Native American Links
Sioux
Buechel Memorial Lakota Museum
imagess of artifacts including clothing, a pipe, and a saddle
Details of everyday Sioux life
including traditional dress, housing, and religion
Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890
through the eyes of a Sioux
PBS's The West:
Information on Little Big Horn, Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and many more details about the 'West' by many different sources
The Heritage Center on-line exhibit:
examples of beadwork in the Sioux culture
The Siouxs:
A description of many aspects of Sioux life, including a very brief description of quillwork and beadwork
Cherokee
General History
on the culture, development, and removal of the Cherokee
More on the Cherokee Nation
Trail of Tears
Cherokee legends from Cherokee Indian reservation, NC
and the significance of direction (north, south, east, west)
Cherokee images
: includes art, pottery, and culture
Navajo
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Traditional house (the hogan)
History of Navajo weaving
More historic Navajo weaving
divided by regions
Navajo women: weavers and potters
(text) gives a detailed description of the process of weaving and the traditions they try to maintain
A Navajo weaver
: the tradition of learning to weave that is passed on through generations
Miscellaneous
**Native American Women**
: gallery filled with good imagess depicting 19th-century Native American women and their roles and responsibilites.
Native basketry traditions
from several tribes including the Cherokee.
Traditions and artifacts
of various tribes
Carnegie museum of natural history
: American Indians and the natural world.
Medicine painting
: be sure to visit
family and women
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Beads and Beadwork
Traditional food, health, and nutrition of Native Americans
Native recipes
Pottery & clay sculpture
Pueblo pottery
Pueblo pottery & Navajo rugs
Mayan weaving
Sioux
Sioux
Cherokee
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Miscellaneous