Crazy Crow Trading Post offers this list of Native American Indian Web Portals & Online Communities resources related links to help you in your search for information about American Indian tribes, associations, history and related information. Inclusion in this list does not represent an endorsement by Crazy Crow, although we do try to be selective – and reserve the right to do so.

Indianz.com

Every weekday, Indianz.Com publishes two to three features on news worthy issues and/or other topics of interest. You can read stories on a wide range of topics, including legislation, court decisions, health issues, and politics. They also feature a summary of reporting by other news media. You’ll find a quick summary of stories being covered by other reporting agencies, along with relevant information about the story. Finally, they gather resources and links on Native American sites on the web.

Native America Today

Native America Today was created through an alliance between Native American Media and News from Indian Country, a unit of Indian Country Communications. Our mission is to bring forward current news and thought-provoking journalism, while bringing people closer together by broadening perspectives of Native American and Native Hawaiian peoples, marginalized by traditional stereotypical images. Chartered in 1974 in partnership with the American Indian Historical Society and its award-winning publication, Wassaja, NAM interfaces with corporate, educational and government sectors to support diversity, equity and inclusion commitments. Programs include: media and advertising outreach, fostering cultural awareness, promoting career and supplier diversity opportunities, and providing informational resources and social services through Native America Today’s Community Resource Section.

Native Culture.com

Native Culture.com is a “portal of communication*dedicated to making the world a better place through understanding.” The site contains numerous links to Native resources.

PowWows.com

PowWows.com is an Native American internet portal for news, information, and resources related to Native American powwows. The site features a strong community of users. Join over 4,000 members in the Virtual Gathering or for live chat visit the PowWows.com Chat Room. Learn about Powwows, Dance Styles, Singing and more – visit the Singing and Dancing sections: Powwow Information Dance Styles, Etiquette, Men’s Fancy, Giveaways, Men’s Grass, Singing, Men’s Straight, Men’s Traditional, Drum Group Database, Women’s Buckskin, Women’s Cloth, Women’s Fancy, Women’s Jingle & Gourd Dancing. View pictures of beadwork and ribbonwork, watch videos of dance styles, listen to powwow songs or upload your pictures to the Galleries: Crafts, Dancing & History.

The forums are particularly interesting, with some very informative discussion threads on many interesting topics.

Digital History

Wonderfully organized historic website. Select the period to review, then select from tabbed categories about the period across the top of the navigation. The materials on this Web site include a U.S. history textbook; over 400 annotated documents from the Gilder Lehrman Collection, supplemented by primary sources on slavery, Mexican American, Asian American, and Native American history, and U.S. political, social, and legal history; succinct essays on the history of film, ethnicity, private life, and technology; multmedia exhibitions; and reference resources that include a database of annotated links, classroom handouts, chronologies, glossaries, an audio archive including speeches and book talks by historians, and a visual archive with hundreds of historical maps and images.

HISTORY ERAS INCLUDED: The First Americans, Colonial Era, American Revolution, Early National Period, Pre-Civil War Era, Slavery, Civil War, Reconstruction, Gilded Age, America Becomes a World Power, Progressive Era, World War I, 1920s, Great Depression, World War II, Post-War Era, 1960s, Vietnam War, 1970-2000, The 21st Century.

XICO | Advancing Culture | Advancing Artists | Advancing Community

In 1975, Xicanindio was founded to be the premiere cultural institution in Arizona serving Latino and Indigenous artists. 46 years later, our name has changed but our mission remains the same. OUR MISSION is to promote and sustain Latino and Indigenous culture through art and to serve and advance Latino and Indigenous artists. Xico serves a broad, ethnically diverse population including emerging and established artists, youth, under-served populations, and art advocates through art-based programming: Community Exhibitions (virtual and in-person), Under-served Youth Programs (Say Yes To The Press), Printmaking Workshops, Professional Development Workshops, Artist-Lead classes, Virtual DIY Tutorials and Artist-in-Residence.