The following are links compiled by the project staff. Please
forward recommended sites, especially those related to Michigan
traditional arts and artists to MINativeArts@museum.msu.edu

Arts
Councils and Service Programs
Michigan/Great
Lakes region
Artist
Directories
Programs/Associations
Institutions
Communications
Publications/Videos
Museums/Collections
Exhibits
(Permanent, Virtual and Traveling)
Government
Pow
Wows
Fairs
and Festivals
Native
American Studies Programs & Centers

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Arts Councils and Service Programs

Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs
http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17445_19272---,00.html
Michigan Humanities Council
http://www.michiganhumanities.org/
Michigan Traditional Arts Program
http://museum.msu.edu/s-program/MTAP/index.html
Michigan Association of Community Arts Agencies
http://www.macaa.com/
ConnectMACAA
an on-line method of facilitating communication
among arts and cultural administrators all across Michigan. More
information on how to join connectMACAA or post a message can
be found here.
http://www.macaa.com/connect.html
MACAA On-Line Arts and Culture Directory
http://file.matrix.msu.edu:591/macaa/FMPro?-db=Culture%20Link&-lay=Culture%20Link&-format=search.htm&-view
Michigan Culture Link
http://miculturelink.h-net.msu.edu/
Michigan Arts and Humanities Touring Directory
http://www.michiganhumanities.org/touring/2003_2006/
Artserve
http://www.artservemichigan.org/docs/services.html
Michigan Artists Slide Bank
http://www.artservemichigan.org/docs/services_sub/slide.html
Artists in Michigan
http://www.artservemichigan.org/docs/services_sub/aim.html
Ontario Arts Council/
http://www.arts.on.ca/
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Other Resources
Michigan/Great Lakes region

"Contemporary Michigan Native American Art"
http://www.ramsdell-theater.org/Contempory.htm
Center for Great Lakes Culture
http://greatlakes.msu.edu/
MATRIX: The Center for Humane Arts, Letters, and Social Sciences
Online
http://www.matrix.msu.edu/
Great Lakes Quilt Center
http://museum.msu.edu/glqc/index.html
Indian Treaties: Their Ongoing Importance to Michigan Residents
web report prepared by Clarke Historical Library
http://clarke.cmich.edu/nativeamericans/treatyrights/chicago1833.htm
State Archives of Michigan-Native Americans
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mhc_sa_circular30_50002_7.pdf
Native American Research in Michigan
http://hometown.aol.com/roundsky/introduction.html
Michigan Department of Education
http://www.mde.state.mi.us
Very Special Arts of Michigan
http://www.vsami.org/
Arts League of Michigan
http://www.artsleague.com/
Design Michigan
http://www.designmichigan.org/
Artes Unidas
http://www.artesunidas.org/
All One Nation
http://famousamericanindians4.homestead.com/AllOneNation.html
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Artist Directories

National Registry of Native American Artists
http://www.atlatl.org/artists.html
Native American Authors
http://www.ipl.org/ref/native/
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Programs/Associations

Native American History and Culture/Smithsonian
http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmai/start.htm
Keepers of the Treasure
http://uanews.org/ror/summer02/artifacts.html
Native American Art Studies Association
http://www.nativearts.org/
Atlatl, Inc.,
promotes the vitality of contemporary Native American
art through self determination in cultural expression.
http://www.atlatl.org/
California Indian Basketweavers Association
http://www.ciba.org/
Tohono O'Odham Basketweavers Association
http://www.tocaonline.org/Programs/Basketweavers/Basketweavers.htm
Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance
http://www.maineindianbaskets.org/
Oklahoma Native American Basketweavers Association
http://www.onab.org
Northwest Basketmakers Association
http://www.arts.wa.gov/progFA/nnaba/faBasketGa1.html
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Institutions

American Indian Music/Smithsonian Folkways
http://www.folkways.si.edu/search/SearchResults.aspx?BrowseBy=genre&Param=American%20Indian
Native American History and Culture Resources at the Smithsonian
Institution
http://www.smithsonian.org/history_and_culture/american_indian/
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
http://www.folklife.si.edu/
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Communications

H-Amindian
-- A joint project between Arizona State University
and H-NET, H-AmIndian includes an edited discussion list for scholars,
academicians, and Native peoples to consider the history, culture,
ideas and events relating to indigenous peoples from the North
Pole to Mexico. This project has two websites: this one, which
includes materials generated on the H-AmIndian participants, and
one housed at ASU, which includes the materials generated by the
ASU participants
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~amind/
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Publications/Videos

Michigan State University Press/Native American Series
http://www.msupress.msu.edu/nativeam/natlist.html
Tribal Museum Directory
http://museumstudies.si.edu/tribdir.htm
Wisconsin Powwow/Naamikaaged: Dancer for the People (video)
http://www.yvwiiusdinvnohii.net/musical.html
Sisters of the Great Lakes: American Indian Women Artists
https://secure.museum.msu.edu/MTAPStore/sku.asp?time=133046&sku=BK0033S
To Honor and Comfort: Native Quilting Traditions
https://secure.museum.msu.edu/MTAPStore/sku.asp?time=133046&sku=BK0037S
Anishnaabek: Artists of Little Traverse Bay
https://secure.museum.msu.edu/MTAPStore/sku.asp?time=132822&sku=BK0005S
The Way It Happened
https://secure.museum.msu.edu/MTAPStore/sku.asp?time=133046&sku=BK0036S
Gatherings: Great Lakes Indian Basket and Boxmakers
https://secure.museum.msu.edu/MTAPStore/sku.asp?time=133046&sku=BK0015S
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Museums/Collections

• Native American and First Nation
National Museum of the Ameican Indian
http://americanindian.si.edu/
Tribal Museum Directory
http://museumstudies.si.edu/tribdir.htm
Haudenosaunee Museums & Cultural Centers
http://www.peace4turtleisland.org/pages/museums.htm
Museum of Ojibwa Culture
http://www.stignace.com/attractions/ojibwa/
Oneida Nation Museum
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/LeftBank/7900/museum.html
Andrew J. Blackbird Museum
http://www.ohwy.com/mi/b/blckbdmu.htm
• Michigan Museums
Michigan State University Museum
http://museum.msu.edu/
Cranbrook Institute of Science
http://science.cranbrook.edu/
Public Museum of Grand Rapids
http://www.grmuseum.org/
Ziibiwing Cultural Center
http://www.sagchip.org/ziibiwing/index.htm
Kalamazoo Valley Museum
http://kvm.kvcc.edu/
Flint Institute of Arts
http://www.flintarts.org/
Michigan Historical Museum
http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17447_18595_18596---,00.html
Jesse Besser Museum
http://www.bessermuseum.org/
• Museums in the Region
Royal Ontario Museum
http://www.rom.on.ca/
Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art
http://www.eiteljorg.org/ejm/home.asp
Field Museum of Chicago
http://www.fieldmuseum.org/
• National
National Museum of the American Indian/Smithsonian Institution
http://www.conexus.si.edu/
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Exhibits (Permanent, Virtual and Traveling)

• Virtual
To Honor and Comfort: Native Quilting Traditions
http://www.museum.msu.edu/exhibitions/Virtual/quilts/index.html
Sisters of the Great Lakes: American Indian Women Artists
http://museum.msu.edu/museum/tes/sisters/index.htm
• Traveling
Sisters of the Great Lakes: American Indian Women Artists
http://museum.msu.edu/museum/tes/index.htm
Great Lakes Native Quilting
http://museum.msu.edu/museum/tes/index.htm
MSU American Indian Pow Wow Portraits
http://museum.msu.edu/museum/tes/index.htm
Native American Masters
http://museum.msu.edu/museum/tes/index.htm
To Honor and Comfort: Native Quilting Traditions
http://museum.msu.edu/museum/tes/index.htm
Anishnaabek: Artists of Little Traverse Bay
http://museum.msu.edu/museum/tes/index.htm
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Government

List of Recognized Tribes in Michigan
http://www.michigan.gov/dhs/0,1607,7-124-5452_7124_7209-15452--,00.html
Saginaw Chippewa Tribe of Indians
http://www.sagchip.org/
Grand Traverse Band of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians
http://www.gtb.nsn.us/
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa
http://www.epa.gov/region5/tribes/tribepages/odawa.htm
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians
http://www.pokagon.com/
Keewenaw Bay Indian Community
http://www.ojibwa.com/
Michigan Commission on Indian Affairs
http://www.state.mi.us/audgen/digests/98_99/1511198.htm
State of Michigan Department of Human Services
http://www.michigan.gov/dhs/0,1607,7-124-5452_7124_7209---,00.html
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Pow Wows

Little Elk's Retreat Pow Wow
http://www.sagchip.org/pow-wow/
Pow Wow Power
http://www.powwow-power.com/powwows.shtml
Michigan Pow Wow List 2004
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/FIA-2004IndianPowWow_89511_7.pdf
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Fairs and Festivals

Great Lakes Folk Festival
http://www.greatlakesfolkfest.net/
Midwest Art Fairs & Midwest Craft Fairs
http://www.netstreetfair.com/MidwestShows_1_2_3_05.html
Michigan Fairs and Festivals
http://www.mfea.org/
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Native American Studies Programs & Centers

Native American Institute, Michigan State University
http://www.msu.edu/unit/nai/
American Indian Studies Program, Michigan State University
http://aisp.msu.edu/index.html
CIC American Indian Studies
http://www.cic.uiuc.edu/programs/AmericanIndianStudiesConsortium/
Michigan Indian Tuition Waiver Program
http://www.msu.edu/unit/nai/finaid.htm#MITWP
SACNAS
encourages Chicano/Latino and Native American
students to pursue graduate education and obtain the advanced
degrees necessary for research careers and science teaching professions
at all levels.
http://www.sacnas.org/
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