Library Guides@mcc.edu: National Native American Heritage Month: Websites

National Congress of American Indians
Since 1944 NCAI has served as the unified voice for American Indian and Alaska Native Issues.

Founded in 1944, the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) is the oldest, largest, and most representative American Indian and Alaska Native organization serving the broad interests of tribal governments and communities.
Bureau of Indian Affairs
The Bureau of Indian Affairs’ mission is to enhance the quality of life, to promote economic opportunity, and to carry out the responsibility to protect and improve the trust assets of American Indians, Indian tribes and Alaska Natives.
Native American Heritage Month
November is National American Indian Heritage Month The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the rich ancestry and traditions of Native Americans.

Indian Boarding Schools in Michigan
Indian boarding schools were created for children from tribal communities. These schools existed throughout the United States and Canada. Some of these schools were near tribal land, but others were far from tribal populations. Although Indian boarding schools were sometimes operated by different churches, they still followed laws of the United States government.
Native American Institute at Michigan State University
The Native American Institute works to enhance the sovereignty, cultural continuity and well-being of tribes, Indian communities and Indian people.
Indian Country Today
The voice of Indigenous people throughout the Americas
Native News Online
Native News Online delivers important daily news that affects the lives of Native Americans nationwide. Founded in 2011, Native News Online reaches millions of Native and non-Native readers annually including American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians and others interested in Native American concerns.

American Indian and Alaska Native Records in the National Archives
Researchers can find information relating to American Indians and Alaska Natives from as early as 1774 through the mid-1990s at National Archives locations throughout the country.
IDA Treaties Explorer
While treaties between Indigenous peoples and the United States affect virtually every area in the USA, there is as yet no official list of all the treaties. The US National Archives holds 374 of the treaties, where they are known as the Ratified Indian Treaties.

Here you can view them for the first time with key historic works that provide context to the agreements made and the histories of our shared lands.