Research Links

This website is home to the National Congress of American Indian Policy and Research Center. It contains a lot of good information on the current state of research in Indian Country:
http://www.ncaiprc.org/

This website is the site of the Indian Health Service (IHS) Research Program. It has information about the programs and services offered through the Indian Health Service with regard to research, along with upcoming events and background information about research in Indian Country:
http://www.ihs.gov/MedicalPrograms/Research/

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), located within the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences, is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education. There is not a whole lot of Native-specific information but there are some good reports regarding Native students and it is a good site nonetheless:
http://nces.ed.gov/

This report (pdf) provides a portrait of the American Indian and Alaska Native population in the United States and discusses the largest specified tribal groupings, reservations,Alaska Native village statistical areas (ANVSAs), and areas outside reservations and ANVSAs (outside tribal areas) at the national level. It is part of the Census 2000 Special Reports series that presents demographic, social, and economic characteristics collected from Census 2000.
http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/censr-28.pdf

 

 

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