Multicultural Resources

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African-American Resources

African American Web Connection

http://www.aawc.com/aawc.html

Select list of resources on African Americans in the arts and entertainment, history links, organizations, topics in the news, etc.

African Diaspora Biography on the Internet

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/africa/cuvl/afroambiog.html

Links to information on major figures in African American history as well as significant collections and research centers.

Afro-Diasporian Web Sites Directory

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/7632/

Large number of links to resources on all aspects of African-American history and culture.

Black Quest Power Resource Links

http://blackquest.com/link.htm

This site includes links to many sites dealing with African-American history and culture, as well as black studies and social sciences. Sites cover historical periods, genealogy, famous individuals, music, and photographs.

Asian-American Resources

Asian American Studies Resources (UC-Irvine)

http://www.lib.uci.edu/online/subject/subpage.php?subject=asiamer

Links to a variety of resources including bibliographies, magazines and journals, film and video resources, libraries, research institutes, etc.

Asian-nation: Asian American History, Demographics, & Issues

http://www.asian-nation.org/index.shtml

Aims to be a source for issues that affect all Asian-Americans. Has extensive links to related web sites.

AsiaSociety.org

http://www.asiasociety.org/

Good selection of resources for Asian and Asian American studies. Topic areas include the arts and culture, education, politics, business, religion, and contemporary issues.

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Chicano/Latino/Hispanic Resources

CLNet (Chicano/Latino Net)

http://latino.sscnet.ucla.edu

Provides links to calendars, jobs information, special library collections, publishers, statistics. The "Research" menu option has an extensive array of resources in various disciplines.

Hispanic/Latino (via LANIC)

http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/hispanic/

Links to resources on public affairs, music, humor, food, media, culture, business, and a variety of academic resources, research institutes, etc.

Chicana/o Website Pathfinder

http://atm-info.com/pathfind.htm

Good starting point for finding resources on history, the arts, politics, business, education, health, and other topics.

Native American Indian Resources

American Indian Resources (Will Karkavelas)

http://cobalt.lang.osaka-u.ac.jp/~krkvls/naindex.html

Organizes access to selected web sites concerned with Native America. Categories of sites include American Indian studies and texts, culture, education, history, media images, issues, and literature.

Native American Sites (Lisa Mitten)

http://www.nativeculturelinks.com/indians.html

Easy to use, up-to-date site with links to basic cultural and historical resources, as well as topics such as powwows and festivals, media, language, business, and contemporary issues.

NativeWeb

http://www.nativeweb.org

Well-organized listing by subject, geographic region, nations/peoples, organizations, etc. Also has information on mailing lists, discussion groups, newsletters and journals.

WWW Virtual Library--American Indians

http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/

Large, searchable site with resources on numerous aspects of American Indian history and culture, as well as contemporary issues.

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Comprehensive Sites

The Affirmative Action and Diversity Project

http://aad.english.ucsb.edu/

Excellent site for finding primary source documents, historical background, and analysis and opinion.

Multicultural Pavilion

http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/index.html

Paul Gorksi's site with multicultural resources for educators. The site provides hundreds of categorized links to multicultural internet resources, an online discussion board and a listserv for discussion of multicultural issues.

Voice of the Shuttle: Minority Studies Page

http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2721

Alan Lui (University of California, Santa Barbara) organizes links to general resources, African-American, Asian-American, Chicano/Latino/Hispanic, Immigrant/Refugee, Jewish, Native American, Pacific and other groups & cultures.