India and I Guide - Resources and Review

Offers original articles and features about Indian culture, plus annotated links to selected relevant Internet resources compiled by a subject specialist, a subject
specific bulletin board, and details of related news and events. Topics include Ancient India, cinema, cricket, defence, elections, environment, fashion, human rights, music, Pakistan, and religion.
 
Set of political and relief maps produced by the CIA covering all the countries in Asia.
 
Harappa was an ancient city in the Indus Valley that flourished around 2500 BC. Resources include over 90 slides of the Indus Valley and 3D computer recreations of the city's gateway and surrounding topography, plus various audio and visual resources concerning South Asia in general before 1947.
 
Organisation working to ensure the accuracy of historical and contemporary Native American literature by evaluating texts and resources in order to highlight anti
Indian information. Authentic publications are listed for various age groups, together with reference, multimedia, and teaching materials. A section entitled 'Books to Avoid' is also featured, with critical reviews of each title given.
 
A preservation program established to restore and make available collections of historical recordings of spoken word and music. Provides access to inspirational music, songs, poems, and speeches from countries around the world, as well as recordings from every US state. RealPlayer is required for some material.
 
A not
for-profit organisation dedicated to the study of flags, their history, and their symbolism. Features the flags of Native American peoples, including information on the various tribes who have adopted the use of tribal flags.
 
A catalogue of all the languages and dialects spoken in India, with details of the numbers of speakers of each language. Also some demographic data such as rates of literacy, blindness and deafness.
 
Catalogue of photographs, searchable by creator, title, subject, and collection. Includes images of life on the Navaho Reservation between 1895 and 1945 and photographs documenting four decades of people and events in southwest US. A finding guide helps with identifying and accessing digitised materials.
 
A non
profit, charitable, educational and community organisation founded by Dr. K.V. Rao to serve the Asian Indian Community around the world and to help developmental projects in India.
 
Collection of original photographs and documents describing native American culture along the Northwest coast and plateau. Information is provided about typical arts, work, transportation, dwellings, potlatches, education, and treaties. Essays about specific tribes such as the Alaskan Tlingit and the Nez Perce also feature.
 
Links to various resources in cultural, physical, and biological anthropology.
 
Set of links to resources dealing with ethnic, native and nationalists affairs throughout Africa, America, Asia / CIS, Europe and Oceania.
 
Keyword searchable list of notable events in North American Indian history for each day of the year. Provides links to over 7000 related resources, information on tribal names and meanings, and Indian words for moon cycles and seasons.
 
Detailed assessment of human rights practices in India. Topics assessed include torture, arbitrary detention or exile, fair public trial, freedom of speech and press, freedom of assembly, movement and religion, democratic rights, worker rights, and discrimination based on race, sex, religion, disability, language, or social status.
 
Index to native American languages, language families, conferences, discussions, legislative information, language institutions. Includes the languages of American Indians, Eskimos and Aboriginals.
 
List of contemporary films made in China, India, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan from 1998 onwards. Includes synopses, interviews, educational material, and essays from Asia's leading film journals, and contains images and video clips from selected films. Available in English, Chinese, and Korean.
 
Basic reference information about India, including details of geography, people, economy, government, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues. Geographical information includes area, population, flag, maps, high and low points, co
ordinates, boundary length, border countries, climate, land use and natural resources.
 
Annotated index to newsgroups, mailing lists, maps, news sources and other resources relevant to conflict in Kashmir.
 
Collection of links to resources regarding to trade to and from India. A directory of Indian importers is featured, together with listings of exporters from India and overseas. Also provides information on global transport and cargo movement, and a listing of the top 1000 Indian companies.
 
Guide to native American authors and their work.
 
Dedicated to the French soldiers who came to New France between 1755 and 1760 to fight in the French and Indian War. Includes brief listings of the French soldiers and White Coats description.
 
Collections of maps, drawings, art work, photographs, and short descriptions documenting Native American experience from the first migrations from Siberia before 1600. Covers the occupation of Alcatraz Island in 1969, the Navajo Reservation, and tribal masks, and provides resources on Illini, the Taino nation, Lumbee Indians, and Ojibway culture.
 
Examines the trade history of Native Americans of the southwest through photographs from the special collections of the university's Cline Library, maps of Indian territories, and oral histories from Native American and white traders and residents who interacted with the Navaho. Includes information on products made and traded such as livestock, weaving, jewellery, and pinon nuts, and features a silent film of Navaho rug weaving.
 
Examines four Native American tribes, the Tlingit of the Northwest Coast, the Hopi of the Southwest, the Iroquois of the Northeast, and the Lakota of the Plains. Discusses various belief systems, philosophies, and the practical knowledge of Indian peoples, and offers teaching resources on related topics for specified age groups.
 
Listing of political resources relevant to India, with links to parties, organisations, government, media and results of recent elections, where available.
 
Index to anthropology resources, including linguistics, physical anthropology, archaeology, and native American resources.
 
Photographs, latitude and longitude, height, date of last eruption and descriptive information about numerous active volcanoes in over 40 countries in the world.
 
Links to information resources on aspects of Asian life covering art, business, culture, education, politics, and news. Geographical areas of interest include Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, North Korea, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
 
Collection of resources dealing with many aspects of American cultural studies, with an emphasis on Native and African American issues, as well as ideologies of cultural theory and theorists.
 
Bibliographic details of texts written by North American authors. Includes information about legends, poetry, history, autobiography, biography, periodicals, interviews, language resources, drama, fiction and music. Topic and keyword search facilities available.
 
Official information from the office of the President of the Republic of India.
 
Magazine of Indian writings, poems, and drawings promoting Indian culture.
 
Tables detailing the languages spoken in the countries of North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. Estimates of population currently speaking each language are included.
 
Art, culture, education, history and science resources relevant to Native Americans.
 
Annotated index to newsgroups, mailing lists, maps, news sources and other resources relevant to conflict in India.
 
Basic reference information about India, such as area, capital, population, population density, geography, language, religion, time zone, history and government, plus business and social information, including details of accommodation, addresses, climate, regions, travel, visas, passports, money, health and public holidays.
 
Materials relating to the anthropological, educational, and political issues involved in the teaching of indigenous languages. Provides full texts of scholarly studies, and reprints of articles on topics such as native language preservation, American Indian language policy, and models for teaching indigenous languages. Resource is keyword searchable and contains a set of links to bilingual, educational, and literary material.
 
Provides access to resources produced at the University of Oklahoma Law Centre such as American Indian Law Review, and the Native American Constitution and Law Digitisation Project. Also offers a selection of tribal, historical and cultural resources related to American Indians.
 
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