Native American Language Net: Preserving and promoting indigenous American Indian languages

Description: Organization dedicated to American Indian language preservation provides vocabulary lists, links, and online information about each Native American language and the indigenous people who speak it. Directed by Laura Redish and Orrin Lewis.

Keywords: North American Indian languages written Native American languages First Nations language preservation indigenous language maintenance Indian linguistic resources dictionaries tribes lessons

Native-languages.org has 125 URLs listed in 153 Dmoz categories.

Native American Information for Kids
Includes a FAQ list for schoolkids, fact sheets on various tribes, information on cultural respect, a reading list, and links.
http://www.native-languages.org/kids.htm
Top/Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/Social_Studies/Geography/North_America/Native_Americans

Native American Art
Information about eighteen different traditional native art forms, with history, photographs, and links.
http://www.native-languages.org/art.htm
Top/Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/Social_Studies/Geography/North_America/Native_Americans/Arts_and_Crafts

Native American Clothing
Descriptions and photographs of traditional Native American clothing from various tribes. With links to contemporary American Indian clothing designers.
http://www.native-languages.org/clothing.htm
Top/Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/Social_Studies/Geography/North_America/Native_Americans/Clothing

Setting the Record Straight
Site debunking various Internet myths about American Indians, from incorrect assumptions about Indian languages through theories about alien landings.
http://www.native-languages.org/iaq.htm
Top/Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/Social_Studies/Geography/North_America/Native_Americans/Issues

Measuring Blood
Native thoughts on blood quantums and their destructive effects on American Indian culture.
http://www.native-languages.org/blood.htm
Top/Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/Social_Studies/Geography/North_America/Native_Americans/Issues/Indian_Identity_and_Cultural_Theft

Ten Cultural Respect Guidelines for Y-Indian Princesses and Others
Suggestions from a Cherokee man about learning about American Indians respectfully.
http://www.native-languages.org/ymca.htm
Top/Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/Social_Studies/Geography/North_America/Native_Americans/Issues/Racism_and_Stereotypes

Language Revival and Revitalization
Essay on the struggle to save endangered American Indian languages.
http://www.native-languages.org/revive.htm
Top/Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/Social_Studies/Geography/North_America/Native_Americans/Languages

Seeking Native American Spirituality: Read This First!
Cautionary note for seekers of American Indian spirituality.
http://www.native-languages.org/religion.htm
Top/Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/Social_Studies/Geography/North_America/Native_Americans/Religions

Native American Genealogy
Different advice for Indians taken from their tribes as children, mixed-bloods searching for living relatives, and Indian descendants researching family trees.
http://www.native-languages.org/genealogy.htm
Top/Regional/North_America/United_States/Society_and_Culture/Genealogy/Native_Americans

Algonquian Language Family (Algic)
Algonquian family tree, with links to information and examples of each language.
http://www.native-languages.org/famalg.htm
Top/Science/Social_Sciences/Linguistics/Languages/Natural/Algic