps of national parks, state parks, monuments,
cities, towns, and museums. Part of DesertUSA's online travel guide.
Canyon de Chelly National Monument
www.nps.gov/cach
Provided by the National Park Service, this Web site gives extensive
information, including detailed visitor information, about Canyon
de Chelly National Monument. Illustrated and linked to related information,
the site is educational and useful.
Collapse — Why Do Civilizations
Fall?
www.learner.org/exhibits/collapse
This Web site, from the Annenberg/CPB Project, presents theories and
methods used by archaeologists to study the decline of societies.
A journal allows users to record clues and reach conclusions regarding
the collapse of individual civilizations.
The American Southwest — Utah
Travel Guide
www.americansouthwest.net/utah
Richly illustrated, individually maintained guide to the national
parks, national historic sites, and selected other places of interest
located in Utah.
Natural Bridges National Monument
www.nps.gov/nabr
Provided by the National Park Service, this Web site gives extensive
information, including detailed visitor information, about Natural
Bridges National Monument. Illustrated and linked to related information,
the site is educational and useful.
Navajo National Monument
www.nps.gov/nava
Provided by the National Park Service, this Web site gives extensive
information, including detailed visitor information, about Navajo
National Monument. Illustrated and linked to related information,
the site is educational and useful.
Tuzigoot National Monument
www.nps.gov/tuzi
Provided by the National Park Service, this Web site gives extensive
information, including detailed visitor information, about Tuzigoot
National Monument . Illustrated and linked to related information,
the site is educational and useful.
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
www.nps.gov/sapu
Provided by the National Park Service, this Web site gives extensive
information, including detailed visitor information, about Salinas
Pueblo Missions National Monument. Illustrated and linked to related
information, the site is educational and useful.
Wupatki National Monument
www.nps.gov/wupa
Provided by the National Park Service, this Web site gives extensive
information, including detailed visitor information, about Wupatki
National Monument. Illustrated and linked to related information,
the site is educational and useful.
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A people rich in culture, the 7,000-year-old Anasazi are the ancestors of
today's Pueblo Indians. Their culture arose from even more ancient peoples in
what is now the American Southwest. During their long history, the Anasazi
evolved from a nomadic to a sedentary culture and existence. At first
hunter-gatherers, in time the Anasazi began raising maize and other crops. They
also produced skillfully woven baskets. By a.d. 700, the Anasazi were
building pueblos, or villages, along with extraordinary pottery marked by
elaborate black-on-white designs. Their villages, built at the top of mesas or
in hollowed-out natural caves at the base of canyons, included multiple-room
dwellings and complex apartment structures of stone or adobe masonry. Despite
their successful culture, the Anasazi way of life declined in the 1300s,
probably because of drought and intertribal warfare. Today, Pueblo descendants
of the Anasazi still live largely traditional lives in the American Southwest,
farming the land, weaving baskets, and making pottery.
