ORGANIZATIONS & SOCIETIES

Organization & Societies Heritage Mapuche in Netherlands
http://www.mapuche.nl/

International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
The site provides information about human rights issues, indigenous issues, abstracts of IWGIA publications, and links to other organisations and institutions working with indigenous people and development issues.
http://www.iwgia.org/

Association for Traditional Studies
The Association for Traditional Studies is a not for profit organization dedicated to the preservation, documentation, and dissemination of traditional arts and knowledge around the world.
http://www.traditionalstudies.org/

Paleoanthropology Society
The organization's central goal is to bring together physical anthropologists, archaeologists, paleontologists, geologists and a range of other researchers whose work has the potential to shed light on hominid behavioral and biological evolution.
http://www.paleoanthro.org/

Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian is committed to enlarging our shared understanding of the mosaic that is our national identity by providing authoritative experiences that connect us to our history and our heritage as Americans and to promoting innovation, research and discovery in science.
http://www.si.edu/

LASA, Latin American Studies Association
The Latin American Studies Association (LASA) is the largest professional Association in the world for individuals and institutions engaged in the study of Latin America.
http://lasa.international.pitt.edu/

Paleoanthropology Society
The organization's central goal is to bring together physical anthropologists, archaeologists, paleontologists, geologists and a range of other researchers whose work has the potential to shed light on hominid behavioral and biological evolution.
http://www.paleoanthro.org/

Society for Historical Archaeology
The main focus of the society is the era since the beginning of European exploration. SHA promotes scholarly research and the dissemination of knowledge concerning historical archaeology. The society is specifically concerned with the identification, excavation, interpretation, and conservation of sites and materials on land and underwater.
http://www.sha.org