American Indians

U.S. Governmental Organizations

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Department of the Interior
Washington, DC 20240
phone: [1] (202) 219-4150
fax: [1] (202) 501-2516
web: http://www.doi.gov

The principal objectives of the Bureau are to actively encourage and train Indian and Alaska Native people to manage their own affairs under the trust relationship to the Federal Government; to facilitate, with maximum involvement of Indian and Alaska Native people, full development of their human and natural resource potential; to mobilize all public and private aids to the advancement of Indian and Alaska Native people for use by them; and to utilize the skill and capabilities of Indian and Alaska Native people in the direction and management of programs for their benefit.

Indian Arts and Crafts Board

Room 4004, MIB, Department of the Interior
Washington, DC 20240
phone: [1] (202) 208-3773
fax: [1] (202) 208-5196
web: http://www.doi.gov/iacb/enter.html

Advises native American artisans and craft guilds; publishes directories and bibliographies on arts and crafts of Native Americans (including Eskimos and Aleuts); maintains museums in Montana, South Dakota and Oklahoma; acts as a clearinghouse for information on native American crafts.

Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI)

NMAI on the National Mall
4th St. and Independence Ave., S.W.
Washington DC 20024
phone: [1] (202) 633-1000

NMAI, The George Gustav Heye Center
One Bowling Green
New York NY 10004
phone: [1] (212) 825-8118
fax: [1] (212) 825-8111

web: www.nmai.si.edu/index_nmai.cfm

Museum collection includes American Indian archaeology, artifacts, textiles, paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, costumes etc. Publishes booklets, monographs and newsletters. Operates a bookshop and a library including film, video and photograph collections, and an Indian Information Center.

U.S. Non-Governmental Organizations

American Indian Heritage Foundation

6051 Arlington Blvd
Falls Church VA, 22044.
phone: [1] (703) 237-9490
fax: [1] (703) 532-2921
web: http://www.indians.org

Promotes national and international cultural programs for Native Americans. Sponsors the National American Indian Heritage Month; awards grants and scholarships to Native Americans for higher education; assists with emergency needs throughout the tribes.

National Congress of American Indians

1301 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036
phone/fax: [1] (202) 466-7767
web: http://www.ncai.org

A nongovernmental organization, with membership drawn from American Indian and Alaska Native tribes. Seeks to conserve, protect, and develop Indian natural and human resources; serve legislative interests of Indian tribes; improve health, education, and economic conditions.

U.K. Organizations

Horniman Museum and Gardens

London Road
London SE23 3PQ
phone: [44] (0)20 8699 1872
fax: [44] (0)20 8291 5506
web: http://www.horniman.ac.uk/

Maintains a permanent exhibition on North American Indians

British Museum, Department of Ethnography

Great Russell Street
London WC1B 3DG
phone [44](0)20 7636 1555
web: http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/ethno/ethhome.html

In June 1999 the JP Morgan Chase Gallery of North America, a new, permanent gallery, opened at the British Museum.

John Judkyn Memorial

American Museum in Britain, Claverton Manor, Bath BA2 7BD
phone: [44] (0)1225 444278
fax: [44] (0)1225 444279
email: judkyn@jjm.org.uk
web: http://www.jjm.org.uk/

A collection of circulating exhibits and loan kits, including materials on American Indians, available to schools

American Museum in Britain

Claverton Manor
Nr. Bath BA2 7BD
phone [44] (0)1225 460503
fax [44] (0)1225 469160
email: info@americanmuseum.org
web: http://www.americanmuseum.org/

School parties catered for; contact Education Department, phone [44] (0)1225-823019

The International North American Indian Association

The International North American Indian Association
9/2 Dunsire House (North)
33 Calder Crescent
Edinburgh
phone [44] (0)131 4531046
email: barriecd@lineone.net

The INAIA seeks to present an accurate portrayal of the cultures, lifestyles and histories of North American Indians through a program of exhibits, speakers, publications and other educational activities.

Books

A great many books on Native Americans have been published in the U.K. The British Library Document Supply Centre (BLDSC) operates an excellent inter-library loans service, and your local public library can obtain books from the BLDSC as appropriate. Consult your local librarian or bookseller for individual titles and prices.

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