The University of St. Thomas

Multi-Cultural Resources

Multi-Cultural Resources for Education Students

This page is intended to provide supplementary resources for elementary and secondary teacher education students seeking information about different ethnic groups. Please see also the Multicultural Research Guide for more information.

Curriculum Resources


American Anthropological Association
Useful links for teachers of social studies, geography, history and even science.  Has information on African Americans, Latin Americans, and Native Americans.

Biography Project
Provides biographical information and accomplishments of Chicano/Latino and Native American scientists.

Center for Multilingual Multicultural Research
Look under site index for links to resources on major ethnic groups.

CARTS:Cultural Arts Resources for Teachers and Students
An online clearinghouse for national and regional resources related to folklore and traditional arts.

Culturally Responsive Curriculum for Secondary Schools
Produced by Evergreen State College in Washington, this site provides a curriculum outline for Native American studies that is culturally appropriate for northwestern tribal groups.

Lakota and Dakota Wowapi Oti Kin-Lakota Dakota Information Home Page
A rich site devoted to information on the Lakota and Dakota people.

LANIC Latin American Network Information Center
Excellent, comprehensive subject directory with a lot of useful information.

Minnesota Department of Education--Indian Education
Follow the link for K-12 Curriculum for a list of curriculum and teaching resources.

Multicultural Education and Ethnic Groups: Selected Internet Sources
Extensive site with many useful links to multicultural resources on the web, including sites for K-12 teachers. (Note: this site has not been updated for a while, and there are a number of broken links, including all links to ERIC.)

Multicultural Pavilion
Resources and dialogues for educators, students, and activists.

Native American History page at Lawrence (KS) High School

Office of Indian Education Programs (BIA)
Especially interesting is the link to Resources.

Population Reference Bureau
This agency tracks information on world population, health and the environment.  The site also has a nice selection of links for teachers.

Minnesota-specific Resources


American Indian Policy Center 

Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe

Chicano Latino Affairs Council

Confederation of Somali Community in Minnesota

Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans

Fond du Lac Reservation

Hmong American Partnership

Hmong Cultural Center of Minnesota
This agency provides information and services related to Hmong culture.  The site includes links to their resource center and online catalog, information about programs and other resources.
Check out the Hmong Resource Center --a library open to the public at the Hmong Cultural Center.

Hmong Homepage
This site provides not only basic background and historical information about the Hmong people, but also extensive references to on-going research projects, current events, and issues pertaining to Hmong history, resettlement, and repatriation.

Hmong Studies Internet Resource Center

iseek--New to America
Check the links for Education and Cultural Services (2 items) in particular.

International Institute of Minnesota

Jewish Federation of Minneapolis/St. Paul

La Oportunidad, Inc.

Lao Assistance Center of Minnesota

Lao Family Community of Minnesota
The site of  the Lao Family Community of Minnesota, Inc. (LFC), a non-profit mutual assistance association founded in 1977 as the Hmong Association of Minnesota. Excellent source of information about the Hmong community in Minnesota, along with many useful links.

Leech Land Band of Ojibwe

Lower Sioux Indian Community

Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe

Minneapolis American Indian Center

Minnesota Multicultural Development Center

Minnesota Indian Affairs Council
This State of Minnesota site contains information about the Indian Affairs Council, tribes with reservations in Minnesota, treaties that affect the state and its Indian population, and educational reference material.

Minnesota International Center

Minnesota Minority Education Partnership
MMEP is a nonprofit collaborative group including students, parents, business, government and other agencies that seeks to increase the success of Minnesota students of color.  The site has links to several research reports.

Oromo Community of Minnesota
A service agency for people of Ethiopian background.

Prairie Island Indian Community

Resource Center of the Americas
This agency is based in Minneapolis, and serves as a nonprofit human rights advocacy agency focusing on the countries in North, Central, and South America.  The website provides news from these countries and their residents living in Minnesota.

Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community

Upper Sioux Community

Vietnamese Community of Minnesota
Includes news, information about Vietnam, and links to community organizations.

Minnesota Ethnic Newspapers

Other Multi-Cultural Resources

For other articles from newspapers and magazines, use this database:

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For additional information or assistance, please contact:

Donna Nix
denix@stthomas.edu
Office: MOH 124, Mail: MOH 206, Charles J. Keffer Library
651-962-4662

This page was last updated on September 3, 2008.