Mount A Libraries: Anthropology Subject Guide: Web Sources

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Looking for paper issues? See call number SB 351 .H5 H57 in JOURNAL STACKS.

Web Sources for Anthropology

American Anthopological Association
Useful information and tools for anthropologists and anthropology students, including: current news items; career center; information about fellowships, field schools, internships; academic tenure and promotion resources; writers circle.
Arctic Studies Center
From the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, this site "invites you to explore the history of northern peoples, cultures, and environments and the issues that matter to northern residents today."
Folklife Wiki
From the American Folklife Society; database of ethnographic resources related to folklife, anthropology, ethnomusicology, and the humanities.
Interactive Digs
Created by the Archaeological Institute of America and Archaeology Magazine. View scenes of digs from around the world.
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
This website highlights objects and artifacts found around the world. Discusses different cultures, customs, and rituals. There are many videos of lectures and tours.
Voice of the Shuttle: Anthropology
Part of the well-known site at University of California, Santa Barbara. A briefly annotated list of web sites; mostly directory sites or sites with general information.

8th Fire
This website is a CBC Curio collection that offers several videos addressing the topics Aboriginal peoples in Canada discuss today.
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From the site: 8TH Fire draws from an Anishinaabe prophecy that declares now is the time for Aboriginal peoples and the settler community to come together and build the '8TH Fire' of justice and harmony.
Alaska Native History and Cultures
A searchable collection in Alaska's Digital Archives. Browse by topic, region, or time period. Mainly images (photographs, videos, drawings, etc.), some textual materials and maps.
Arctic Studies Center
From the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, this site "invites you to explore the history of northern peoples, cultures, and environments and the issues that matter to northern residents today."
First Nation Profiles
On the site of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada; collection of information describing individual First Nation communities across Canada. Regional First Nation communities can be location quickly using the interactive map.
Gwich'in Social & Cultural Institute
This website was created by the Gwich'in Department of Cultural Heritage and provides information about the four communities of Aklavik, Fort McPherson, Inuvik, and Tsiigehtchic, which all fall within the Gwich'in Settlement Area (GSA).

Native American Ethnobotany This link opens in a new window
"A Database of Foods, Drugs, Dyes and Fibers of Native American Peoples, Derived from Plants." Most items include a direct link to the USDA (US Dept. of Agriculture) Plants Database. Supported by University of Michigan - Dearborn.

Native Web
Links to sites by and about native or Indigenous nations, peoples and organizations around the world. Includes internal search engine. Warning: some links are broken.
The Sharing Circle Seasons 11-15
This is a digital archive of 4 seasons of the APTN series The Sharing Circle. Each episode addresses topics on the culture of Aboriginals in Canada and the issues that aboriginals face in society today.
Virtual Museum of Canada
A learning collection by the virtual museum of Canada. Several exhibits available on Indigenous Peoples.

CIA World Factbook
Brief facts including social, political, economic, historical, etc.
Government Information Subject Guide: International Organizations
Internations Relations Subject Guide: United Nations
World Bank
World Trade Organizations

American Folklife Center
Website of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress containing free publications giving an overview of folklife, including “American Folklife: A Commonwealth of Cultures” by Mary Hufford and “Folklife and Fieldwork: A Layman’s Introduction to Field Techniques.”
American Folklore
Retold folktales from all 50 states.
British Columbia Folklore Society
Oxford LibGuide - Anthropology & Folklore
A listing of useful sites and resources about folklore in the United Kingdom.