NORTH AMERICANS ALL:

Afro-American Almanac
http://www.toptags.com/aama/
Biographical sketches, folktales, historic documents, and a timeline of events tell about Afro-American history and culture.

African American Dates in Time
http://www.igc.apc.org/africanam/dates/
Click on a month for a list of important events in Black history from the 1700's to the present.

African Voices
http://www.mnh.si.edu/africanvoices/
Shows how African people have influenced the culture of their own and other countries. Requires Macromedia Flash 4 or Apple Quicktime 4 to view.

American Indians and the Natural World
http://www.clpgh.org/cmnh/exhibits/north-south-east-west/
A look at four Native American tribes, the Tlingit, Hopi, Iroquois, and Lakota, and how their natural environment affected their beliefs, philosophies, and everyday lives.

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage
http://www.gale.com/freresrc/chh/
Look here for a guide to Hispanic music, milestones in Hispanic-American history, activities for celebrating Cinco de Mayo and other Hispanic holidays, and biographies of 50 notable Hispanic-Americans, including author Sandra Cisneros, labor leader Cesar Chavez, and singer Ricky Martin.

H-GIG African American History
http://www.ucr.edu/h-gig/hist-topics/afric.html
Links to sites about African American history and culture and to brief biographical information about Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King, Jr., and other important figures in Black history.

Hispanos Famosos - Famous Hispanics in the World and History
http://coloquio.com/famosos.html
Biographical sketches of 217 famous Hispanic historical figures, musicians, Nobel Prize winners, painters, scientists, sports players, military leaders, and writers from Spain and the Americas. Also has a section on famous Hispanic women.

Index of Native American Resources on the Internet
http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/
Megasite with links to information about Native American culture, history, education, language, health, indigenous knowledge, Native American art and artists, galleries and exhibits, museums, archeology, electronic texts and books, genealogy, legal sources, non-profits groups, Native American organizations, government, music, Nations, commercial sites, jobs, activists' sites, gaming, videos, media, home pages, bibliographies, and virtual libraries.

Lakota Teaching Project
http://www.virtuous.org/lakota-studies/
Information on kinship, ceremonial rites, stories, and values of the Lakota. Also has links to Native American schools and to other sites of interest on the Internet.

Lakota na Dakota Wowapi Oti Kin: Lakota Dakota Information Home Page
http://puffin.creighton.edu/lakota/index.html
Beautifully designed webpage with links to electronic texts (e.g. Charles Eastman's "An Indian Boyhood"), historical essays, demographic statistics, legal concerns, and the text of treaties between the U.S. Government and the Lakota/Dakota Nations.

Minnesota Indian Affairs Council - Minnesota Indian Tribes
http://www.indians.state.mn.us/tribes.html
Information about the seven Anishinabbe (Chippewa or Ojibwe) reservations and four Dakota communities in Minnesota, the text of treaties, and links to statistics about Native Americans in the 20th Century and information about tribal government and Indian sovereignty.

Native American Authors
http://www.ipl.org/ref/native/
Brief biographical sketches about Native American authors, lists of the books they have written, and links to related websites can be found here.

Short History of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
http://www.millelacsojibwe.org/ojibhistory.html
A brief history of the Ojibwe who settled around Lake Mille Lacs in central Minnesota.

Voices from the Gaps: Writers by Racial/Ethnic Background
http://voices.cla.umn.edu/ethnicity.html
Biographical information and literary criticisms of the works of dozens of African-American, Asian-American, Native American, and Hispanic American women writers, including Minnesota's own Kimberly Blaeser, Louise Edrich, Catherine Liu, and Diane Glancy.

WWW Hmong Homepage
http://www.hmongnet.org/
Information about Hmong history, culture, language, and cultural events.

Winnebago History
http://www.dickshovel.com/win.html
Tribal history of the Winnebago who lived in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, between 1856 and 1862.

 COUNTRIES AND CULTURES:

Countries A-Z
http://www.metronet.lib.mi.us/CANT/YOUTH/country
Take a virtual tour of the countries of the world - from Albania to Zimbabwe - or click on links to information about the countries, their history and culture. This site at the Canton Public Library in Michigan also has maps of the countries and links to news about each one.

CountryWatch.com
http://www.countrywatch.com/
Current information about 191 countries, including a map, current time, population statistics, currency converter, history of the country, its economy, chief industries, and other data.

Culture Quest World Tour
http://www.ipl.org/youth/cquest/index.html
Join Ophelia Owl and Parsifal Penguin for a trip around the world - sampling food, playing games, listening to folktales, visiting art museums, making fun things, and learning about the holidays and festivals of other countries.

Discovery School's A-to-Z Geography
http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/worldbook/atozgeography/
Geographic dictionary with brief information about continents, countries, regions, states, larger cities, rivers, lakes, mountains, and even some government leaders from around the world.

Holidays Around the World
http://www.worldbook.com/fun/holidays/html/holidays.htm
All about holidays and festivals in other countries - from World Book Encyclopedia.

IO Bureau - Model UN
http://www.state.gov/www/issues/model_un.html
Several area high schools participate in the Model UN Program. This Department of State site explains the program and has links to information about the UN and individual countries.

KIDPROJ MCC: Index by Country
http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/holcountryindex.html
Stories, in English, from kids around the world, telling how they celebrate holidays in their countries.

World Factbook 2000
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Click on "Country Listing" for brief statistics, outline maps, and facts about foreign countries and their governments, collected by the Central Intelligence Agency.

WorldSkip.com
http://www.worldskip.com/
Divided into six geographic regions, WorldSkip lets you select from 220 countries to find information about that country's travel attractions, cuisine (including recipes!), holidays, customs, art, music, government, and chief products. Also provides a map of the country, currency converter, language translator, news articles, and current time.

WORLD LANGUAGES:

AJR NewsLink
http://ajr.newslink.org/nonuse.html
Practice your French, German, or Spanish skills by reading news articles from LeMonde, Berliner Zeitung, or Diario El Mundo at this site linking Internet users to newspapers in 41 European countries.

Basic Spanish Words With Pronunciation
http://members.aol.com/alvareze/spanish/frame.html
See and say words in Spanish! Includes words for Hello/Goodbye and other basics, numbers, days of the week, months, "At the Table", colors, "Family", "Directions", dictionaries, and links to other sites.

CNNenEspanol.com
http://www.CNNenEspanol.com/
News in Spanish about politics, sports, health, entertainment, people, the economy - even "News of the Weird".

Comptines, Chansons et Poesies
http://www.momes.net/comptines/index.html
Stories, songs, and poems about animals, the sea, people, numbers, food, families, and other themes - written by French 6-17 year olds.

Dictionary of Spanish
http://spanishdict.com/
Search in Spanish or English for 54,400 words. Sound files are available to help in the pronunciation of some of the words.

Fast and Friendly French For Fun
http://library.thinkquest.org/12447/
Introductory French for high school students. Includes letters and numbers, genders and articles, subject pronouns, basic verbs and conjugations, regular verbs, adjectives, all purpose phrases, past and future tenses, and 101 nouns, verbs and adjectives in French.

Foreign Language for Travelers
http://www.travlang.com/languages/
Learn how to count, tell time, shop, dine, find the airport, or ask for help in more than 70 languages.

French Page
http://members.aol.com/Chicolynn/french.html
Bonjour! Au revoir! Merci beaucoup. Mon nom est... and other polite phrases in French to help you say Hello! Goodbye! Thank you very much. My name is... The same word lists are available in German and Italian.

Internet Familia: Mundo Zoo
http://www.familia.cl/familia/animales/index.htm
Learn the Spanish names for animals of the air, water, and earth. Has separate sections for zoo animals, dogs, dinosaurs, and insects.

Lesson Index
http://www.japanese-online.com/language/LSNIndex.HTM
Learn Japanese phrases to help you get around, introduce yourself, and count by reading and listening to Japanese conversations.

19th-century German Stories: Story Index
http://www.vcu.edu/hasweb/for/index_stories.html
Fairy tales and short stories, in German, including Aschenputtel (Cinderella), Die Bremen Stadtmusikanten (The Bremen Town Musicians), and Dornroschen (Sleeping Beauty).

Pequenos Grandes Escritores
http://ika.com/cuentos/peques/ninos.html
Sixty-four short stories and poems written in Spanish by 5-14 year olds from Mexico, Peru, Argentina, Spain, Columbia, and other countries.

Quia - Spanish - top 20 activities
http://www.quia.com/dir/spanish
Learn the words for colors, clothing, foods, numbers, animals, and more with games that let you match words, use flash cards, play "Concentration", and do "Word Finds". Also available in Chinese, French, German, and more than ten other languages.

Say Hello in the Russian Language
http://www.ipl.org/youth/hello/russian.html
You'll learn more than just how to say "hello" at this site! It includes links to Russian tongue twisters, children's songs and rhymes, proverbs, folksongs, English-Russian and Russian-English dictionaries, the Cyrillic alphabet, guides to pronunciation, and more.

Vietread
http://members.aol.com/nyablaj/hmong.html
Learn to speak the Hmong language in 30 easy lessons - includes Hmong/English and English/Hmong dictionaries.

yourDictionary.com - Language Dictionaries
http://www.yourdictionary.com/languages.html
Links to dictionaries in over 230 foreign languages, including hard-to-find languages like Somalian.