Aboriginal Links
A peered portal for quality links to sites of aboriginal interest.
Aboriginal Peoples of North America
Links to online resources, a list from Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 6, The Subarctic, and other sources.
Aboriginal Peoples of the Russian North
A list of links to online resources.
Alaska Native Knowledge Network
The Alaska Native Knowledge Network is designed to serve as a resource for compiling and exchanging information related to Alaska Native knowledge systems and ways of knowing. It has been established to assist Native people, government agencies, educators and the general public in gaining access to the knowledge base that Alaska Natives have acquired through cumulative experience over millennia.
American-Scandinavian Foundation Genealogy Page
The ASF has compiled a list of web sites to aid in Scandinavian genealogy research.
Arctic Athabaskan Council (AAC)
The Arctic Athabaskan Council (AAC) is an international treaty organization established to represent the interests of United States and Canadian Athabaskan member First Nation governments in Arctic Council fora, and to foster a greater understanding of the common heritage of all Athabaskan peoples of Arctic North America.
Arctic Circle: History and Culture
"When undertaking developmental or other activities of any nature, planners and decision-makers must not simply view the Arctic as an exploitable frontier ...Northern development must refer to more than economic growth. It must allow for and facilitate spiritual, social, and cultural development."
Arctic Council
The Arctic Council is a high-level intergovernmental forum that provides a mechanism to address the common concerns and challenges faced by the Arctic governments and the people of the Arctic.
Arctic Council Indigenous Peoples' Secretariat
The Indigenous Peoples’ Secretariat of the Arctic Council helps Arctic indigenous organisations to work together through the Arctic Council. On this site you will find information about our member organisations, as well as information on the Arctic Council. You will also find information about issues that are important to Arctic indigenous peoples, such as Traditional Knowledge, Climate Change and Toxic Substances in our environment.
Arctic Health
The Arctic Health website is sponsored by the National Library of Medicine's Division of Specialized Information Services and maintained by the University of Alaska Anchorage's Health Sciences Information Service. Its aim is to provide a central source of information on diverse aspects of the Arctic environment and the health of Northern peoples.
Arctic Studies Center (Smithsonian)
The Arctic Studies Center invites you to explore the history of northern peoples, cultures, and environments and the issues that matter to northern residents today. Join us as we excavate arctic sites; support indigenous efforts to preserve cultural heritage; and work with communities and scholars to share the treasures preserved in museum collections and archives.
Canadian Arctic Profiles
This web site provides information on a variety of topics relating to the Canadian Arctic. The site is dynamic and the range of topics and the depth of treatment will be augmented over time under the auspices of the Digital Collection Program of Industry Canada.
Forum for Development Cooperation with Indigenous Peoples
Forum for Development Cooperation with Indigenous Peoples is a meeting-place for researchers, development workers and Sámi organizations engaged in cooperation with indigenous peoples in the South. By initiating important debates concerning policies and practice, the forum seeks to improve the quality of Norways development co-operation with indigenous peoples elsewhere.
Government of Nunavut
Nunavut -- "our land" in the Inuktitut language -- has been home to Inuit for millennia and part of Canada for more than a century. Embracing both traditional knowledge and values and the new opportunities presented by technologies like the Internet, the Government of Nunavut now provides a wide range of services tailored to the unique needs of approximately 29,500 residents.
Greenland Home Rule
This is the official home page of Greenland Home Rule.
Gwich'in Council International (GCI)
The Gwich'in Council International (GCI) was established as a non-profit organization in 1999 by the Gwich'in Tribal Council in Inuvik, NWT, to ensure all regions of the Gwich'in Nation in the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Alaska are represented at the Arctic Council, as well as to play an active and significant role in the development of policies that relate to the Circumpolar Arctic.
Gwich'in Social & Cultural Institute
The GSCI is the cultural and heritage arm of the Gwich'in Tribal Council. It is a non-profit society with registered charitable organization status and is governed by a seven member Board of Directors composed of representatives from all four communities and the Gwich'in Tribal Council. The objective of the Institute is to conduct research in the areas of culture, language and traditional knowledge so that programs appropriate for Gwich'in needs can be developed. We believe that this is essential in building new awareness of, and pride in, Gwich'in culture.
Images Canada
Images Canada -- the gateway to images of Canadian events, people, places and things! Search the collections of participating archives, libraries, museums and universities from across Canada. Note in particular the Arctic and the Inuit collections.
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
Working together to make Canada a better place for First Nations, Inuit and Northerners.
International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA)
The Arctic is defined as all Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of the world. The social sciences encompass disciplines relating to behavioral, psychological, cultural, anthropological, archaeological, linguistic, historical, social, legal, economic, environmental, and political subjects, as well as health, education, the arts and humanities, and related subjects.
Inuit and Englishmen (Canadian Museum of Civilization)
The Nunavut voyages of Martin Frobisher.
Inuit Art Centre
The Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)'s National Art Collection of Indian (First Nations) and Inuit art represents works of art by Canada's most prominent Indian and Inuit artists as well as works by young emerging and mid-career artists. INAC's collection of over 4,000 works includes regional representation from across Canada and representation of all major art media forms, such as basketry, beadwork, carvings, ceramics, drawings, installation art, paintings, photography, sculpture and textiles dating from the early 1960s to the present.
Inuit Art Foundation
The Inuit Art foundation is a non-profit organization which publishes Inuit Art Quarterly.
Inuit Business Directory (IBD)
The Inuit Business Directory (IBD) has been designed as a comprehensive, electronically searchable database of all Inuit-owned business enterprises in Canada.
Inuit Circumpolar Conference (ICC)The Inuit Circumpolar Conference represents Inuit in Russia, Alaska, Canada, and Greenland:
Inuit Games
The Elliott Avedon Museum and Archive of Games at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada offers general information about the games of the Inuit culture.
Inuit in Labrador (Newfoundland Museum)
Inuit in Labrador / by Brenda Clarke. Newfoundland Museum Notes. Winter 1981. 1st Reprint: Winter 1985. 2nd Reprint: Fall 1991. [Originally published in printed form]
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami: Canada’s National Inuit Organization
The Inuit of Canada are in the post land-claim era. ITK continues to struggle to represent the rights of the Inuit at the national level, and continues working to improve living conditions for Inuit economically and socially.
Kitikmeot Inuit Association (KIA)
The objectives of the Kitikmeot Inuit Association (KIA), under the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement (NLCA) is to defend, preserve and promote social, cultural and economic benefits to Inuit of the Kitikmeot Region. Under the direction, control and accountability of KIA, both the Kitikmeot Corporation (KC) and the Kitikmeot Economic Development Commission (KEDC) have been delegated the responsibility of promoting economic development in the region. These two organizations are discussed in more detail elsewhere on this Web Page.
Labrador Inuit Association (LIA)
LIA is responsible for advancing the aboriginal, constitutional, democratic, social and human rights of Labrador Inuit. It promotes Labrador Inuit language and culture. It works to advance the health and well-being of our people. It is actively involved in the management and protection of our fisheries, wildlife and natural resources.
Legal Anthropology: Reindeer Herding
Today legal anthropology pays special attention to the comparative study of traditional and modern law systems, of local cultures, individual rights, as well as rights of people within the international and national law systems.
Lost Visions, Forgotten Dreams (Canadian Museum of Civilization 1996-1997)
Depicting the life and art of an ancient Arctic people, this exhibition was shown at the Canadian Museum of Civilization from October 17, 1996 until May 19, 1997.
Minority Links: Facts on the American Indian / Alaska Native Population
Information from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Native American Authors
This website of the Internet Public Library provides information on Native North American authors with bibliographies of their published works, biographical information, and links to online resources including interviews, online texts and tribal websites.
Native Tech: Native American Technology & Art
An Internet resource for indigenous ethno-technology focusing on the arts of Eastern Woodland Indian Peoples, providing historical & contemporary background with instructional how-to's & references.
NativeWeb
NativeWeb is an international, nonprofit, educational organization dedicated to using telecommunications including computer technology and the Internet to disseminate information from and about indigenous nations, peoples, and organizations around the world; to foster communication between native and non-native peoples; to conduct research involving indigenous peoples' usage of technology and the Internet; and to provide resources, mentoring, and services to facilitate indigenous peoples' use of this technology.
Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage
The purpose of this web site is to furnish a wide range of information and analysis on the history, geography, population, culture, and society of Newfoundland and Labrador.
North: Landscape of the Imagination
In North: Landscape of the Imagination, the National Library has drawn on its collection of books, magazines, manuscripts and music to reveal the North of the artist. The collection contains a rich legacy of publications related to the North, one much broader and deeper than can be included in this exhibition. But it is one which lends itself naturally to the retelling of one strand of northern history - the North as experienced and recreated through the imagination of its artist.
Nunavik Bibliography
The Nunavik Bibliography is a cooperative long-term project to build a comprehensive bibliographic database about northern Quebec. The 4300 records currently in the database describe only a fraction of the existing literature about Nunavik.
Pauktuutit Inuit Women’s Association
Pauktuutit is the national non-profit association representing all Inuit women in Canada. Its mandate is to foster a greater awareness of the needs of Inuit women, and to encourage their participation in community, regional and national concerns in relation to social, cultural and economic development.
Qikiqtani Inuit Association
The Qikiqtani Inuit Association represents the interests of the Inuit of the Baffin Region, the High Arctic, and the Belcher Islands.
RADJU - The Sami Research and Project Database
RADJU includes data on over 200 research projects concerning Sami-related topics in areas such as culture, education, environment, land management, politics, and reindeer husbandry. The projects are carried out by different institutions and researchers in Finland and in other countries. RADJU will be expanded in the future to include more Sami research information as well as notes about research on other indigenous peoples in the Arctic.
Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North (RAIPON)
The Association of Indigenous Minorities of the North, Siberia and the Far East is a non-governmental organization, which represents the cultural, economic, environmental, political, and social interests of the 31 indigenous peoples of the Russian North with a total population of over 200,000.
Saami Council
The Saami Council is a voluntary Saami organization (a non–governmental organization), with Saami member organizations in Finland, Russia, Norway and Sweden. Since its foundation in 1956 the Saami Council has actively dealt with Saami policy tasks. For this reason, the Saami Council is one of the indigenous peoples’ organizations which have existed longest.
Sami in Finland (Virtual Finland)
The Sami ("sapmelas" in Sami) are one of the indigenous peoples of Europe, just as the Inuit in Greenland. There are over 75 000 Sami. They have their own history, language, culture, livelihoods, way of life and identity. The Sami homeland ("Sapmi" in Sami) reaches from Central Norway and Sweden through the northernmost part of Finland and into the Kola Peninsula. Thus, Sapmi covers areas belonging to the states of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia.
Sami Parliament
The Sami Parliament was founded in 1993 as a Government authority with 31 members, elected in a general election by Sami entitled to vote. This is the official website of the Sami Parliament in Sweden, which serves to inform the world about the Sami people, their history and culture.
Vital Arctic Graphics
Vital Arctic Graphics is a compilation of illustrations and case studies intended to describe the Arctic, the livelihoods of Arctic indigenous peoples and the future well-being of this region. It summarizes some of the key threats to the future sustainability of the Arctic including the rapid pace of climate change, worrying levels of persistent organic and heavy metal pollutants, and increasing natural resource exploration.
WWW Virtual Library: Circumpolar Peoples
This WWW Virtual Library offers access to resources regarding Circumpolar Peoples. This is not a meta-site providing access to the complete resources on the topic, the intent being to collect only meaningful resources.
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