European sites on Native Americans cropping up

[Jeffrey Kopp]

Entirely off-topic, I guess, but while digging around for background on the 
Yakima wars (an area of NW history I am unfamiliar with, but need to get 
"up to speed" on), I ran across this encyclopedic American Indian site--in 
Germany. <http://www.indianerwww.de/> He links to about a dozen other NA 
sites in Germany. It's a bit mind-boggling:

>Die Wirtschaft der Indianer an der inselreichen Nordwestküste Nordamerikas 
>basierte auf einer sehr ergiebigen Fischerei und dem Fang von 
>Meeressäugern. Die dabei verwendete Technik war gemessen an ihrer 
>Kulturentwicklung sehr beachtenswert und fortschrittlich. Im Sommer war 
>der flußaufwärts wandernde Lachs das Hauptnahrungsmittel der dort lebenden 
>Tlingit, Haida, Tsimschian, Kwakiutl, Nootkas, Makah und Chinook.

Unfortunately the site is set in frames, so translating it via Google is 
difficult. Open a frame in a separate window, then paste the resulting URL 
into Google (then select "translate this page") or conversely, snag the 
link to a page you're interested in (by right-clicking on it) to paste it 
into Google.

J.

Bonus link (for broadbanders): A relaxed and amusing 15-minute RealAudio 
interview with Sherman Alexie: 
<http://www.npr.org/display_pages/features/feature_1397737.html> He claims 
to be the least funny member of his family, but the only one who wrote it 
all down.