Internet Resources for Teachers: Indigenous Languages of the Americas

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Sites with general information
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Sites on specific topics
  Language or culture-specific sites
Country or region-specific sites
Latin American indigenous groups in the U.S.
Politically oriented sites
Music and video sites and sources
Sites and sources for books and printed materials
Other sites

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Languages of Latin America from LANIC
Indigenous Peoples of Latin America from LANIC
Languages of the Americas from Ethnologue
Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the America (SSILA)
Native Networks/Redes indígenas
Cultural Survival (worldwide scope)
The Middle American Research Institute (Tulane)
Latin American Center (UCLA)
Center for Latin American Studies (Stanford)
K-12 Curriculum Units from the Center for Latin American Studies (U. of Arizona)
Indigenous Language Resources (U. of Chicago)
Resources for Pre-Columbian History (Ohio State)
Latin American School and Educational Resources (Michigan State)
Curriculum Materials from CLACS (U. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
Lesson Plans from Outreach World
Library of Congress: Selected Internet Resources
Language Resources from the Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs
Indigenous Literature Links (mostly but not all from North America)
Servindi (Servicio de Información Indígena)
Instituto Científico de Culturas Indígenas
Red Indígena
Fondo Indígena

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Language and culture-specific sites

Academia de lenguas mayas
Yucatán: Identidad y Cultura Maya
Unmasking the Maya (Smithsonian)
K'inal Winik Cultural Center
Guatemalan Maya Culture (basic information)
National Geographic's "Mighty Maya" game (K-5 level)

Nahuatl Gateway
Onteanqui (Curso de Náhuatl)
Nahuatl Tlahtolkalli (Nahuatl Academy of Language)
The Nahuatl Language in Mexico
How Can I Learn Nahuatl?
Azteca Web Page
Huiquipedia (Wikipedia in Nahuatl)

Guaraní Ñanduti Rogue
Wikipedia in Guarani

Quechua Language Homepage
Wikipidiya (Wikipedia in Quechua)
Microsoft Windows XP in Quechua
Article in Spanish about Windows XP in Quechua

Wikipedia in Aymara

United Confederation of Taíno People
The Taíno World

Portal Mapuche
Fundación Rehue (Mapuche)

Country and region-specific sites

Conaculta: Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (México)
Arte e Historia México
Congreso Nacional Indígena (México)
Comisión Nacional para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas (México)
Yucatán Today: Cultura (México)
Coordinadora Nacional Indígena y Campesina (Guatemala)
Chirapaq: Centro de Culturas Indígenas de Perú
Confederación de Nacionalidades Indígenas del Ecuador
Organización Nacional Indígena de Colombia
Confederación de Pueblos Indígenas de Bolivia
Corporación Nacional de Desarrollo Indígena (Chile)
Caribbean Amerindian Centrelink

Latin American indigenous groups in the U.S.

Latino Immigrants in the New South Project (U. of Florida)
Radio gives Mixtecs their own voice (news article)

Finding a place for Mayan kids in their new world (news article)

Politically oriented sites

The South and Meso American Indian Rights Center
Centro de Derechos Humanos Fray Bartolomé de las Casas
Mapuche International Link
Observatorio de Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas
Article about Cross-border Organizing (Mixtec and Zapotec communities)
Enlace Zapatista

Music and video sites and sources

Latin American Video Archives
Lila Downs Home Page
El Teatro Campesino

Sites and sources for books and printed materials

Cinco Puntos Press
University of Oklahoma Press
Librería Boliviana
The Maya of Morganton (UNC Press)
Floricanto Press
Abya-Yala Editorial y Librería

Other sites

Mayan Xic (playeras yucatecas)