The Freeman Institute -- Celebrating Cultural Diversity!

Native American Indians -- see complete list of Federally Recognized Native American Tribes
Comprehensive links page: Incredible amount of information!
The Sioux Nation
http://www.rahunzi.com/costano
Native American Indian History/Related Issues
Society of Native American Culture--N.C.S.U.
The People of Peace: site of the Same'-Na-Qua Se'-Nom Nation
ArtNatAm: "Native American Fine Art Exhibit"
Oneida Indian Nation: "one of the original members of the Iroquois Confederacy"
NW Coast Indian History: a great multimedia history project
Duster's Native American Page: "Loads Of Great Information On All Native American Tribes And The Coolest Sites"
The American Indian Science and Engineering Society
Native American Indian: Culture, Education, Art, Science, History -- Native Sources
NativeTech: Native American technology and art
Maya/Aztec/Inca Center: "deals with the Archeology and Anthropology of the Americas"
Seminole Tribe of Florida
United Tribe of Shawnee Indians
Taino Inter-Tribal Council: " member of the United Confederation of Taíno People and is the organization of Taíno and other Taíno-speaking peoples from the Caribbean Islands who reside in the U.S."
The Seneca Nation of Indians: "one of the six tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy who occupy aboriginal lands in New York State set aside by the Treaty of Canandaigua of 1794"
Mohawk and Iroquois Homepage
List of federally recognized tribes

Latinos / Chicanos / Hispanics
Latino Beat Newsmagazine
LatinoLink: "Our goal is to address issues - both personal and political - that affect Latinos in the United States"
The Azteca Web Page: "accumulating information especially for Mexicans, Chicanos, and/or Mexican-Americans"
Chicano/Latino Net: "general Latino focused Internet site serving all segments of the community"
Society of Mexican American Engineers and Scientists
Latino Web: "a virtual information center for Latino businesses, non-profit organizations and the community"
Latin American Network Information Center
Hispanic.com
Electric Mercado: "Latino Cultural Center and Marketplace"
The Latin American Seminar of Philosophy and History of Ideas: "a center for researchers who working in their respective fields have LATIN AMERICA's issues in common"
Si, Spain: "promotes free exchange of information on Spanish current affairs and its historical, linguistic and cultural development"
Hispanic Heritage
La Nacion Digital: online news for Spanish speaking peoples
National Latino Communications
Cibercentro.com
Media Resource Center of U Berkely
Scholarly discussions of Latin American History
Conference on Latin American History
Latin American Studies Links
Latin American Alliance
Latin American Prehistory

Asians and Asian Americans
Asian American Resources
Eyewitness: A Korean Remembers
National Asian American Telecommunications Association: "Getting Asian Asian Pacific American stories heard and seen."
Chinese Computer Digest
China Home Page
Southeast Asian Archive at University of California, Irvine Libraries

African Americans
See hundreds of links at another page on this site

Black Courage Foundation -- Developing a Black History Museum in DC, with BCF Galleries in every major American city and selected cities internationally.

European Americans
The Center for the Study of White American Culture: "a multiracial organization that looks at whiteness and white American culture"

Multiracial and Inter-racial
The Multiracial Activist: "This site is dedicated to the struggle for and preservation of civil rights for multiracial individuals and interracial couples/families."
Metisse Magazine Online: "The First Magazine for Today's Multiracial and Multicultural Woman"
Multiracial Links
INTERracial: "a positive and supportive presence for members of the interracial/intercultural community"
Association of Multiethnic Americans
Interrace: "The National Magazine for and about interracial couples, families, singles, and multiracial people."
Resources by and About Interracial and Multicultural People: a bibliography of articles
MAVIN: "The articulate journal of the mixed race experience"

SOCIAL SECURITY

Dear Dr. Freeman:

I want you to know how pleased we were with your presentation, Diversity: The Value of Mutual Respect, which was presented at our Multicultural Training Observance in Dallas, Texas on May 22, 2002.

Employees (300) who participated in both sessions of your presentation were nearly unanimous in their assessment of its relevance and value. Your approach to viewing diversity as a multi-layer phenomenon was unique. And your ability to relate to a multi-racial, multi-cultural and multi-generational audience, and keep the participants attentive throughout your presentation was a major contributor to your success. A major benefit of your presentation is it offered to those in attendance a unique framework for assessing their basic beliefs about living and working in a multicultural society, and provided us a point of departure for additional discussions about the benefits of mutual respect in the workplace and the larger community.

I am happy we were able to bring you to Dallas as a part of our Multicultural Training effort. Your presentation was the "meat and potatoes" of what we regarded as a very successful training.

                         Sincerely,
                          Emerson Lattimore
            Emerson Lattimore
                        Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity Manager

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1. Do not teach less content to poor, urban children, but understand their brilliance and teach more.
2. Whatever methodology or instructional program is used, demand critical thinking.
3. Assure that all children gain access to "basic skills," the conventions and strategies that are essential to
     success in American education.
4. Challenge racist societal views of the competence and worthiness of the children and their families, and
     help them to do the same.
5. Recognize and build on strengths.
6. Use familiar metaphors and experiences from the children's world to connect what they already know to
     school knowledge.
7. Create a sense of family and caring in the service of academic achievement.
8. Monitor and assess needs and then address them with a wealth of diverse strategies.
9. Honor and respect the children's home and ancestral culture(s).
10. Foster a sense of children's connection to community - to something greater than themselves.
                                                                                                                                                                         -- By Lisa Delpit