Documents for Download:

• Living Like Neighbors - This report was written to acquaint readers with the basic rights of tribes, political sovereignty in their homelands, and the obligation of our citizens and government to uphold this right. It describes 500 years of policies aimed at indigenous peoples by the European colonial powers and, later, the United States government and provides background on many issues presently facing indigenous people, including modern campaigns to overturn the rights of tribes. Ultimately, it is written in a spirit activism, calling non-Indians to join with their tribal neighbors to uphold the rights of all indigenous people to self-determination.

Helpful Web Sites:

• 500 Nations, Tribes by State - List of federally recognized and non-recognized tribes by state (with links) on the 500 Nations web site.
• Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians Economic Development Corporation - Established in 1953 by Tribal leaders, ATNI represents over 50 Tribes throughout a 7 state region, which includes, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Alaska, Montana, Nevada, and Northern California. The Economic Development Corporation (EDC) was formed in response to the need for economic self-sufficiency within tribal communities. Program services created and operated within the EDC were established at the request of the ATNI member Tribes.
• American Indian Movement Grand Governing Council - The American Indian Movement (AIM) burst on the international scene with its seizure of the Bureau of Indian Affairs headquarters in Washington, D.C., in 1972 and the 1973 standoff at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. In the decades since AIM's founding, the group has led protests advocating indigenous interests, inspired cultural renewal, monitored police activities and coordinated employment programs in cities and in rural reservation communities.
• Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission - The Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission's mission is to ensure a unified voice in the overall management of the fishery resources, and as managers, to protect reserved treaty rights through the exercise of the inherent sovereign powers of the tribes.
• Indian Country Today - Since 1981, Indian Country Today has been a persuasive voice in American Indian journalism, leading the way with accurate and timely reporting, incisive analysis and pointed commentary. Indian Country Today publishes more original journalistic content on American Indian issues than any other news source.
• Indianz.com - Based on the Winnebago Reservation in Nebraska, Indianz.com provides national news, information, and entertainment from a Native American perspective.
• International Indian Treaty Council - The International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) is an organization of Indigenous Peoples from North, Central, South America and the Pacific working for the Sovereignty and Self-Determination of Indigenous Peoples and the recognition and protection of Indigenous Rights, Traditional Cultures and Sacred Lands.