Description

"Aboriginal Connections is an online gateway providing authoritative and in-depth information for and about the world's Indigenous Peoples. Its' services include a searchable web directory, discussion forums, advertising, and eCommerce. Aboriginal Connections is a solely operated web site created and maintained by Rob Wesley."

Aboriginal Connections has been on the web since 1997 and was created by Rob Wesley, an Information Technology Professional living in Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada.

Currently there are more than 800+ external web sites linking to the home page of Aboriginal Connections. Web sites linking to Aboriginal Connections include:

• Canadian, American, Australian, and New Zealand official government web sites
• Native Newspapers
• Major Canadian Banking Institutions
• International Organizations
• Universities and Colleges worldwide
• Community Libraries
• International Museums
• Most Major Search Engines
• Countless Native and non-Native organizations, businesses, and personal web sites.

This external linking, which began in 1997, has helped immensely in creating awareness of this site and in the promotion of Aboriginal Connections. A special thanks to the numerous websites out there already linking to Aboriginal Connections and also to those sites with whom we have established reciprocal links.

Aboriginal Connections has had the privilege of being featured in local, regional, and national news publications.

1. Wawatay Newspaper, (October 19, 2000 issue Vol.27 No.21) a Native publication serving the 48 remote First Nations communities of Treaty 9 region in Ontario Canada.
2. Chronicle Journal, (November 6, 2000 issue). A local newspaper serving the city of Thunder Bay and its regional communities.
3. Windspeaker, (November 2000 issue) A national native newspaper publication.
4. Northern Ontario Business, (December 2000) Regional business publication for Northern Ontario. Reports on all major business sectors.
5. Indian Life Newspaper (January-February 2001, Volume 21 Number 4) Electronic publication available in PDF format. (As seen in the Chronicle Journal)
6. Circles of Light, (March 2001, Number 10) A publication by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. Electronic publication available in PDF format.

Well, I do hope that you will find the functionality that Aboriginal Connections offers both useful and as a great online resource for and about the world's Indigenous Peoples.

Visit often because we are growing and updating daily.