NATIONAL ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT RESOURCES  

The American Indian College Fund provides scholarships and other support for the nation's 32 tribal colleges and universities. Tribal colleges, the vast majority of which are located on or near reservations, provide opportunity and access to post-secondary education where once there was none. Offering accredited degrees while keeping Indian culture and tradition at the heart of their curricula, tribal colleges are changing the face of Indian education, one graduate at a time.

The Fund disburses approximately 5,000 scholarships annually for American Indian students seeking to better their lives through continued education. As part of its support of the tribal colleges themselves, the Fund also provides support for other needs at the schools ranging from capital support to cultural preservation activities.
http://www.collegefund.org/

The Feather River Tribal Health Organization (FRTHO) has been providing health care services to Native Americans in three California counties (Butte, Yuba and Sutter) since 1993. FRTHO is under the guidance of a Board of Directors with elected Berry Creek, Mooretown and Enterprise Rancherias. The Organization operates two full-service clinics - one in Oroville and the other in Yuba City. Services offered include medical, dental, health outreach, mental health, substance abuse counselor, and other related services. The Oroville clinic houses a senior center and provides transportation and lunches for seniors every business day.
http://frihc.nativeweb.org/

The Indigenous Law Institute is comprised of Native people whose aim is to create and distribute public education materials to both Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities. The materials (written, audio, video, and seminars) are oriented toward "social change" by changing public perceptions of and attitudes toward Indigenous nations and peoples. Our educational materials focus on: Traditional Native Law; The historical origins of U.S. federal Indian law; Historical unresolved grief; Environmental education; Natural world restoration & economic self-sufficiency.
http://ili.nativeweb.org/

The National Coalition on Racism in Sports and Media exists to fight the powerful influence of major media who choose to promulgate messages of oppression. The impetus which formed NCRSM was the clear case of media coupling imagery with widely held misconceptions of American Indians in the form of sports team identities resulting in racial, cultural, and spiritual stereotyping. NCRSM formed in October of 1991 at a meeting of American Indian dignitaries and activists held at Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minnesota. NCRSM, while best known for its front-line demonstrations outside sports stadiums across America has been responsible for an educational effort which has made the issue of racial stereotyping a household discussion. NCRSM takes a long term view of the struggle against learned hatred and disrespect. We are in a fight for the very soul of the United States against long ingrained willful and self serving ignorance. Components of major media which from public and government opinion includes: film video, sports entertainment, and educational institutions, publications, news organization, television, cable satellite, internet, retail practices and merchandising, marketing and radio.
http://www.aimovement.org/ncrsm/

The National Museum of the American Indian is the sixteenth museum of the Smithsonian Institution. It is the first national museum dedicated to the preservation, study, and exhibition of the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of Native Americans. Established by an act of Congress in 1989, the museum works in collaboration with the Native peoples of the Western Hemisphere to protect and foster their cultures by reaffirming traditions and beliefs, encouraging contemporary artistic expression, and empowering the Indian voice.
http://www.nmai.si.edu/

NativeWeb is an international, nonprofit, educational organization dedicated to using telecommunications including computer technology and the Internet to disseminate information from and about indigenous nations, peoples, and organizations around the world; to foster communication between native and non-native peoples; to conduct research involving indigenous peoples' usage of technology and the Internet; and to provide resources, mentoring, and services to facilitate indigenous peoples' use of this technology.

NativeWeb is one of the oldest and most respected Internet sites for information about Indigenous Peoples around the world. Our edited database contains thousands of resources in dozens of categories, searchable by nation, geographic locale and thematic content. NativeWeb provides an automated news digest, an announcement service, an events calendar, and a catalog of books and other media. NativeWeb provides website hosting and development for more than 50 selected Indigenous organizations in North and South America. NativeWeb provides a set of online discussions focused on Native teachers, students, parents and non-Natives directly involved in Native Education.
http://nativeweb.org/

OHIO ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT RESOURCES
 

The American Indian Education Center (AIEC) is an agency devoted to the cultural, educational, and socioeconomic enhancement of American Indians through the provision of programs and services that empower all Indigenous cultures represented in the State of Ohio, with the holistic goal of developing self-sufficiency, self-determination, and self-esteem among all community members.
http://americanindianeducationcenter.net/index.htm

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