About This Database

An Authoritative, Informative Resource

American Indian History Online offers fast access to more than 15,000 years of culture and history through event and topic entries, biographies, images and videos, maps and charts, legends, primary sources, and timeline entries. The "Tribes and Culture Areas" section is easy to browse with a helpful tabbed list of tribes, representing more than 600 Native American groups, and a browse-by-culture-area feature. This award-winning database allows for an interactive, multifaceted look at the indigenous peoples of North and South America.

Highlights:

• Complete Coverage: more than 15,000 years of American Indian history and culture
• Tribe Index: a browsable index of more than 600 tribes
• Culture Area Index: a browsable index of Indian culture areas
• Legends: traditional stories from tribes and groups around the country, accessible from the Primary Sources browse page and the North American Culture Area Learning Centers
• Unique Learning Centers: specially selected entries on major eras and North American culture areas to help users find a starting point for their research
• Timeline: information on 15,000 years of American Indian history, with extensive hyperlinks, updated monthly
• Comprehensive Source List: full and partial text from hundreds of print titles.

Features:

• Biographies
• Events and topics
• Primary sources
• Images and videos
• Maps and charts
• "Editor's Selection of the Month"
• Dictionary
• Persistent record links.