Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Immigration of Native Americans…

This website from the Library of Congress is devoted to immigration of most cultures found in America, including Native Americans. On the left hand side the observer clicks on a photo of whatever nationality they want to view and this brings them to the part of this site for that nationality. In the Native American section there are 11 pages that include pictures, maps, and information on Native Americans from the 1700s to present day. But within these 11 pages there are also links to other sites that give more detail on information written in this website. One interesting aspect of this site is a found under the vocabulary section, where the observer can play a game to try and find locations in the United States labeled by Native American names. Not only does this game give you information on how Native Americans named things it also tests the observer’s knowledge of the 50 states. Additionally, on the right hand side of this site is a timeline from 1770- 2005 where the observer can click on a year and a fact from that year pops up on the top of the webpage. One thing to be cautious when using this website is the top tool bar. This tool bar is for the entire immigrantion website and takes the observer away from viewing information on a specific nationality. While this tool bar does contain interesting information of recipes, interviews and teaching resources for all nationalities it is categorized by region instead of nationality so it can be hard to determine which aspects are for which nationality for some regions.

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