Resources and Links
We are currently reviewing several web sites for inclusion into our new Resources and Links page. If you know of a web site or any resource that is helpful to you, please e-mail it to our webmaster.Other Basketweavers Organizations
Great Basin Native Basketweavers Association
463 Walnut St.
Elko, NV 89801 USA
TEL: (775) 340-2833
Established 2000
Annual gathering: October 29-30 2005
Email: shoshonebradyl@yahoo.com or washoweaver@charter.net
Our goal is to revive, enhance and promote the traditional art of basket making handed down throughout the Great Basin Region. The Great Basin area stretches from the south area of Death Valley, California up to the middle of Oregon, from the Sierra Mountains clear across the Great Salt Lake. The Great Basin Native Basketweavers Association was organized with the intention and purpose of keeping the baskets alive for another thousand years.
Great Lakes Indian Basket & Box makers Association (GLIBBA)
c/o Nokomis Native American Cultural Learning Center
5153 Marsh Road Okemos, Michigan
Okemos, MI 48864-1198 USA
TEL: (517) 349-5777
FAX: (517) 349-8560
Marclay Crampton, Director
cameron@nokomis.org
The Nokomis Native American Cultural Learning Center is dedicated to the preservation and presentation of the history, Arts, and culture of the Anishinaabe people - the Ojibwa, Odawa, and Potawatomi nations. The Center fulfills this mission through programs, exhibitions and special events.
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Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance
P.O. Box 3253
Old Town, ME 04468 USA
TEL: (207) 827-0391
FAX: (207) 827-0379
Established 1993
Annual gathering: weekend after Fourth of July
Email: miba@gwi.net
The Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance (MIBA) is a nonprofit Native American arts service organization focused on preserving and extending the art of basketmaking within Maine's Native American community. MIBA seeks to preserve the ancient tradition of ash and sweetgrass basketmaking among the Maliseet, Micmac, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot tribes.
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Northwest Native American Basketweavers Association
P.O. Box 174
Omak, WA 98841 USA
TEL: (509) 826-9530
Established 1996
Annual gathering: first weekend of October
Email: nnaba3@communitynet.org
The Northwest Native American Basketweavers Association (NNABA) was established in 1996 as a non-profit organization, gathered together to preserve, promote, and perpetuate the traditional and contemporary art of Northwest Native American basketry. The Basketweavers represent Native American Tribes from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and British Columbia.
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Southern California Indian Basketweavers Organization
3587 McKenzie St.
Riverside, CA 92504 USA
TEL: (909) 276-6719
nexwetem@aol.com
The purpose of Nex'wetem, SCIBO is to perpetuate the basketweaving heritage of Southern California Indigenous peoples, by engaging in activities and educational pursuits designed to achieve that end. The activities of this organization will be of benefit to the basketweaving culture of the tribal peoples native to Southern California, subject to rules set up by the Board of Directors and the voting membership.
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Tohono O'Odham Basketweavers Organization (TOBO)
P.O. Box 1790
Sells, AZ 85634 USA
TEL: (520) 383-4966
FAX: (520) 383-5286
Established 1996
Annual gathering: first weekend in December
The Tohono O'odham Basketweavers Organization (TOBO) is dedicated to keeping basketry traditions a vital and living tradition. TOBO works with more than 250 weavers to offer classes to pass weaving traditions and techniques on to a new generation of Tohono O'odham weavers, establish a cooperative which guarantees weavers access to markets and fair compensation for their artistry and hard work. Additionally, preserve access to traditional gathering sites and organize trips to gather weaving materials.
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Oklahoma Native American Basketweavers (ONAB)
P.O. Box 7234
Edmond, OK 73083-7234 USA
TEL: (405) 615-3702
Established 2002
Annual gathering: April 2005
Email: pbweave@aol.com
The mission and purpose of the Oklahoma Native American Basketweavers association is to preserve, promote and perpetuate traditional basketry and culture of Native American tribes through educational programs in Oklahoma.
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Arts and Cultural Organizations
Institute of American Indian Arts
IAIA
83 Avan Nu Po Road
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Admissions
(505) 424-2300
fax (505) 424-4500
mailto:bwadsworth@iaiancad.org
Established in 1962 by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Arts Development (IAIA) was initially a high school. In 1975 the Institute became a two-year college offering associate degrees. The institute also includes a major contemporary Indian art museum located just off the Plaza in downtown Santa Fe (NM).
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The California Arts Council (CAC)
1300 I Street, Suite 930
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 322-6555
(800) 201-6201
fax (916) 322-6575
cac@cwo.com
The mission of the CAC is to make available and accessible quality art reflecting all of California's diverse cultures; to support the state's broad economic, educational, and social goals through the arts; to provide leadership for all levels of the arts community; and to present effective programs that add a further dimension to our cities, our schools, our jobs, and our creative spirit.
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The Alliance for California Traditional Arts (ACTA)
Fresno Arts Council
1245 Van Ness
Fresno, CA 93721
(559) 237-9813
info@actaonline.org
The Alliance for California Traditional Arts strives to "ensure California's future holds California's past" by providing model programs and services to support the state's diverse living cultural heritage. The Alliance cultivates the growth of traditional arts and culture through Stewardship, Services to Artists, and Connection-Making.
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The Traditional Arts Programs Net
National Endowment for the Arts
1100 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 720
Washington, DC 20506
TEL: (202) 682-5428
FAX: (202) 682-5669
Rose Morgan, Folk & Traditional Arts Specialist, morganr@arts.endow.gov
The National Endowment for the Arts has assembled this considerable collection of resources and programs for Folk and Traditional artists.
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Museums & Libraries
Bibliographies of Northern and Central California Indians
Hidden beneath the cultural and social surface of California is a story of natural abundance, human conflict, pain and suffering, and rebirth; it is the story of California Indians. The California Indian Museum will tell this story, because it is a story that just may untie us from the bonds of racism and hatred, and may give the children of California and the world an opportunity to appreciate and respect each other.
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The California Indian Museum and Cultural Center
5250 Aero Drive
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
TEL: (707) 579-3004
FAX: (707) 579-9019
CIMandCC@aol.com
Hidden beneath the cultural and social surface of California is a story of natural abundance, human conflict, pain and suffering, and rebirth; it is the story of California Indians. The California Indian Museum will tell this story, because it is a story that just may untie us from the bonds of racism and hatred, and may give the children of California and the world an opportunity to appreciate and respect each other.
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Clark Historical Museum, Eureka, California.
They have one of the largest collections in this part of California.
Publishers
P.O. Box 9145
Berkeley, CA 94709 USA
TEL: (510) 549-3564
FAX: (510) 549-1889
heyday@heydaybooks.com
Heyday Books is dedicated to producing high-quality, accessible books about California. Founded in 1974 by Malcolm Margolin, Heyday has maintained a highly-respected list of titles covering California history and culture, natural history, literature, poetry, regional guides, and California Native American life for over 25 years.
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Additional Native American Resources
Lisa A. Mitten
Social Sciences Subject Editor
CHOICE Magazine
100 Riverview Center
Middletown, CT 06457
FAX: (603) 649-6120
lamitten@yahoo.com
Lisa Mitten maintains this Native American Sites on the WWW. A mixed-blood Mohawk urban Indian, formerly a librarian for 14 years at the University of Pittsburgh Lisa is now the Social Sciences Subject Editor for anthropology, history, and sociology for CHOICE Magazine, the premiere academic book review journal for libraries. Her 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.
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Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc.
Randall Simmons
Nteri Program Coordinator
2214 North Central Avenue Suite 100
Phoenix, Arizona 85004
Office: (602) 258-4822
FAX: (602) 258-4825
nteri.contact@itcaonline.com
The National Tribal Environmental Research Institute (NTERI) was developed to promote informed deliberation and comment on important federal and other proposed laws, rules, actions initiatives, and programs.
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Index of Native American Resources on the Internet
WWW Virtual Library - American Indians
This site is constructed primarily to provide information resources to the Native American community and only secondarily to the general community. The information is organized, insofar as possible, to make it useful to the Native American community and the education community. The information presented here is the product of much cooperative work.
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Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties
Compiled and Edited by Charles J. Kappler
Questions and Comments to
OSU Library Digital Publications:
lib-dig@okstate.edu
Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties, compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler, is an historically significant, seven volume compilation of U.S. treaties, laws and executive orders pertaining to Native American Indian tribes. The volumes cover U.S. Government treaties with Native Americans from 1778-1883 (Volume II) and U.S. laws and executive orders concerning Native Americans from 1871-1970 (Volumes I, III-VII). The work was first published in 1903-04 by the U.S. Government Printing Office.
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California Indian Basketweavers Assoclation
PO Box 1348 Woodland, CA 95776-1348
Office:530-668-1332 Fax:530-668-1386 E-mail: ciba@ciba.org