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Learn about Native American history on the Internet. Discover Native American history including influences, culture and customs of various Indian tribes. Links to government & legal documents, and exhibits & collections.

'The Duke Collection of American Indian Oral History online provides access to typescripts of interviews (1967 -1972) conducted with hundreds of Indians in Oklahoma regarding the histories and cultures of their respective nations and tribes. Related are accounts of Indian ceremonies, customs, social conditions, philosophies, and standards of living. Members of every tribe resident in Oklahoma were interviewed.'

The history of relationships between Native Americans, Europeans and other immigrants - includes sections on Assimilation, Relocation and Genocide, Indian Boarding Schools, Oral History of the Cherokee and an Interactive Map.

This very useful site has been around for a while yet recently has updated its format and design. Excellent site for sources on American history.

Thanks for the link, David. Actually, the site now also has tons of world history content. See our Features on Chinese history, Indian history, Women's history, Islamic history, and more.

When teachers more broadly realise how many brilliant resources there are like this out there the days of the boring textbook lesson will be numbered!

An online exhibition from the Museum of the American Indian about the Great Inka Road, using it to examine the history of the Inka empire

An extensive collection of primary sources related to American history since 1865.

An enormous number of links to sources related to American history up to 1865.

Map show the course of the great smallpox epidemic of 1775-1782.

Documents on American history from 1815 to the outbreak of the Civil War.

Beautiful images and well-organised. A valuable resource for the topic given the paucity of resources for indigenous history around the world.

A game from the Virtual Museum of Canada, explores the French and Indian War from the standpoint of British, French, Canadian and Native American perspectives.

Recommended for grades 5-8, this site offers an interesting overview of states and Native American tribes. Students learn about states, rivers, mountains, regions, tribes and then practice locating these on maps with a timer.

From the New Mexico Office of the State Historian, an article on trade between indigenous peoples in what is today Mexico and the southwestern US