APPENDIX 5.

The following are a few of the most important indigenous knowledge web sites to be found on the Internet. When searching for information the term "aboriginal" tends to be used by Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, "Native American" or "Indian" by the United States of America, and "Indigenous" by the rest of the world. This can be helpful in specifying your search.

Indigenous Knowledge Organizations

Atlantic Sciety of Indigenous Chiefs
http://www.atsic.gov.au/

Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs Secretariat Inc.
http://www.apcfnc.org/

Aurora Research Institute
http://www.aurresint.nt.ca/

Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies for the Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights
http://iciplawnet.com.au/

Canadian Arctic Resources Committee (CARC)
http://www.carc.org/

Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources
http://www.cier.mb.ca/

Centre for Indigenous Knowledge for Agriculture and Rural Development (CIKARD)
http://iitap.iastate.edu/cikard/cikard.html/

Centre for World Indigenous Studies
http://www.halcyon.com/

Danish International Development Assistance (DANIDA)
This is part of the Danish government Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but offers specific aid to indigenous people around the world.
http://www.um.dk/english/udenrigspolitik/udviklingspolitik/beretning/indhold.html/

Dene Cultural Institute
http://www.deneculture.org/

Eagle’s Nest Indian Village
http://www.treaty7.org/

Flip@casbah (Information about Philippine Indigenous People)
http://www.tribo.org/

Four World’s International Institute for Human and Community Development and Four Directions International.
http://www.nucleus.com/4worlds/

Honour the Earth
http://honourearth.com/

Igloolik Research Centre
http://www.nunanet.com/research/igloorc.htm/

Indian Claims Commission
http://www.indianclaims.ca/

Indian World
http://www.indianworld.org/

Indigenous Environmental Network
http://www.alphacdc.com/

Indigenous Keepers Program
http://www.web.net/

Indigenous Knowledge and Development Monitor
http://www.nuffic.nl/ciran/ikdm/

Indigenous Peoples Biodiversity Information Network
http://www.ibin.org/

International Alliance of Indigenous Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests.
http://www.fern.org/

Interregional Program to Support Self-Reliance of Indigenous and Tribal Communities through Cooperatives and Self-Help Organizations (INDISCO).
This is a part of the International Labour Organization.)
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/65entrep/coop/indisco.htm/

Inuit Circumpolar Conference
http://www.inusiaat.com/

National Native Information Centre
http://w.innic.com/

Native Alaska
http://multcultural.miningco.com/

Native Americans and the Environment
http://conbio.rice.edu/
http://www.indians.org/

Native Net
http://nativenet.uthscsa.edu/

Native Web Resources for Indigenous Cultures Around the World
http://www.nativeweb.org/

Nevada Indian Environmental Coalition
http://www.niec.net/

North American Native On-Line
http://www.nativeonline.com/

Nunavut
(An enormous new territory in northern Canada inhabited mostly by indigenous people).
http://www.nunanet.com/

Planet Peace
http://www.planet-peace.org/

Samefolket (Sweden)
http://www.samefolket.se/

Santa Rosa Carib Community of Trinidad and Tobago
http://members.tripod.com/~SRCCICaribCommunity/

Schoolnet First Nations Web Site
(School Net is a school children’s network sponsored the Canadian government)
http://www.schoolnet.ca/ext/aboriginal/

The Earth Council (Costa Rica)
(see also the Development Alternatives Newsletter)
http://www.ecouncil.ac.cr/

Wildlife Management Advisory Council (Yukon)
http://www.taiga.net/wmac/

World Conservation Union (IUCN) (See especially ICONS)
http://www2.iucn.org/icons/