A Virtual book about a southwest tour--by Karen Strom, who maintains zillions of Native American resource page links--and pages she constructed (poetry, art, stories, films)--at University of Massachusetts. Study her book's construction for an active map (serving as a menu), clickable words that bring up a sound feature that says the word in Navajo, random-variable image references so you might get any of 5 different images when you click a keyword. Read the technical info chapter for graphics and sound inclusions. Her book is still evolving as she adds to its graphical resources. I've used her Anasazi humpback fluteplayer logo as the icon for inspiration, because this on-line book was my initial inspiration to do something-or-other on the web.

Native Art This is an index with lots of links. You'll find lots of inspiration in what's most often gallery pages to sell these artists' works.

Innu Nation Mistissini, Band #75 There's a tendency to be overly impressed by graphical and layout glitz. Innu people have a story to tell about what's happening to them -- flooded by lower Churchil Dam, overflown by a German military base nearby frightening the game, and with mining companies prospecting all over their land. Here your inspiration is clear and well-organized presentation of information on these matters, and on history and culture of the tribe. At the time linked, these pages were not graphically fancy, and though they are moving that way, the main inspiration here is excellent presentation of thorough, clearly-written, and well-organized text info.

Niji Mahkwa (Friendly Bear) K - 8 Native school in Winnipeg has a really inspiring page set, with lots of work by the students posted, and a clear, easy-to-follow use of menu-links, button icons, and general organization. Graphically, the webmaster on startup has swiped pix from several Native websites (including min) which, even though he credits where he took them from is less nice that if he used local or student art. Inspiration isn't just whizzy design, though. What's most inspiring about this Native school page is the imaginative and well-constructed use of students' work.

Wabimeguil Art Gallery --On-line gallery and order info for a Cree artist from Wahgoshig Reserve (Ontario), slick example of a marketing page done early, her own design. Model for good design of such a page! Download her home and help pages and study how she used HTML codes not in all those start-up EZ tutorials. Unity of visual style and page structure contributes to ease of use for potential customers.

Oneida Indian Nation--Pride-of-place for inspirational native web sites, with sound and many pictures--and soon videoclips. The People of the Standing Stone show off their Nation and some of its enterprises and achievements. A model web presentation for all to admire! According to the Tribe's computer director, a full-time expert and several othr staff have been working on it more than a year, as it continues to grow.

American Indian Nations--Graphically sophisticated layout, link referencing lots of non-graphical (mostly gopher holes) native info too. It's part of Netro, a "shopping mall". We don't know who it's Webmaster ("shaman") is, or if he's Indian, but he has gathered a very useful set of references and created a beautifully-designed set of pages.

Tandanya Aboriginal Art Classiest indigenous presentation we've seen. Tandyana means "Place of the Red Kangaroo". This is a presentation of that Cultural Center, operated in the city of Adelaide by and for Australian indigenous people. It sponsors dances, storytellings, art workshops, as well as changing exhibits of native art. The bark-cloth background is visually nice, unifies everything, but slows initial loading. Check out the artists--thumbnail pix buttons pull big high-quality (JPEG) floating images. Info about each artist, traditional stories or place-meanings of each art work. Pointer to another server details cultural lifestyle, history, legal rights, problems, and native leadership of the indigenous peoples. Nanou Morgan created the Cultural Center pages.

The Virtual Baguette--Hip Parisian Web wizards present their culture in English or French--in a funky, interactive magazine format, with songs, an on-line forum, funny history (of the bidet), recipes and how to cook, etc. Model for a slick youth-oriented cultural-understanding presentation.

Myths & Legends--Simple graphics, poems, nursery rhymes, his own ramblings to incorporate Greek myths into an interactive story--which you can go through 3 different ways, depending on if you choose grumpy, frumpy or humpy Greek gods at the outset. The main connecting theme is Arachne, the Greek spider goddess of spinning and weaving, must be the deity in charge of this web! This one inspired me because it was cleverly constructed, yet not so slickly professional as to be daunting, impossible, too difficult. The threads that weave multiple different stories are links to different pages in the WebMaster's growing set, which take you on different routes through the set. SERVER FOR THIS IS NOW GONE -- IT WAS SO NEAT, CAN ANYONE FIND WHERE IT MOVED TO?

Mac User March '66, 101 Must-see Sites -- MacUsr magazine picked these for its March, 1966 issue. There are examples of many different kinds of pages. Maybe you will find inspiration from some of them.