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'To Our Sisters' birchbark box and lid embroidered with porcupine quills by Yvonne M. Walker Keshick, 1994. MSU Museum collection. Photo by Douglas Elbinger.
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

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 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
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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
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"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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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• 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)
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• 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
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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
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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
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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
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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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