Web Sites for Native American, Colonial, and Unsolved Mystery Projects
Colonial Web Sites Unsolved Mysteries
Native American Web Sites:  
Arapaho, Cherokee, Navajo, Lenape, Pueblos, Inuit, Comanche, Sioux  
General websites of Native Americans  

Native American Web Sites

http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/k12/naha/nanav.html Native American Navigator.  Has a search engine that operates by keyword

http://www.lenape.org/ Lenape Indian website and museum.  Has links to other sites as well

http://www.kidinfo.com/american_history/native_americans.html This site is the best one stop shopping site for all Native American tribes and information

Alfy's Native American Thematic Units   Several links to Native American sites

http://www.americanwest.com/pages/navajo2.htm Navajo Indian Site

http://www.nhusd.k12.ca.us/ALVE/NativeAmerhome.html/Navajo.html/Navajo_etc.html/Navajo_Clothing.html Navajo clothing

http://www.public.asu.edu/~niizha/navajos.html Culture, legends, and information about the Navajo

http://members.tripod.com/~PHILKON/links12navajo.html Another Navajo site

http://waltonfeed.com/peoples/navajo/ Living in the Navajo Past

http://www.naionline.com/ Native American Institute site, virtual field trips to Hopi and Navajo Reservations

http://www.u.arizona.edu/ic/kmartin/School/links1.htm Links to the Sioux,  Diné, Muskogee, Lakota, Tlingit, and Iroquois Indians

http://arcticcircle.uconn.edu/ Site for Inuit and Arctic Native peoples, written for older students and adults (harder to understand)

http://www.arctic.ca/LUS/Nunavut_info.html Inuit and Nunavut peoples

http://www.ca-missions.org/ Pueblo Indians

http://www.sscf.ucsb.edu/anth/projects/great.kiva/   Descend into the mysterious world of the Great Kiva.  A landmark and testimony to the structural design skills of the Pueblos

http://sipapu.gsu.edu/html/kiva.html A very fancy site showing three D modeling of the Anasazi architectural buildings, called a Great Kiva

http://www.tolatsga.org/Compacts.html Comanche Indians

http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/k12/naha/   Native American History Archive.  Contains a Native American Navigator that helps kids collect data for reports and essays.  The Maps area can help you find information about various tribes and locations

http://www.dickshovel.com/Compacts.html   First Nations Histories.  All types of information about many Native American groups.  You can learn the meaning of the tribes' name, its location, etc.

http://educate.si.edu/spotlight/nativeam.html Biographies of Native Americans

http://www.travelsd.com/history/sioux/index.htm Very colorful site that serves as a guide to the Sioux Nation and their land, art, culture

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/3976/Hawk.html Site for the Oglala, Lakota, and Sioux Nations, includes a map showing their territories and history

http://www.state.sd.us/state/executive/tourism/sioux/sioux.htm   A guide to the great Sioux Nation, legends and artifacts of the Sioux people of South Dakota

http://cimcc.indian.com/ California Indian Museum and Cultural Center- Links to other sites, and photos

http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/ WWW Virtual library Index of Native American Sites

http://www.alfy.com/teachers/teach/Thematic_Units/Native_Americans/Native_Americans_1.asp A collection of Native American Links

http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmai/start.htm The Smithsonian Institute's site for Native American History and Culture- lots of links

http://www.si.edu/nmai/   Web site of the National Museum of the American Indian, virtual tour of the exhibits

http://puffin.creighton.edu/lakota/index.html Lakota Indians

http://www.kstrom.net/isk/mainmenu.html and http://www.kstrom.net/isk/linkpage.html Native Web Page, numerous Native American Links, including   http://www.kstrom.net/isk/art/art.html which is Native American Art

http://www.civilization.ca/membrs/fph/stones/clothing/clmenu.htm   Clothing of Native Americans

http://www.csulb.edu/projects/ais/   A list of many Native American Links.

http://trackstar.hprtec.org/main/display.php3?option=frames&track_id=2489 A compilation of links to many Native American sites, including:   http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/8962/nainfo.html Tribal history, legends, and other information for many, many tribes of Native Americans

http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/native.htm The Internet School Library Media Center Native American page.  Includes bibliographies, directories to pages of individual tribes, history, periodicals, and general links.  Revised fairly often

http://www.u.arizona.edu/ic/kmartin/School/amer1.htm Links to Native Americans from across the USA

http://www.nativetech.org/games/ Native American toys and games

http://www.nativetech.org/links/historic.html Native American historical links

http://www.tolatsga.org/Compacts.html Compact histories of Native Americans

http://www.nativeweb.org/resources/nations_web_sites_information/north_america/resource_information_sites/ NativeWeb Resources:  Resource and information site for all Native American Peoples, nationally and internationally

http://www.powersource.com/cocinc/default.html   Cherokee Mythology and tales, history, and culture

http://pages.tca.net/martikw/ History of the Cherokee Indians

http://rosecity.net/tears/trail/tearsnht.html Trail of Tears, historical information about the Cherokee Indians

http://ngeorgia.com/history/nghisttt.shtml   Another wonderful site about the Trail of Tears, historical information about the Cherokee Indians

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/umhtml/umessay2.html History of the Upper Midwest Native Americans, 1600 - 1850

http://emayzine.com/lectures/CRAZYHOR.html Biographical history of Crazy Horse

http://www.greatdreams.com/nalinks.htm History of the battles between white men and Native Americans, some other links.   Somewhat political.

http://www.nativeculture.com/lisamitten/indians.html   and  http://www.nativeculture.com/lisamitten/nations.html   Great sites for native American culture, dress, dance, pow-wows

http://hometown.aol.com/Donh523/navapage/index.htm Flags of all the Native tribes

http://www.links2go.com/topic/Native_Peoples A listing of many links to Native Peoples (NOT just Native Americans)

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Colonial Project Web Sites

http://www.macomb.k12.mi.us/wq/WebQ97/COLAMER2.HTM Children in Colonial America Webquest

http://teacher.scholastic.com/webquest/ushist/coltowns.htm Another colonial webquest

http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/index.asp Go to this site and click on the Colonial games or whichever game your teacher directs

http://www.history.org/almanack.htm Colonial Williamsburg Almanac, much about Colonial life

http://www.osv.org/kids/index.htm Old Sturbridge Village Kids Page

http://www.history.org/   Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's site is a virtual tour of the period through the eyes of a young recruit, exploring the role of African-Americans in our emerging nation

http://www.successlink.org/great/g407.html  Lesson Plan on Colonial Days

http://sln.fi.edu/TOC.franklin.html    Ben Franklin and his achievements

http://www.ushistory.org/libertybell/   Liberty Bell.  All about the creation of the bell and events pertaining to it

http://www.amfolktoys.com/catalog/page7.html This is a commercial site about American folk and colonial style toys.  I include it because it lists many toys of the era and pictures of these toys

http://www.coldspringschool.com/history/  Connecticut colonial history - people, legends, and places

http://www.kids.state.ct.us/history.htm State of Connecticut kid's colonial history webpage

http://www.ctstateu.edu/noahweb/lifein1770.html  Connecticut state dept. of education Noahweb site (on the life of Noah Webster) on colonial life

http://www.publicbookshelf.org/public_html/Our_Country_Vol_1/connecticu_fd.html Connecticut Colonial history

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook07.html Colonial North America

http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/colonial.htm K-12 Colonial America resources- Maps, lesson plans, bibliographies, and curriculum content

http://web.uccs.edu/~history/index/colonial.html Colonial American History

http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/travilahes/colonial.html Colonial America, many links

http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson166.shtml Education World's Colonial Days lesson plan page

http://www.govwentworth.k12.nh.us/goals2000-4WebSite/history/ColonialNH/education.html Colonial page made by children in a New Hampshire Elementary school

http://hastings.ci.lexington.ma.us/Colonial/Colonial.html Student produced website on colonial Lexington, which includes the following link:

http://hastings.ci.lexington.ma.us/classroom/colonial/weaving.html  Great webpage on weaving in colonial days

http://www.nybison.com/workshops.html Although this is a site about workshops teaching the ancient art of weaving, it has a lot of interesting information about weaving in colonial times.

http://web.bryant.edu/~history/h364proj/fall_01/hildmann/industry.htm Blacksmiths in Colonial America

http://www.raken.com/american_wealth/early_industrialists/early_industrialists1.asp  Early American Industrialists (advanced)

http://www.whalingmuseum.org/whaling.htm History of whaling

http://www.curriculumunits.com/crucible/projects/life_at_sea.htm Shipbuilding, ships, and fishing in colonial times

http://www.gortons.com/about/glimpse.html A glimpse of Gloucester in the colonial days, more about fishing

http://www.si.edu/lemelson/centerpieces/whole_cloth/ American textile industry of colonial times

http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/worldbook/atozhistory/c/124100.html Discovery school's website of history a to z, colonial section.

http://wwx.media3.net/plymouth/   America's Homepage.  Historical reference, Plimoth Plantation, Pilgrim Hall Museum, the Mayflower, and famous individuals

http://www.osv.org/   Old Sturbridge Village, a glimpse into colonial life

http://members.aol.com/calebj/mayflower.html   Covers the first Thanksgiving, experiences of girls on the Mayflower, and much more information, including biographical information on Tisquantum or Squanto

http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vcdh/jamestown/page2.html Virtual Jamestown- primary source documents, and a link to lesson plans to use it: http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vcdh/jamestown/tscreators.html and http://edsitement.neh.gov/lessonplans/jamestown.html

http://www.eduplace.com/ss/act/howto.html Lesson Plan on Colonial Studies

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Unsolved Mystery Project Web Sites

http://www.salemweb.com/memorial/default.htm Salem Witch trials

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/worlds/   Nova's hunt for alien worlds covers whether there is life on other planets

http://search.yahooligans.com/search/ligans?p=amelia+earhart   A list of several links about Amelia Earhart

http://www.ellensplace.net/ae_intro.htm   Biography of Amelia Earhart from birth to final flight, includes photographs.

http://www.firstflight.org/shrine/amelia_earhart.html   More information about Amelia Earhart

http://www.worldbook.com/fun/aviator/html/twolegnd.htm   This site covers Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh

Amelia Earhart's Life and Times  Includes a timeline and an album of photographs. http://worldflight.org/youcansoar/amelia/index.html
 
The Earhart Project  The home page of an organization determined to discover the facts behind and reasons for Earhart's disappearance. Disputes myths surrounding her last flight, provides the last log entries, includes witness accounts. http://www.tighar.org/Projects/AEdescr.html  
 
Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum This site has facts about Amelia Earhart as a child, adult and a female aviator. There are also brief biographies of other female aviators.  http://www.ameliaearhartmuseum.org/index2.html  

http://www.lostsecrets.com/ Anastasia and the lost riches of the Romanov family in Russia

http://www.yahooligans.com/Around_the_World/Countries/Russia/History/Biographies/Royalty/Romanov__Anastasia/ More about Anastasia

http://www.parascope.com/en/bermuda0.htm Site for information about the pyramids, Atlantis, and the Bermuda Triangle

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