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THE BANNER ABOVE IS A LINK TO INFORMATION ABOUT A REENACTING UNIT
INTERPRETING INDIANS AND THEIR CAPTIVES,
AND OTHERS, OF BOTH EUROPEAN AND AFRICAN DECENT,
THAT JOINED THE INDIANS FOR THEIR OWN REASONS. 

Other Groups of Interest

His Majesty's Southern Department of Loyal Indian Allies is an historical reenactment organization dedicated to the portrayal of the active period of the British Southern Indian Department in the Colonies-roughly from the middle of the 18^th Century through the Revolutionary War (American War for Independence). Members of this group portray Southeastern Native people, His Majesty's Indian Department Officers and Employees, Loyalist Rangers and Crown Troops detached in direct support of the Indian Department.


The Woodland Confederacy is an historical reenactment organization dedicated to portraying Native Americans of the eastern woodlands. With a membership of over fifty friends and families, they depict the native peoples of the 17^th & 18^th Centuries, from early colonial contact, to the Seven Years War in America (also known as the French & Indian War) through the American Revolution.

Below, you will find LINKS to commercial Websites and Sutlers other than
Big Bear's Trading C^oy.
As stated on the Home Page of Big Bear's Trading C^oy,
anything you may find on their pages, give us a chance to find it for you first.
Aside from the "One-of-a-Kinds," we may be able to get it for you at a better price.
All Commercial Enterprises listed here are reputable firms with which we have had dealings in the past.
We can recommend each for what they offer.
Do be careful about "Historical Accuracy" if that is a criteria that is valued in your use of the product.

Each of the informational websites have been visited by me.
I have had good dealings with each of these sites and have found them to provide very useful information.
I have also found all of the sites to be "Kid Friendly."
If you have a problem with any of these sites or the companies and organizations they represent,
or if you know of any others which should be included, please let me know.

At the very bottom of the page is a reading list. Check it out.

         

This is a wholesale company that does carry items that are adaptable to the subjects of this website paricularly among their blanket and rug stocks. They carry many items that can be used for reenacting in later periods and they do pay The Den a commission on all purchases made through this link.
Help The Den. Buy from SADDLEBLANKET.COM also known as El Paso Saddleblanket.

General Information

Smithsonian Institution - Native American History and Culture - Native American Resources- Links to tons of Info and Reading Lists.
Historical Enterprises- A web service company for "Sutlers." Links to several very good purveyors of period goods through their Colonial Market; HistoricalTrekking.com has lots of good info including listings of events; 
"On the Trail - A Journal for Historical Trekkers, Re-enactors and Students of Living History 1600 -1840" can be subscribed to through this link.
Oyate-This site deals largely with modern issues. It is an excellent site. My main reason for including it on this site is that they have a reading and a do not read list. The do not read list contains books that perpetuate old stereotypes. You may want to read them to know what not to do.
500 Nations - Links to all things Indian (mostly contemporary)

History & Culture

Native American Lore- This is an index page to lots of stories dealing with the myths of various tribes. You can gain tremendous understanding of a people through their mythology.

First Nations Compact Histories - This is a very good historic information site. Not all tribes are included at present but many of the major tribes are and others may be added in the future.

Indian Wars Time Table - Follow the Links in this time table for very good condensed histories and biographies.
Native Languages of the Americas - While this site is primarily about language and deserves study from that aspect, follow its links to an abundance historical and cultural information.
Living History and Pre-1840's Buckskinning- Great website. Lots of good information. Not the prettiest or most well organized site, but give it a good once over and I think you will be back for a second, third, ... time.
American History Online Resources - Put together as a teacher resource page, contains tremendous (both in quantity and quality) links for reenacters and students of Indians. Also pages for Colonial and Revolutionary War history.

The French and Indian War in Pennsylvania - The war began in Pa. with the actions of one George Washington.  This is a page in the site of ExplorePAhistory.com. Excellent!
"An Account of Two Attacks on Fort William Henry" - In 1757, during the French and Indian War Fort William Henry was attacked twice. The second was the siege made famous in "The Last of the Mohicans" by James Fennimore Cooper and in the movie of the same name which I highly recommend. The accounts I have linked to here were written in March and August of 1757 at the time of the attacks.
The Seven Years War - Website dedicated to the War known in American History as the French & Indian War. Information slanted heavily to the French, British and American points of view with only cursory mentions of the Indians, but good history anyway. Follow their links to get every thing you can from this website sponsored by
MilitaryHeritage.com.
The American Revolution - Another page from ExplorePahistory.com.
AmericanRevolution.Org - A website with thousands of links to history & culture of the time period of the American Revolution.
"Liberty - The American Revolution" - Website associated with the PBS Documentary.
ExplorePAhistory.com/stories - This is the listing page for two previous links I have included. There a several other stories relevant to this website. Read them all and follow the links. An Excellent Website!
Archiving Early America - "As you browse through these pages, you will find it easier to understand the people, places and events of this significant time in the American experience." from their website.
The American Revolution/The History Place - Good Article and Good Website.
Indian Records/Access Genealogy -  Histories of many tribes and individuals along with great genealogical tools.
Ohio History Central Indians Pages - Ohio, claimed by Virginia in the Colonial Period, was a major center of Indian habitation and very much on the front line of conflict between British and later American interests and the native populations. Great website.

MUSEUMS & HISTORIC SITES


COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG FOUNDATION -  A Very Revolutionary City

MASHANTUCKET PEQUOT MUSEUM & RESEARCH CENTER -Experience the legacy of America's first people

JAMESTOWN - YORKTOWN FOUNDATION-
Jamestown Settlement and
the Yorktown Victory Center
are run by the same State Organization

The year is 1800 at this Living History and Farm Museum    
The Frontier Culture Museum
is a collection of farms showing the developement of "Old World" farms
and how they morphed into the farms of the "New World."

Other Links

 

American Indianist Society- A not-for-profit hobbyist organization providing educational opportunities for the developement of specific skills and the encouragement of a greater understanding of Native American People. 

   This list contains books on a wide variety of subjects. It is, at best, an abbreviated list of books I have read over a period of many years from which I have gained much knowledge. Many of these books are on a college reading level, but I recommend that everyone give them all a try. Don’t run out and buy them. Check out your Public and Local College Libraries. Many of them can be found there. Then you can make an informed decision on which to add to your personal collection. (This is an incomplete list and will be added to periodically. Check Back Often!)

“Algonquin, The Last” Theodore Kazimiroff
“American Indian Literature, Masterpieces of” W. G. Regier
“American Indian Prayers & Poetry” J. E. Sharpe
“American Indian, Concise Encyclopedia of the” Bruce Grant
“Blue Jacket War Chief of the Shawnee” A. W. Eckert (Note- The supposition that  Blue Jacket was white is in dispute, but the book is accurate in many other ways.)
“Buckskinning, The Book of” Volume’s I – VIII.  Reprints from Muzzleloader Magazine
“Chadega and the Weeping Tree, The Legend of” F. E. Wood
“Chain Breaker’s War – A Seneca Chief Remembers the American Revolution” J. W. Adler
“Cherokee Clothing, How to Make” Donald Sizemore
“Cherokee Words with Pictures” M. C. Chiltoskey
“Cherokee, Beginning” R. B. Holmes & B. S. Smith
“Cherokee, The” Theda Perdue
“Cherokees Past and Present, The” J. E. Sharpe
“Craft Manual of North American Indian Footwear” G. M. White
“Crafts of the North American Indians – A Craftsman’s Manual” R. C. Schneider
"Daniel Boone - The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer” J. M. Faragher
“Delaware Indians – A History, The” C. A. Weslager
“Delaware Indians and Picture Writing, Legends of the” R. C. Adams
“Finger Weaving: Indian Braiding” A. R. Turner
“Five Indian Nations Depending on the Province of New-York in America, History of    the” Cadwallader Colden
“Flying with the Eagle, Racing the Great Bear – Stories from Native North America”  Joseph Bruchac
“Gods of War, Gods of Peace – How The Meeting of Native and Colonial Religions  Shaped Early America” Russell Bourne
“Indian Captive – The Story of Mary Jemison” Lois Lenski
“Indian Captivity, Escape from – The Story of Mary Draper Ingles and son Thomas Ingles” R. I. Steele & A. L. Ingles
“Indian Clothing of the Great Lakes: 1740 – 1840” Sheryl Hartman
“Indian Handcrafts” C. Keith Wilbur
“Indian Herbalogy Of North America” A. R. Hutchens
“Indian Legends, Favorite North American” Philip Smith
“Indian Lore” B.S.A. Merit Badge Series
“Indian Sign Language” William Tomkins
“Indian Stories of Virginia’s Last Frontier” L. F. Addington
“Indian Wars From Colonial Times to Wounded Knee, Chronicle of the” Alan Axelrod
“Indiancraft, The Complete How-to Book of” W. Ben Hunt
“Iroquois Crafts” C. A. Lyford
“Iroquois Empire, The Ambiguous” Francis Jennings
“Iroquois Stories- Heroes and Heroines, Monsters and Magic” Joseph Bruchac
“Iroquois, The” S. C. Kim, A.M., Ph.D.
“King Philip’s War – The History and Legacy of America’s Forgotten Conflict” E. B. Schultz & M. J. Tougias
“Lenapes, The” R. S. Grumet
“Men-At-Arms Series” Ospey Publishing Ltd.
“Mohicans of Stockbridge, The” Patrick Frazier
“Native American History – A Chronology of the Culture’s Vast Achievements and  Their Links to World Events” Judith Nies
“Native American Legends” G. E. Lankford
“Native American Sweat Lodge – History and Legends, The” Joseph Bruchac
“Native Plant Stories” Joseph Bruchac
“Native Time – A Historical Time Line of Native America” Lee Francis
“North American Indians, Myths of the” Lewis Spence
“Quillwork Companion, A” Jean Heinbuch
“Rough-Face Girl, The” Rafe Martin
“Secrets of the Sacred White Buffalo – Native American Healing Remedies, Rites & Rituals”  Gary Null, Ph.D.
"Shawnee! – The Ceremonialism of a Native Indian Tribe and Its Cultural Background”  J. H. Howard
“Shawnee, The” J. E. Clark
“Shawnee, The” Janet Hubbard-Brown
“Spirits of the Earth – A Guide to Native American Nature Symbols, Stories,  and Ceremonies” Bobby Lake-Thom
“Story of the Cherokee People, The” T. B. Underwood
“Their Bearing is Noble and Proud" – A collection of narratives regarding the appearance of Native Americans from 1740 – 1815” J. F. O’Neil II
“Wampum Belts of the Iroquois” Tehanetorens (Ray Fadden)
“Wind Dancer’s Flute” F. E. Wood
“Words of Power – Voices from Indian America” N. S. Hill, Jr.

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