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Sidebar: Resources & Links
Resources & Links
Here’s a list of resources and organizations in Indiana supporting Native Americans and Native American culture. If you have additions you’d like to add, please e-mail them to Electric Consumer, ec@indremcs.org.
American Indian Studies Research Institute
Indiana University
422 N. Indiana Ave., Bloomington, IN 47408
812-855-4086; aisri@indiana.edu; www.indiana.edu/~aisri
The Center for Cultural Resources
Indiana University Southeast Library,
4201 Grantline Road, New Albany, IN 47150
812-948-8123; ccr@ius.edu; www.ius.edu/ccr
The Center provides resource kits reflecting cultural and ethnic groups and issues, including kits on Native Americans. Contents include sample lesson plans, multimedia materials, real-life objects and background readings. Resources are adaptable for use at levels ranging from preschool to university.
Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art
500 W. Washington St., Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 636-WEST (9378); www.eiteljorg.org
The Eiteljorg Museum is one of only two museums east of the Mississippi that showcase both Native American and Western art, culture and history. The museum’s Mihtohseenionki (The People’s Place) gallery explores Indiana’s indigenous peoples — the Delaware, Miami and Potawatomi Indians — through preserved rare objects, historical photos, interactive displays and audiovisual technology.
Indiana Native American Indian Affairs Commission
402 W. Washington St., W252, Indianapolis, IN 46204
contact@inaiac.in.gov; http://www.in.gov/dwd/naiac/
Newly-funded state commission studies problems common to Native Americans in Indiana in the areas of employment, education, civil rights, health and housing, and promotes Native American awareness.
Miami Nation of Indians of Indiana Tribal Complex
P.O. Box 41/80 W. Sixth St., Peru, IN 46970
(765) 473-9631; www.miamiindians.org
Home of the Miami Nation of Indians of Indiana; the Little Turtle Day Care Ministry; The Crane’s Nest gift shop of Miami cultural items; farmer’s market; and (coming soon) a food pantry.
National Center for Great Lakes Native American Culture, Inc.
P.O. Box 1063, Portland, IN 47371
765-426-3022; www.ncglnac.org
A not-for-profit organization whose mission is to continue and preserve traditional Great Lakes Native American art, history and culture by helping pass these traditions to Native people and by educating the general public about the importance of these traditions. Memberships are open to all.
Native American Cultural Center
503 Harrison Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2025
www.purdue.edu/tecumseh
Links to Books and Authors
Jack Weatherford, a professor of anthropolgy at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., has written several books on Native American culture and civilization. Here are two works: Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World
Native Roots: How the Indians Enriched America
James Alexander Thom, is Indiana's best selling author. His seven novels have sold more than 2 million copies. He and his wife, Dark Rain Thom, are consumers of Utilities District of Western Indiana REMC.
Dark Rain Thom is a Shawnee who has written The Shawnee: Kohkumthena’s Grandchildren.
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Written By: eceditor
Date Posted: 7/19/2007
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