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Stanford University Libraries contains many titles on the historical
and contemporary experience of Native Americans, making it an excellent
place for students conducting research in this area. Because of
the interdisciplinary nature of Native American Studies, relevant
titles are often dispersed throughout the general collection depending
upon subject matter. Use
Socrates, Stanford's online catalog, to locate books and
other materials. Use the library's print or electronic
indexes to locate journal articles and published papers.
Encyclopedias, Handbooks, Dictionaries, etc. can provide useful
descriptions, overviews, and lists of recommended reading on a topic.
American Indians (Green Library Information Center E76.2
A45 1995) This three volume set contains 1,129 articles covering
a wide range of topics including personages, tribes, organizations,
historical events, cultural traditions, and contemporary issues.
Historical Atlas of Ancient America (Green Library Information
Center G1101 .E6 B3 2001 F).
Atlas of Ancient America (Green Library Information Center
E61 .A88 1986 f) covers Native Americans throughout the hemisphere
before the arrival of Europeans, as well as the impact of that arrival.
Atlas of the North American Indian (Green Library Information
Center E77 .W195 2000) presents information on Native North Americans
in the U.S., Canada, and Middle American using text as well as maps.
A Concise Dictionary of Indian Tribes of North America,
1979 (Green Library Information Center E76.2 .L44) provides concise
tribal profiles, with maps of language groups and culture areas.
Dictionary of Daily Life of Indians of the Americas, 1981
(Green Library Information Center E54.5 .D53) is a two-volume set
containing entries on a variety of topics.
Dictionary of Native American Mythology (Green Library Information
Center E98.R3.G46 1992) defines myth as any story that reflects the
quality and character of a specific Native American culture, or of Native
American cultures generally. Contains brief entries on different archetypes
and how they are represented in different stories. Includes bibliography.
Dictionary of the American Indian, 1960 (Green Library Information
Center E77 .S84) contains brief entries on tribes and definitions
of terminology.
Encyclopedia of American Indian Costume (Green Library Information
Center E98 .C8 P37 1994) Entries are arranged by culture area, then
by traditional tribal groupings. This resource examines men's and
women's basic dress, as well as footwear, outer wear, headgear,
jewelry, hairstyles, garment decoration, armor, special costumes,
and transitional dress. Contains illustrations and a glossary, as
well as an extensive bibliography.
Encyclopedia of Minorities in American Politics (Green Library
Information Center E184 .A1 E574 2000; also available on ebrary
- download reader
before using ebrary for the first time) "entries cover
people, events, court cases, movements, and organizations that have
shaped the political struggles of African Americans, Asian Americans,
Latinos, and Native Americans."
Encyclopedia of Native American Religions: An Introduction
(Green Library Information Center E98 .R3 H73 2000) covers the spiritual
traditions of native peoples in the U.S. and Canada before contact
with the Americans and the Europeans, and the consequences of this
contact on sacred traditions and contemporary religious experiences.
Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes, rev. ed. (Green
Library Information Center E76.2 .W35 1999) covers the history,
culture, and present status of more than 150 Indian tribes of the
United States, Canada, and Mexico.
The Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes (Green Library
Information Center E77 .G15 1998).
Handbook of the American Frontier: Four Centuries of Indian-White
Relationships (Green Library Information Center E76.2 .H43 1987)
is a two-volume set with brief articles in dictionary arrangement
about American Indian tribes and leaders, explorers, traders, frontier
settlers, soldiers, missionaries, mountain men, and captives.
Handbook of North American Indians (Green Library Information
Center E77. H25) is a 20 volume series in progress which will cover
aboriginal cultures and their histories in each of the culture areas
of North America.
Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups, 1980 (Green
Library Information Center E184 .A1 H35) provides an excellent introduction
to prehistory, history, and cultures of Native Americans.
Legend and Lore of the Americas before 1492 : an Encyclopedia
of Visitors, Explorers, and Immigrants (Green Library Information
Center E61. A72 1993) 216 alphabetically arranged entries that provide
brief introductions to significant persons, authors, places, concepts,
and groups associated with pre-Columbian visitors to the Americas.
Native America in the Twentieth Century (Green Library Information
Center E76.2 .N36 1994) Arranged alphabetically, this encyclopedia
contains overview articles on such subjects as art, economic conditions,
educational policy, government policy, health, languages, law, public
opinion, Red Power, religion, and reservations.
Native Americans: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and
Peoples (Green Library Information Center E77.P89 1988) 2
vols.
Native North American Almanac (Green Library Information
Center E77 .N37 1994) provides information on contemporary Native
American culture, arts, communities, life, and legal relations.
Contains maps, chronology, and a general bibliography.
Native North American Literature (Green Library Information
Center PS508 .I5N38 1994) provides biographical and critical information
on historical and contemporary Native American writers and orators
from the United States and Canada. Also contains commentary on Native
oral traditions as stories, myths and songs.
Native Time : a Historical Timeline of Native America (Green
Library Information Center E98 C55.F73 1995) This chronology covers
from 200,000 BC and ends with 1994 AD, concentrating on history,
literature, art, heroes, legends, wisdom, and philosophy of the
Native People of what is now known as America.
Reference Encyclopedia of the American Indian (Green Library
Information Center E76.2 .R43 1998) is truly a directory of Native
American (U.S. and Canadian) organizations, associations, resources,
bibliographies, and biographies.
Word Dance: the Language of Native American Culture (Green
Library Information Center E76.2 W36 1994) A glossary or dictionary
that defines words and terms related to Native American culture
and history.
Bibliographies can help you identify books and articles on a
subject. They may include short descriptions called annotations.
There are many that deal with African Americans. In Socrates look
for Topics with the subheading --Bibliography, or
use the Bibliographic Index (Green Library Information Center
Z1002.B594) or browse near the ones listed below.
American Indian Women: A Guide to Research (Green Library
HASRC Z1209.2 .N67 B36 1991) focuses on locating the most
significant scholarly and literary work by and about Indian women
in the United States and Canada. Contains annotated citations.
A Bibliographical Guide to the History of Indian-White Relations
in the United States, 1977 (Green Library HASRC Z1209.2
.U5 .P67) contains materials through 1974. It is arranged by subject,
with special emphasis on United States history (as opposed to Spanish-Indian
relations) in what is now known as the United States.
Native American Women: A Contextual Bibliography (Green
Library HASRC Z1209.2 N67 G75 1983) Covers native North American
women, including Alaska and Canadian. Cites materials on native
women*s art, writing, traditional crafts, and cuisine, as well as
health, economic and family issues.
Native American Folklore, 1879-1979: An Annotated Bibliography
(Green Library HASRC Z1209 .C57 1984) is arranged by geographic
region and tribe, annotated entries.
Native American Youth and Alcohol: An Annotated Bibliography
(Green Library HASRC Z1209.2 .U5L6 1989) gives substantial
annotations for current (through 1989) and relevant publications
on Indian youth and alcohol. Sources include congressional hearings,
journal articles, and agency reports.
Southwest Native American Arts and Material Culture: A Guide
to Research (Green Library HASRC Z1209.2 .U52 S686 1991)
concentrates on art of Native Americans of the Southwest, giving
bibliographies, plus subject and culture indices.
Indexes (in paper and electronic formats) can help you identify
articles in magazines, newspapers, scholarly journals and other
resources. Those restricted to the Stanford community are marked
with the icon. For other indexes see the Databases
and Green Library CD-ROMs lists.
Bibliography
of Native North Americans (16th C+) citations of works
published from the 16th century to the present.
Relevant articles may also be found in the following indexes depending
on subject matter:
Alternative Press Index
(1991+ available on the Web ; 1969-71; 1974+ shelved at Green Library
Information Center Z7164.S66A5) indexes periodicals devoted to social
change, including some gay/lesbian periodicals.
Alt-PressWatch
provides fulltext of "a collection of newspapers, magazines
and journals of the alternative and independent press."
America: History and
Life (1964+) covers U.S. and Canadian history. Includes
abstracts
Anthropology Plus
(1984+) covers periodical literature in all subfields of anthropology
and archaeology.
ERIC various
ways to search for works in education.
Essay and General Literature Index
(1985+ available on the Web; 1900+ shelved at Green Library
Information Center AI3.E752) an author/subject index to essays published
in collections, with particular emphasis on materials in the humanities
and social sciences.
Ethnic Newswatch
(1960+) full-text database of newspapers, magazines and journals
(in English or Spanish) of the ethnic and minority press.
Early
Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures and the Environment
contains 1,482 authors and over 100,000 pages of letters, diaries,
memoirs and accounts of early encounters.
Expanded
Academic ASAP general
index to over 1500 magazines with some fulltext. (1980+).
Humanities Abstracts (1984+; abstracts beginning in 1994)
(1974+ Green Library Information Center AI3.H8) Author/subject index
to periodicals in fields such as area studies, folklore, history, language,
literature, philosophy, religion & theology.
MLA Bibliography (1963+)
literature, languages, and folklore. Paper volumes for 1921-1963
are shelved at Green Library Information Center Z7006.M64.
PAIS
International, 1972+ ; PAIS
Archive, 1915-1976; indexes selected books, government
documents, and periodical articles on contemporary public issues and
the making of public policy.
Social Sciences Index, 1974+ (Green Library Information
Center AI3S62 )
Author/subject index to periodicals in fields such as anthropology,
economics, family studies, geography, international relations,
law
and criminology, political science, policy studies, psychology,
social work, sociology, and urban studies.
Sociological Abstracts
(1963+) (1952-1973 shelved at Green Library Information Center HM1.S67)
Women Studies Abstracts (1972+ shelved at Green Library
Information Center Z7962/W65; 1984+ also in
Women's Studies International on the Web) indexes
feminist and scholarly books and periodicals.
Women's Studies Index (1989+ shelved at Green Library
Information Center HQ1180.W68; also on Web as Women's
Studies on Disc) indexes a wide range of periodicals.
American Indian 1492-1976 (Green Library Information Center
E77 .D393 1977) contains a chronology from "3000 years ago" to 1976.
This resource also contains brief biographical entries of historical
and contemporary Native Americans.
Biographical Dictionary of American Indian History to 1900
(Green Library Information Center E89 .W35 2001) covers Native American
history from early contacts between Indians and whites through the
end of the 19th century. Covers the United States and Canada.
Biography
Resource Center Use many of the Gale biographical products,
plus The Complete Marquis Who's Who
Biography Index (1949+ shelved in Green Library Iinformation
Center Z5301 .B5 ) Indexes periodicals, current books of individual
and collective biography, book reviews, obituaries, diaries and
memoirs.
Great North American Indians, 1977 (Green Library Information
Center E77 .D393 contains essays on historic Native Americans, dating
from the 1500's to the 1970's.
Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, 1907 (Green
Library HASRC E77 .H68) a 2-volume set, containing a descriptive
list of the stocks, confederacies, tribes, tribal divisions, and
settlements north of Mexico, accompanied with the various names
by which these have been known, sketches of their history, archeology,
manners, arts, customs, and institutions, together with biographies
of Indians of note. An old publication, but quite comprehensive.
Native American Women: A Biographical Dictionary (Green
Library Information Center E98 .W8 B38 2001) contains biographical
entries on many American Indian women (contemporary and historical)
with diverse roles within their cultures. Entries have bibliographies.
Notable Native Americans (Green Library Information Center
E89 .N67 1995; available online as part of Biography
Resource Center) Contains more than 265 entries on notable
Native North American men and women throughout history, from all
fields of endeavor--politcs, law, journalism, science, medicine,
religion, art and literature, athletics, education, and entertainment.
American Indian and Alaska Native Populations from the
U.S. Department of the Census.
Native Women: A Statistical Overview (Green Library Stacks
E78 .C2 W55 1985) uses illustrations and examines several indicators
of the economic and social aspects of the lives of Canada's Native
Women in the 1980's.
Reports of the American Indian Family History Project (Green
Library Stacks E98 .S7 H69 1992) analyzes census data, 1885-1930,
for Creek Indians in Oklahoma, White Earth Chippewas, the Crows
in Montana, the Colvilles in Washington State, and the Hopis in
Arizona.
Statistical Record of Native North Americans (Green Library
Information Center E98 .P76 .S73 1993) compiles statistical data
(from federal and state agencies, tribal governments, associations,
and other organizations) on the indigenous population of North America.
Nations' Within a Nation: Historical Statistics of American Indians
(Green Library Information Center E77.S924 1987) 1987) contains data
on "land holdings, population, migration, vital statistics, federal
government activities, health care and education, occupations, and the
use of natural resources," plus suggestions for further reading.
We the People: An Atlas of America's Ethnic Diversity (Green
Library Information Center E184 .A1 A479 1988f) devotes chapter
4 to "People of Early North American Origin." Excellent demographic
maps and statistical information.
Libraries--You might want to consult Jonsson
Library of Government Documents , which has numerous government
publications from different agencies, and Green
Media-Microtext Center (lower level) for materials concerning
Native Americans.
Reference Guides--Also, there is a more comprehensive bibliography,
Native American
Reference Works in Green Library.
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