Race and Ethnicity

Association of MultiEthnic Americans (AMEA)
(http://www.ameasite.org/)

The goal of this nationwide confederation of local multiethnic/interracial groups, is to promote "a positive awareness of interracial and multiethnic identity, for ourselves and for society as a whole." AMEA provides information on issues such as government form classifications, multiethnic/multiracial identity, multiracial parenting, health, education, and transracial adoptions. Source: (http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/diversity/links.htm)

The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding
(http://www.ffeu.org/)

Founded in 1989, The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding is a "national non-profit dedicated to strengthening relations between ethnic communities." It is committed to the belief "that direct, face-to-face dialogue between ethnic communities is the most effective path towards the reduction of bigotry and the promotion of reconciliation and understanding." The Foundation's work focuses primarily on Black/Jewish relations, but has recently expanded to include Latino-Jewish relations. The web site includes annual reports, surveys, addresses from conferences, and curriculum guides and teaching materials. (Source: http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/diversity/links.htm)

Race, Ethnicity and Identity
(http://cfdev.georgetown.edu/cndls/asw/aswsub.cfm?head1=Race%2C%20Ethnicity%2C%20and%20Identity)

Extensive links to African American, Asian American, Native American, Hispanic American, and other ethnic studies as well as gender links. Part of the New American Studies Web at Georgetown.

Asian American

Asia Source -- Asian America
(http://www.asiasource.org/asianamerica/)

Asia Source, sponsored by the Asia Society, includes a resource section on Asian Americans that includes interviews, special reports, links, Asia in NYC, Asian American books and Asian American studies.

AsianAmericanFilm.Com
(http://www.asianamericanfilm.com/index.html)

Strives to build an engaged, involved, active and excited audience for Asian American films. By featuring films of merit, AsianAmericanFilm.com aims to mobilize the appropriate audiences for appropriate films.

Asian American Net
(http://www.asianamerican.net/)

The mission of Asian American Net is to serve the Asian American communities, and to promote and strengthen cultural, educational and commercial ties between Asia and North America. Users can jump to organizations by country-of-origin first, or scroll through all the offerings. Links of particular interest to researchers are Asian Study Centers, Who's Who of Asian Americans, and Organizations of Asian Descents in North America.

Asian Americans: East and Southeast Asia: An Annotated Directory of Resources
(http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&Programs/AsianStudiesDept/asianam.html)

This is a virtual library of links to resources on or about Asian Americans. Major sections of this site include: Multiculturalism; General Information; The Wen Ho Lee Case; Political and Social Issues; Communities; Media; Culture and the Arts; History; Japanese Internment, Immigration and Asylum; and Academic Resources.

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
(http://www.infoplease.com/spot/asianhistory1.html)

Infoplease.com celebrates Asian Pacific American (APA) Heritage Month —- a celebration of Asian and Pacific Islanders in the United States -- with information on the origins and history of the Month, Asian American enclaves, biographies of notable Asian Americans, and other special features. Much like Black History and Women's History celebrations, APA Heritage Month originated in a congressional bill put forward by legislators.

Asian-Nation: The Landscape of Asian America
(http://www.asian-nation.org/)

'Your one-stop information source on the historical, political, demographic, and cultural issues that make up today's diverse Asian American community. You can almost think of Asian-Nation as an online version of "Asian Americans 101."' It allows viewers the opportunity to take a peak into the Asian American world through the lens of an Asian American. Contents of the site include old and new elements of Asian American culture, a section on Asian American history, and a separate section on Vietnam history. Although much of the information is referenced, the site does contain opinionated editorials written from the author's perspective.

Chronology: Asian Americans
(http://web.mit.edu/21h.153j/www/chrono.html)

A chronology from the 1600s to 1989. Taken from: Sucheng Chan, Asian Americans, an Interpretive History, ©1991, Twayne Publishers, Boston. Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership (CAPAL)
CAPAL was founded in 1989 by Asian Pacific American (APA) professionals as a nonprofit, nonpartisan educational organization. Its mission is to promote APA interests and success in public sector careers, to provide information and education on policy issues affecting the APA community, and to serve the APA community at large.

Freedom for Some: Japanese American Internment Experience
(http://www.balchinstitute.org/resources/internment/html/intro_page.html)

An informative online exhibit that features materials from the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania Archives. Read correspondence, pamphlets, and school books from the Internment camps.

Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc. (LEAP)
(http://www.leap.org/)

A national, nonprofit, nonpartisan, educational, community-based organization founded in 1982 by Asian Pacific American leaders. LEAP's mission is to achieve full participation and equality for Asian Pacific Americans through leadership, empowerment, and policy.

Preliminary Guide to Resources on Asian Pacific American Artists at the Archives of American Art

(http://artarchives.si.edu/guides/asianam/asianam.htm)

The Archives of American Art exists to preserve and make available primary source documentation on American art, and has, since its founding in 1954, amassed thousands of collections and oral history interviews toward that end. Asian American artists have played an important role in this artistic legacy, and the Archives of American Art is pleased to provide this Preliminary Guide to assist those wishing to use these varied resources in their research.

Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program
(http://www.apa.si.edu/)

Since 1997, the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program (APAP) has provided vision, leadership and support for all Asian Pacific American (APA) activities at the Smithsonian, while also serving as the Smithsonian's liaison to APA communities. Through exhibitions, programs, research, and collaborations the program aims to better reflect experiences of Asian Pacific Americans in all aspects of Smithsonian work; improve the public's appreciation of the role of Asian Pacific Americans in the history of our nation; and empower APA communities by increasing their sense of inclusion in our national culture. To celebrate the Korean American Centennial the program will present free monthly events throughout 2003 to highlight the history and achievements of Korean Americans.

The Wing Luke Asian Museum
(http://www.wingluke.org/)

Located in Seattle, Washington, the museum is a multidisciplinary cultural center that presents arts and heritage exhibitions, public programs, school tours, publications, and films and maintains a permanent collection and research center. It is devoted to the collection, preservation and display of Asian Pacific American culture, history and art.

African American

Africana Studies: Resources for African and African American Studies
(http://www.library.arizona.edu/library/teams/fah/subpathpages/Africana/african.html)

This site is maintained by the University of Arizona Library. It offers links to electronic journals, political and social issues pages, directories, organizations and news sources. Africana.com
This site is produced by the co-editors of Microsoft® Encarta® Africana, including Professors Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Kwame Anthony Appiah. Its purpose is to promote understanding of black history and culture and to promote the educational use of Microsoft® Encarta® Africana in homes, schools, universities, and corporations. Coverage includes African American lifestyle, heritage, worldview and art.

Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
(http://www.jointcenter.org/)

Highlights the research, publications, and outreach programs of the Joint Center, a national, nonprofit institution, which focuses on public policy issues of concern to black Americans and other minorities. Areas of study include politics and elections, social issues, economic policy issues, and international affairs. In collaboration with Philip Morris Companies, Inc., the Joint Center publishes an on-line National Directory of African American Organizations; the latest edition is 2001-2003.

NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
(http://www.naacp.org/)

Founded in 1909, the NAACP is one of the oldest, largest and strongest civil rights organizations in the United States. Its principal objective is to ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of minority group citizens. It is committed to non-violence and relies upon the press, the petition, the ballot and the courts.

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
(http://www.nypl.org/research/sc/sc.html)

The Schomburg Center, one of the research libraries of the New York Public Library, is an institution devoted to collecting, preserving and providing access to resources documenting the experiences of peoples of African descent throughout the world. The Schomburg Center promotes the study of these histories and cultures of the peoples and interprets its collections through exhibitions, publications, and educational, scholarly and cultural programs. This site includes information on the Center's various divisions: art and artifacts; general research and reference; manuscripts, archives and rare books; moving image and recorded sound; and photographs and prints. It also contains links to other Internet sources of information on Africa and the African diaspora.

Chicano/a, Latino/a, and Hispanic American

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage
(http://www.gale.com/free_resources/chh/index.htm)

Gale has assembled a collection of activities and information to complement classroom topics for Hispanic Heritage Month. Teachers and students can read biographies of significant Hispanic individuals; take a Hispanic culture quiz; follow a timeline of events that helped shape the Hispanic culture; explore Hispanic holidays, musical genres and other topics with information culled from Gale resources and visit other pertinent sites and find suggestions for further readings.

Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, Inc.
(http://www.chci.org/)

A nonprofit and nonpartisan leadership development organization established in 1978. Its broad mission is to develop the next generation of Hispanic leadership. Hispanic America U.S.A.
"Americans of Hispanic Heritage have a sophisticated ancestry which dates back hundreds of years, exploring and settling our Country before the War of Independence. These Web sites are a view of the contributions of Hispanics (los Americanos) to the United States of America."

Hispanic/Latino
(http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/hispanic/ )

Latin American Network Information Center is part of the University of Texas LANIC. this listing of Hispanic/Latino resources covers academic resources; art, literature and humanities; music; public affairs; media; business and economy; community; culture and lists of personal pages.

Hispanic Online
(http://www.hispaniconline.com/)

The site offers a platform providing extensive coverage of issues relevant to U.S. Hispanics, with sections on lifestyles, education, top colleges, travel scholarships, health and fitness, home decor, family sports and recreation, food and restaurants, business and finance research and resources and news and news features. Hispanic Publishing Group also offers Hispanic Magazine, Vista Magazine and Hispanic Trends. Latino American History
This Guide to Resources and Research on the Web is from the History Department of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. It offers sections on general and archival resources, Hispanic women's history, political movements, popular culture and religion.

Latino Issues Forum
(http://www.lif.org/index.html)

A non-profit public policy and advocacy institute dedicated to advancing new and innovative public policy solutions for a better, more equitable and prosperous society. LIF's primary focus is on the broader issues of access to higher education, economic development, health care, citizenship, regional development, telecommunications issues and regulatory issues. League of United Latin American Citizens
The League of United Latin American Citizens is the largest and oldest Hispanic civil rights organization in the United States with more than 700 councils throughout the United States and Puerto Rico.

NALEO Educational Fund
(http://www.naleo.org/index.htm)

"The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund is the leading organization that empowers Latinos to participate fully in the America political process, from citizenship to public service. Established in 1981, the NALEO Educational Fund carries out this mission by developing and implementing programs that promote the integration of Latino immigrants into American society, developing future leaders among Latino youth, providing assistance and training to the nation's Latino elected and appointed officials and by conducting research on issues important to the Latino population."

National Council of La Raza
(http://www.nclr.org/)

The National Council of La Raza is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization established in 1968 to reduce poverty and discrimination and improve life opportunities for Hispanic Americans. NCLR works toward this goal through two primary approaches: capacity-building assistance to support and strengthen Hispanic community-based organizations and applied research, policy analysis and advocacy.

Pew Hispanic Center
(http://www.pewhispanic.org/index.jsp)

The Pew Hispanic Center is a non-partisan research organization. Its mission is to improve understanding of the U.S. Hispanic population and to chronicle Latinos’ growing impact on the entire nation. The Center does not advocate for or take positions on policy issues. The Center conducts and commissions studies on a range of topics, taking on the tough questions and producing reliable answers. Each year it prepares a nationwide survey that explores Latino attitudes on public policy issues, as well as their beliefs, values and experiences.

Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives
(http://latino.si.edu/)

This site lists Latino resources and archives at the Smithsonian Institution; connects to online exhibits and articles about Latino and Latin American art, artists, culture, science and history as well as about the culture of the Mexico-United States borderlands; and offers information about the Center and its programs.

United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
(http://www.ushcc.com/)

The USHCC is the preeminent Hispanic organization in the United States whose mission is to represent the interest of over 1.3 million Hispanic-owned businesses in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Through its network of 250 local Hispanic chambers, the USHCC is the umbrella organization that actively promotes the economic growth and development of Hispanic entrepreneurs. A recent article featured "Hispanic Today," the first national TV show that highlights issues impacting the Latino community in the world of business, entertainment, politics, culture, lifestyle and sports.

Young Americanos: Photographic Visions of Our Community
(http://latino.si.edu/YoungAmericanos/page 2_introduction.htm)

This exhibit from the Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives presents 55 photographs from the winners of the Young Americanos photo competition. The images are "truly moving and show us the realities of life in the community -- they also offer a colorful mosaic of neighborhoods, homes, families and friends."

Native American

The American Indian Heritage Foundation
(http://www.indians.org/)

AIHF was established to provide relief services to Indian people nationwide and to build bridges of understanding and friendship between Indian and non-Indian people. The site provides an American Indian Tribal Directory of names of U.S. federally recognized tribes.

American Indian Higher Education Consortium
(http://www.aihec.org/)

The Consortium was founded in 1972 by the presidents of the nation’s first six Tribal Colleges, as an informal collaboration among member colleges. Today it presents a directory of tribal colleges and universities; information about the role of tribal colleges in postsecodary education, students and tribal college graduates; a link to the White House Initiative on Tribal Colleges and Universities; and articles from its journal. Its International Programs and Partnerships page is intended to help foster international links with indigenous peoples outside of the United States.

First Nations Development Institute
(http://www.firstnations.org/)

A Native American nonprofit organization founded in 1980 to promote culturally appropriate economic development by and for Native peoples. It coordinates local grass roots projects with national program and policy development to build capacity for self-reliant reservation economies. Also useful is their journal, Native Americas.

Index of Native American Sources on the Internet
(http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/)

A very comprehensive and useful index of Native American Resources on the Internet -- a "jump station" comprised of thousands of links to other sites dealing with nearly every imaginable aspect of Native American life and culture. Categories of interest include resources on culture, art, education, museums and government.

National Congress of American Indians
(http://www.ncai.org/)

Founded in 1944, NCAI is the oldest, largest and most representative national Indian organization serving the needs of a broad membership of American Indian and Alaska Native governments. It stresses the need for unity and cooperation among tribal governments and people for the security and protection of treaty and sovereign rights.

Native American Authors
(http://www.ipl.org/div/natam/)

Sponsored by the Internet Public Library, information on approximately 400 Native American authors is provided: most entries are on contemporary people and include a biography, a list of works, listings of books written with accompanying bibliographic information, and the writer's tribal affiliation. Many entries include photographs and links to biographies, reviews, interviews, and books or poems on-line. Browsable by author, book title or tribal affiliation.

Native American Repatriation & Reburial: A Bibliography
(http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/native/appf.html)

"The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) was signed into law in November 1990 by President George Bush. It protects burial sites on federal and tribal lands and creates a process for repatriating cultural items, including artifacts and human remains, to native tribes." A bibliography of print sources, including both popular and scholarly articles, relating to this law and the issues involved.

Native American Rights Fund (NARF)
(http://www.narf.org/)

A non-profit organization that provides legal representation and technical assistance to Indian tribes, organizations and individuals across the United States. Of special interest is the National Indian Law Library, which is devoted exclusively to Indian law and includes texts of tribal cases and constitutions and links to primary and secondary source material.

Native American Sites
(http://www.nativeculture.com/lisamitten/indians.html)

Native American Sites, produced by Lisa Mitten, is also the homepage of the American Indian Library Association. The site's goal is to facilitate communication among Native peoples and between Indians and non-Indians by providing access to home pages of Native American Nations and organizations, and to other sites that provide solid information about American Indians. Categories include: Individual Native Nations; Native Organizations and Urban Indian Centers; Tribal Colleges, Native Studies Programs, and Indian Education; Languages; The Mascot Issue; Native Media; Powwows and Festivals; Native Music and Arts Organizations and Individuals; Indians in the Military; Native Businesses; and General Interest sites.

Native Americans -- Internet Resources
(http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/native.htm)

The Internet School Library Media Center's Native American page. It features resources for teachers, librarians, students and parents -- including bibliographies, directories to pages of individual tribes, history and historical documents, author pages, periodicals and general links.

Native Web
(http://www.nativeweb.org/)

Native Web has information about native peoples throughout the world. Emphasis presently is on Native Americans. Choose to find information by subject category, by geographic region, or by nations/peoples list. Note especially the Native Events calendar in the Subject Categories section; it has calendars of events, conferences, and powwows. Also in the Subject Categories section are connections to organizations concerned with native peoples, issues, newsletters, and bibliographies, as well as subject listings for art, music, literature, governance, justice, and more.

On This Date in North American Indian History
(http://americanindian.net)

A calendar index to events in Native American history, with supporting exhibits on tribal names and cultures.

If You Knew the Conditions: Health Care to Native Americans.
(http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/if_you_knew/if_you_knew_04.html)

Based on an exhibition at the National Library of Medicine, this site gives an historical account of the administration of health care to Native American recipients by the United States Government. It examines the evolution of government responsibility and its transfer through the Departments of War, the Interior, and Health, Education, and Welfare, now the Department of Health and Human Services

Native American Resource
(www.indianz.com)

This page provides news, information and entertainment from a Native American perspective.

Smithsonian Institution Anthropology Outreach Office
(http://www.nmnh.si.edu/anthro/outreach/outrch1.html)

The Office provides leaflets, bibliographies, and teacher's packets on a variety of anthropological topics, including Native Americans. Two links are of special interest: A Critical Bibliography on North American Indians, for K-12, which describes over 800 books with sections organized by culture area and tribe and further divided into non-fiction and fiction, biographies and traditional stories; and North American Indians: Resources on the Internet. Smithsonian Institution National Museum of the American Indian
"The National Museum of the American Indian is the sixteenth museum of the Smithsonian Institution. It is the first national museum dedicated to the preservation, study, and exhibition of the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of Native Americans. Established by an act of Congress in 1989, the museum works in collaboration with the Native peoples of the Western Hemisphere to protect and foster their cultures by reaffirming traditions and beliefs, encouraging contemporary artistic expression, and empowering the Indian voice."

Smithsonian Institution Libraries
(http://www.sil.si.edu/)

Frontier Photographer: Edward S. Curtis This Smithsonian Institution Libraries online exhibition explores the life and work of Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952). Curtis' thirty-year North American Indian Project "captured images of American Indians as they lived before contact with Anglo cultures." The photogravure prints published in his 20-volume work, The North American Indian, "left an indelible mark on the history of photography."