Here are links to California Indian tribal, health, legal, artistic, cultural, linguistic and media resources. To find a specific resource, browse or search the list.
We would like to make this page as useful and robust as possible. Additional resources or suggestions are welcome and can be submitted in the form to the right.
Agua Caliente Cultural Museum The museum preserves, interprets, and provides access to unique pieces of the Agua Caliente history and culture.
Antelope Valley Indian Museum The museum's collections emphasizes the Southwestern, California and Great Basin Indians, although it contains artifacts from a number of other geographic regions.
Autry Museum of the American West The Autry is a museum dedicated to bringing together the stories of all peoples of the American West.
Bowers Museum of Cultural Art This museum houses an extensive permanent collection of Native American art, stone and shell carvings, and spectacular basketry exhibiting use of plant fiber and feathers.
California Indian Basketweavers Association CIBA’s goal is to preserve, promote, and perpetuate California Indian basket weaving traditions while providing a healthy physical, social, spiritual, and economic environment for basketweavers.
California Indian Museum and Cultural Center Educating the public about the history, culture, and contemporary life of California Indians.
California Indian Storytellers Association Support Native California Indian storytellers, honor our elders, pass on storytelling traditions and culture and work with groups sharing a common vision.
California State Indian Museum Exhibits traditional items illustrating the varying cultures of the state's first inhabitants.
Chumash Indian Museum Historical site and living history center dedicated to restoring and preserving Chumash historical, cultural, material and present-day influence as well as the natural environment and historical significance of this site.
Clarke Historical Museum Dedicated to sharing and preserving the history of Humboldt county, includes beautiful basket collection exhibit.
Cupa Cultural Center The Cupa Center is dedicated to supporting cultural preservation, traditional arts, and language of the Pala community.
Eastern California Museum Collects, preserves, and interprets objects and information related to the cultural and natural history of Inyo County and the Eastern Sierra, from Death Valley to Mono Lake.
Eiteljorg Museum Museum dedicated to the contemporary arts, cultures, and histories of the American West and the Indigenous peoples of North America.
Forge Project Forge Project is a Native-led non-profit organization whose mandate is to cultivate and advance Indigenous leadership in arts and culture.
Gorman Museum of Native American Art UC Davis Museum of contemporary Native Art.
Goudi'ni Native American Arts Gallery Cal Poly Humboldt gallery honoring living culture through the presentation of contemporary and traditional Native American art.
Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park Features a variety of exhibits and a vast collection of Sierra Nevada Indian artifacts.
Ink People Center for the Arts The organization encourages people to exercise their humanity, build civic discourse, and engage their creative potential.
Konkow Maidu Cultural Preservation Association Preserves and promotes the cultural resources and traditions of the Konkow Maidu people.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art Holds more than 150,000 works spanning the history of art from ancient times to the present.
Maidu Museum & Historic Site Offers a unique cultural haven for families and individuals who want to experience the life ways and culture of the Nisenan Maidu who called this location home for thousands of years .
Malki Museum Committed to preserving the cultural traditions and history of the Cahuilla Indians and other southern California Indian tribes.
Maturango Museum Sponsors many programs and tours, including tours to the world-famous Coso petroglyphs. 
Mission Dolores Mission Dolores in San Francisco, led by two Ohlone curators, is making huge efforts to transform the Mission experience, while focusing on California Indian survival, perseverance, and continuity in spite of hardships of Spanish colonization.
Miwok Archaeological Preserve of Marin MAPOM seeks to promote accurate knowledge of the Coast Miwok Indians, the first people of Marin and southern Sonoma counties.
Museum of the American Indian Nestled within the heart of Miwok Park, the Living Cultural Center of the American Indian strives to honor the living traditions and contemporary contributions of Indigenous communities.
National Museum of the American Indian NMAI has one of the most extensive collections of Native American arts and artifacts in the world—representing over 12,000 years of history and more than 1,200 indigenous cultures throughout the Americas.
Northern Californian Indian Development Council Shop the work of over 40 Native artists, local and out-of-the-area.
Oakland Museum of California The California Indian collections contain everyday and ceremonial objects, including thousands of baskets from hundreds of Native cultural groups across the state.
Palm Springs Art Museum Features 19th, 20th, and 21st century works focusing on contemporary California art, classic western and Native American art.
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology Gallery closed while staff prioritize repatriation under NAGPRA & CalNAGPRA. The Hearst is able to provide limited access to their collection for UC Berkeley research and teaching, as well as visits from tribal communities.
Riverside Metropolitan Museum The Museum houses over 100,000 artitacts in its collections in the disciplines of Natural History, Anthropology, and History.
San Bernardino County Museum Through the lens of the region’s dynamic cultural and natural history, the San Bernardino County Museum develops visitors’ appreciation of our diverse regional identity.
San Diego Museum of Man Cultural anthropology museum that stewards cultural resources from a global population–representing over 200 Indigenous communities.
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History The collections contain more than three million artifacts and specimens in the fields of anthropology, archaeology, vertebrate and invertebrate biology, geology and paleontology, art, library, and archives. 
Santa Rosa Junior College Museum Traditional Native American art makes up the greatest portion of the collection, with all of the North American Indian culture areas represented. Art forms include ceramics, basketry, beadwork, sculpture, textiles, and jewelry.
Sherman Indian Museum The museum manages archives, collects Native materials, and provides a training venue for Sherman Indian High School’s archives and museum programs.
Tomo-Kahni State Park (Kawaiisu) Tomo-Kahni, or "Winter Village," was the site of a Kawaiisu (Nuwa) village. 
Turtle Bay Exploration Park Exhibits feature a mix of richly layered interpretative material, multimedia exhibits, science experiments, self-guided exploration, and play features.
Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival Organization to foster the restoration and revival of indigenous California languages so that they may be retained as a permanent part of the living cultures of native California.
American Indian College Fund The American Indian College Fund transforms Indian higher education by funding and creating awareness of the unique, community-based accredited tribal colleges and universities, offering students access to knowledge, skills, and cultural values which enhance their communities and the country as a whole.
American Indian Education Resources from NAU A list of American Indian Educational resources from Northern Arizona University
American Indian Graduate Center A national private 501(c)(3) non profit headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico providing fellowships to American Indian and Alaska Native graduate students throughout the United States. 
American Indian Higher Education Consortium AIHEC is the collective spirit and unifying voice of our nation’s 37 Tribal Colleges and Universities—a unique community of tribally and federally chartered institutions working to strengthen tribal nations and make a lasting difference in the lives of American Indians and Alaska Natives.
American Indian Science and Engineering Society The mission of the American Science and Engineering Society (AISES) is to substantially increase the representation of American Indians and Alaskan Natives in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) studies and careers.
Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures Organization to promote study, criticism, and research on the oral traditions and written literatures of Native Americans; to promote the teaching of such traditions and literatures; and to support and encourage contemporary Native American writers and the continuity of Native oral traditions.
BAAITS (Bay Area American Indian Two Spirits) Bay Area American Indians Two-Spirits (BAAITS) exists to restore and recover the role of Two-Spirit people within the American Indian/First Nations community by creating a forum for the spiritual, cultural and artistic expression of Two-Spirit people.
Bureau Of Indian Education BIE’s mission is to provide quality education opportunities from early childhood through life in accordance with a tribe’s needs for cultural and economic well-being, in keeping with the wide diversity of Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages as distinct cultural and governmental entities.
California Indian Studies and Scholars Association (CISSA) The California Indian Studies and Scholars Association (CISSA) is a decolonial organization consisting of California Indian people committed to the intellectual and cultural sovereignty of California Indian Studies and scholarship.
Chumash Science Through Time Chumash Science Through Time circulates a blog centering Indigenous knowledge and science.
John Peabody Harrington Collection The J. P. Harrington Collection of linguistic and cultural materials is one of the most remarkable holdings of the National Anthropological Archives (NAA). The collection includes documentation on over 130 languages, many of which are now highly endangered or no longer actively spoken. For many of these languages it is the best historic record; for some, it is the only surviving record.
Karuk Language Resources on the Web This site is going to provide links to all sorts of Karuk language information and resources, including the Karuk Language Restoration Committee, language classes, a map of the Karuk Ancestral Territory with audio files of some town names, a link to the online Karuk dictionary website generously hosted by the Department of Linguistics at UC Berkeley, a form for giving feedback on the Karuk dictionary, ideas for getting involved, an electronic group for announcements related to Karuk, and more.
Kumeyaay Language and Culture Language and culture as I remembered by Sam Brown.
Mutsun Language Sharing ideas through the written word.
National Indian Education Association Organization advocating for educational excellence, opportunity, and equity for Native students, the National Indian Education Association (NIEA) advances comprehensive educational opportunities for American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians throughout the United States.
Original Voices Original Voices (OV) is a program of the Ink People Center for the Arts.
Smithsonian American Indian Teaching Resources Links to American Indian teaching resources from the Smithsonian Institute
Survey of California & Other American Indian Languages The Survey of California and Other Indian Languages is a research center at the University of California, Berkeley supporting the documentation, study, and revitalization of the indigenous languages of California and the Americas.
Tribal Education Departments National Assembly TEDNA is a membership organization for the Education Departments of American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes.
California Rural Indian Health Board The California Rural Indian Health Board was formed to provide a central focal point in the Indian health field in California for planning, advocacy, funding, training, technical assistance, coordination, fund-raising, education, development and for the purpose of promoting unity and formulating common policy on Indian health care issues.
Bay Area Native American Health Center Native American Health Center’s mission is to provide comprehensive services to improve the health and well-being of American Indians, Alaska Natives, and residents of the surrounding communities, with respect for cultural and linguistic differences.
Native Healing Circle Circle of healing to reduce and eliminate substance abuse among California Native Americans.
Indian Health Center of Santa Clara Valley IHC provides high quality, culturally competent medical and wellness services to American Indians/Alaska Natives and people from all walks of life, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or disability. We serve infants to elders and take pride in serving our diverse patients and clients!
San Diego American Indian Health Center The San Diego American Indian Health Center (SDAIHC) is a private, nonprofit corporation established in 1979 to provide services to Native Americans living in the San Diego area
Aunties on the River Full Spectrum Indigenous Doula Collective tending to birthing families on traditonal Wiyot, Yurok, Hupa, Karuk & Tolowa homelands.
Indian Law Reporter The Indian Law Reporter, a comprehensive and unique monthly information service that reports cases—primarily in full-text format—from federal, state and tribal courts, as well as administrative agencies, is an essential resource for every individual, agency, government, and other institution that needs to keep abreast of developments in the field of American Indian law. 
Students & Teachers Against Racism Through education and public service we seek to support the well being of Native American children and to raise public awareness of the stereotyping, discrimination, racism and other unique situations facing all Native Americans.
NARF (Native American Rights Fund) Founded in 1970, the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) is the oldest and largest nonprofit law firm dedicated to asserting and defending the rights of Indian tribes, organizations and individuals nationwide.
Southern California Tribal Chairmen's Association Consortium of 25 federally-recognized Indian tribes in Southern California.
Abya Yala News Journal A bi-annual journal which presents a unique source of news and analysis relating to Indigenous issues in Meso and South America from Indigenous peoples' perspectives.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal In print since 1971, the American Indian Culture and Research Journal is an internationally renowned multidisciplinary journal designed for scholars and the general public.
FNX - First Nations Experience FNX Channel illustrates the healthy, positive, and real lives and cultures of Native American and indigenous people around the world.
Indian Country Today Media Network Delivers in-depth coverage of Native American News, world news, politics, business, gaming, finance, economic development, environmental issues, education, arts & entertainment, Native American culture, pow wows, health & wellness, travel, genealogy, First Nations of Canada, sports, and veterans’ issues.
KPFA American Indian Airwaves American Indian Airwaves is produced in Coyote Radio and Burntswamp Studios and was established in 1988 in order to give indigenous peoples and their respective first nations a voice about the continuous struggles against Colonialism and Imperialism by the occupying and settler societies often referred to as the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Latin and South America countries located therein. 
Last Real Indians LRI is a media movement grounded in our pre-contact ways of life.
Native Max Magazine Authoritative perspective on the Native American community.
Native Networks Dedicated to presenting and disseminating information about the work of Native Americans in media.
Native Peoples Magazine Native Peoples magazine is the first and the largest, paid-circulation, consumer magazine devoted to the arts and cultures of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas.
Native Public Media Native Public Media’s mission is to promote healthy, engaged and independent Native Communities through media access, control and ownership. 
News From Indian Country Providing the public with news and information from Indigenous Nations.
Red Nation TV Established in 2006, Red Nation TV is the first American Indian & Indigenous Channel.
Tribal College Journal The Tribal College Journal is a magazine published by the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC).
Whispering Wind If you are interested in the American Indian and in particular the material culture of the American Indian: Past & Present,
WHISPERING WIND is the magazine for you.
Wotanging Ikche Native American News Native American newsletter and ezine distributed by Gary Night Owl on a weekly basis since 1993.If you would like your organization to be included, or would like to suggest an organization for inclusion, please contact Terria Smith at terria@heydaybooks.com or use the form below.
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