But, history is in the eye of the beholder and is often distorted by cultural belief and what the beholder wishes to believe. The history of the First Peoples in the New World differs greatly between the Western and the First People's versions. Perhaps the only way to really learn about and understand history is to study the participants and their cultures using a cross cultural approach. We must look at history and culture from the perspectives of all of the people who created that history. Any study of the First Peoples of the New World must be undertaken, not only by studying the Western versions, but by learning from the First Peoples.
Anthropology adopts such a cross cultural approach to learn about culture and society.
The resources here lead to both First People's websites where we can learn about them from the information which they share and to sites written by others about First Peoples. It is the way we can learn not only about the First Peoples of yesterday, but also about the First Peoples of today, who share the lands of the New World with those who came here seeking a better life, and how the expansion of the culture of capitalism changed the face of the New World and the lives of its First Peoples. Click on a topic below to go to a general topics page. The topics pages are pages which contain information about numerous nations or general information which is applicable to all nations. For information on individual Native American Nations use the drop down table to access the section.