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Symbols, Languages,
and Clothing
- http://www.native-languages.org/home.htm
- Language of Native tribes. Includes the Dakota/Lakota language
- http://www.buckagram.com/buck/symbols/
- A glossary of American Indian designs including animals, birds, plants, patterns, spirits, etc. These include all American Indian tribes.
- http://www.americanindiansource.com/woodplains.html
- Pictures of several pieces of art using beadwork from several different tribes.
- http://www.nativetech.org/clothing/moccasin/mocmap.html
- Interactive map which shows all the various types of moccasins that were worn by American Indians. Informational and good!
- http://www.native-languages.org/breechcloth.htm
- Breechcloth, leggings, and apron panels pictures and explanations
- Minneapolis Institute of Arts site
- Several pictures of American Indian beadwork on shirts and other articles of clothing.
- http://www.shannonthunderbird.com/symbols_and_meanings.htm
- This site contains information on sacred symbols and their meanings (e.g., The Great Circle of Life, the significance of the Medicine Wheel, the significance of the number four, the teachings of the drum, eagle, pipe, sacred fire). Excellent site!
- http://www.spiritualnetwork.net/native/medicine_wheel.htm
- This site shows the significance of the four directions and their related colors, along with the animals represented for each area. Also contains more Medicine Wheel web links.
- http://www.native-languages.org/dreamcatchers.htm
- Several links and books about the dream catcher. Learn more about this Indian art.
- http://www.trailtribes.org/kniferiver/arts-and-artists.htm
- This site is a cultural background for the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Indians. Informative site!
- http://www.shamanichealing.info/index.html
- Includes information on the Medicine Wheel, sacred circles, sweat lodges, and much more.
- All four of these sites are great for seeing many of the American Indian symbols used in pictographs, winter counts, etc.
