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General Native American Bibliographies

indexes & abstracts

Master list of SUL networked indexes | Indexes & Abstracts for Anthropology & Development Studies and related humanities and social sciences

America: History & Life, 1982+
Bibliography of Native Americans, 16th-century+.
Dissertation Abstracts. Also North American Indians. A Dissertation Index (1977); plus supplements (1978, 1982, 1985). Z1209.2.N7.N6. Lists doctoral dissertations from 1904; masters theses from 1962; and American Indian in Graduate Study: Bibliography of Theses & Dissertations. 2 vols. (1974). Z1209.D62.
Writing on American History (Annual). LOCATION: Lane Room E76.8.W54. See its section "History of the American Indian".
Abstracts of Native Studies (1984-86//). LOCATION: Information Center E78.C2 A37.
Index to the Literature of the American Indian (1970-1973//). Information Center Z1209.I57
American Indian Index (1953-1968//). LOCATION: Information Center Z1209.A5. Has a rather curious arrangement. Includes pre-1953 articles and books, including government documents.

u.s. federal documents bibliographies & indexes

There is a great deal of material in the Government Documents Library and Social Sciences Resource Center having to do with the American Indian. Some of it is not represented in Socrates. A listing of the major document indexes/bibliographies follows. Also see the archives section.

United States Federal Government Publications (SUL)

general bibliographies

There is an annotated basic bibliography available from the California Indian Library Collections web site.

Murdock, George Peter and Timothy J. O'Lear. Ethnographic Bibliography of North America. 4th ed., 5 vols. (1975); 3 vol. Supplement (1990). Z1209.2.N67.M87 & Z1209.M8 suppl. The basic bibliography for anthropology and archaeology. Arranged by tribal and ethnic group. This print bibliography has been superceded by the CD-ROM Bibliography of Native Americans.
"Native Peoples of the Americas" in The American Historical Association's Guide To Historical Literature. 3rd ed. LOCATION: LOCATION: Information Center Z6201.A55 1995
Library of Congress. Many nations: a Library of Congress resource guide for the study of Indian and Alaska Native Peoples of the United States, edited by Patrick Frazier and the Publishing Office. IMPRINT: Washington : Library of Congress, 1996. LOCATION: Information Center Z1209.2.U5.L53 1996.
Hass, Marilyn. Indians of North America: Methods and Sources for Library Research. Excellent section "Annotated Bibliography by Topic". LOCATION: Green Library Stacks Z1209.H22 1983
Native American resurgence and renewal: a reader and bibliography. E93.N286 1994. TOPICS: Indians of North America-- Government relations--1934- Indians of North America--Social conditions. Indians of North America--Ethnic identity. LOCATION: Lane Room E93.N286 1994
Guide to Research on North American Indians. LOCATION: Information Center Z1209.2.N67H57 1983. Includes useful introductory essays to its several topical sections. Similar to this work, really more of a handbook than a bibliography:
Price (1977) Native Studies: American & Canadian Indians. E77.P88. An excellent introductory work. LOCATION: Lane Room E77.P88
New Directions in American Indian History. (1988). E76.8.N48. Bibliographic essays on diverse NA topics. LOCATION: Lane Room E76.8.N48 1988
Ullom, Judith C. A Comprehensive Bibliography for the Study of American Minorities. 2 vols. (1976). Z1209.U4. Vol. 2: Native Americans, pp 783-909. LOCATION: Information Center Z1361.E4.M529 and supplement.
Newberry Library, Chicago. Dictionary Catalog of the Edward E. Ayer Collection of Americana and American Indians. 16 vols. LOCATION: Lane Room Z1201.N45 F. Supplements are shelved in Green Library Stacks Z1201.N45. One of the major collections in the United States.
U.S. Department of Interior. Dictionary catalog of the departmental library. 37 vols. (1967); plus 1st and 2nd supplements (1969-1971). Z881.U47. Includes a subject approach to a great many government documents dealing with the American Indian. LOCATION: Green Library Stacks Z881.U47 F
Dictionary Catalogue of the Library of the Provincial Archives of British Columbia. 8 vols. (1971). Z1392.B73.B7. Includes a good deal of material on Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest. LOCATION: Green Library Stacks Z1392.B73 B7 F
Smith, Dwight L. Indians of the United States and Canada. A Bibliography. 2 vols. (1974-1983). Z1209.S5. A listing of periodical article abstracts for the period 1954-1982, in a geographical and tribal arrangement with subject index, drawn from America History and Life (TABLE 6).
Hoxie, F. Native Americans: an annotated bibliography. (1992). LOCATION: Green Library Stacks Z1209.N67 H68 1991
Indians of North and South America: A Bibliography based on the collection at the Willard E. Yager Library-Museum. (1977); supplements (1988-1997). LOCATION: Green Library Stacks Z1209.W82
Pre-Columbian Contacts with the Americas.... 2 v. LOCATION: Green Library Stacks E103.S67 1990. TOPICS: Indians--First contact with Europeans--Bibliography. America--Discovery and exploration--Pre-Columbian--Bibliography.
Native Americans: a resource guide. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, LOCATION: Green Library Stacks Z1209.2U5 N39 1992
Teaching American Indian history. (American Historical Association). LOCATION: Lane Room E76.8.W54 1993. TOPICS: Indians of North America-- History-- Study and teaching.

General Native American Handbooks, Directories, Compendiums, Atlases

General & Misc.
Directories
Maps & Atlases

general & miscellaneous

Native America in the twentieth century: an encyclopedia. (1994). LOCATION: Information Center E76.2.N36 1994
Reference encyclopedia of the American Indian. 8th ed. LOCATION: Information Center E76.2.R43 1998. TOPICS: Indians of North America-- Directories. Indians of North America--Bibliography. Indians of North America--Biography.
Native time: a historical timeline of native America. LOCATION: Information Center E98.C55F73 1995
Chronology of the American Indian: a guide to native peoples of the Western Hemisphere. LOCATION: Green Library Stacks E58.C49 1994
American Indian quotations. LOCATION: Information Center PN6081.4.A43 1996
The Native American almanac: a portarit of Native America today. LOCATION: Green Library Stacks E77.H59 1993. Contents: Historical overview of relations between Native Americans and whites in the United States -- Native Americans today -- Supreme Court decisions affecting Native Americans -- Treaties -- The Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service -- Tribal governments by Robert Lyttle -- Languages -- Education -- Religion -- Games and sports -- Artists -- Film and video arts by Elizabeth Weatherford -- Voices of communication -- Employment, income, and economic development -- Native Americans and military service.
Native American information directory. LOCATION: Lane Room E767.N37 1991
Dictionary of the American Indian. (1960). LOCATION: Information Center BX4670.C6. Brief descriptions of places and things
U.S. Smithsonian Institution. Handbook of North American Indians. (1978-). In progress. A 20 volume revision of Hodge's old Handbook of North American Indians, 2 vols. (1907-1910, E77.H68). These volumes are written by experts and include good notes on sources and bibliographies. Contents: v. 4. History of Indian-white relations / Wilcomb E. Washburn, editor -- v. 5. Arctic / David Damas, editor - - v. 6. Subarctic -- v. 7. Northwest Coast / Wayne Suttles, editor -- v. 8. California / Heizer, R.F. --v. 9. Southwest -- v. 10. Southwest / A. Ortiz -- v. 11. Great Basin / Warren L. D'Azevedo, editor -- v. 12. Plateau / Deward E. Walker, Jr., volume editor -- v. 15. Northeast / B.G. Trigger -- v. 17. Languages / Ives Goddard, volume editor
Encyclopedia of World Cultures. Vol.1: North America. (1991). LOCATION: Information Center GN550.E53 1991
Human Relations Area Files. Earlier material on microfiche. A major collection, largely ethnographic in nature, dealing with a great number of world cultures, among them some Native American. A good deal of material on social life & customs, etc.
Washburn, Wilcomb E. The American Indian and the United States. A Documentary History. 4 vols. LOCATION: Information Center E93.W27. Includes a great many documents, in whole or in part, including treaties, constitutions, laws, etc.
Vogel, Virgil. This Country Was Ours: A Documentary History of the American Indian. (1972). E77.2.V63. LOCATION: Green Library Stacks E77.2.V63 1972. Appendices on films, recordings, museums, organizations, publications and biography.
Prucha, Francis. Documents of U.S. Indian Policy. 2nd ed. LOCATION: Information Center KF8205.D63 1990
Heard, J. Norman. Handbook of the American Frontier: Four Centuries of Indian-White Relationships. 4 vols. LOCATION: Information Center E76.2.H43 1987. An excellent topical and biographical dictionary with references.
The American Indian 1492-1976: A Chronology & Factbook. 2nd ed. LOCATION: Information Center E77.D393 1977
Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups. LOCATION: Information Center E184.A1 H35. Includes references for further reading.
Dictionary of Native American literature. LOCATION: Information Center PM155.D53 1994. Contents: (William) D'Arcy McNickle / Birgit Hans -- Mourning Dove / Alanna K. Brown -- Samson Occom / Bernd C. Peyer -- John Milton Oskison / Gretchen Ronnow -- Simon Pokagon / A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff -- Alexander Lawrence Posey / Daniel F. Littlefield, Jr. -- John Rollin Ridge / James W. Parins -- (Rolla) Lynn Riggs / Thomas A. Erhard -- Jane Johnston Schoolcraft / A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff -- Sarah Winnemucca / A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff -- Zitkala Sa / Mary A. Stout -- Contemporary Native American writing: an overview / Joseph Bruchac -- Critical approaches to Native American literature / Arnold Krupat -- Hanay Geiogamah / Sue M. Johnson -- Joy Harjo / Norma C. Wilson -- Lance (David) Henson / Gogisgi Carroll Arnett -- Linda Henderson Hogan / Norma C. Wilson -- Maurice Kenny / James Ruppert -- Thomas King / A LaVonne Brown Ruoff -- N(avarre) Scott Momaday / Susan Scarberry-Garcia -- Duane (McGinniss) Niaturm / Andrea Lerner -- Simon J. Ortiz / Robert M. Nelson -- Carter Revard / Franchot Ballinger -- Wendy Rose / Norma C. Wilson -- Leslie Marmon Silko / Elaine A. Jahner -- Hyemeyohsts (Chuck) Storm / Robert F. Sayre -- Gerald Vizenor / Alan R. Velie -- Anna Lee Walters / James Ruppert -- James Welch / Kathryn S. Vangen -- Roberta Hill Whiteman / Norma C. Wilson -- Ray (Anthony) Young Bear / Robert F. Gish. Native American oral literatures: a critical orientation / Andrew Wiget -- Oral literature of the Alaskan arctic / Phyllis Morrow -- Oral literature of the subarctic Athapaskans / Scott Rushforth -- Native oral literature of the Northwest Coast and the Plateau / M. Dale Kinkade -- Oral literature of California and the intermountain region / William Bright -- Oral literature of the Southwest / Andrew Wiget -- Oral literature of the Plains Indians / Julian Rice -- Oral literature of the Northeastern Algonquians and the Northern Iroquoians / Gordon M. Day, Michael K. Foster -- Oral literature of the Southeast / George E. Lankford -- Oral historical epic narratives / Alexander Vaschenko - - The Native American trickster / Barbara Babcock, Jay Cox -- Oratory / Donald Bahr -- Dreams, song and narrative / Donald Bahr - - Revitalization movements and oral literature / Kenneth M. Morrison -- Myth and religion of Native America / Kenneth M. Morrison -- The Bible and traditional Indian literature / Jarold Ramsey -- The white man in Native oral tradition / Jarold Ramsey -- Native American writing: beginnings to 1967 / A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff -- Population, reservations, and federal Indian policy / Ronald A. Janke -- Autobiography / David Brumble, Arnold Krupat -- Women's autobiography / Gretchen M. Bataille, Kathleen M. Sands -- Coyote's jokebook: humor in Native American literature and culture / John Lowe -- William Apes / Bernd C. Peyer -- Black Elk / Julian Rice -- Elias Boudinot / James W. Parins -- S. Alice Callahan / A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff -- George Copway / A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff -- Charles Alexander Eastman / Bernd C. Peyer -- E. Pauline Johnson / A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff -- John Joseph Mathews / Terry P. Wilson -- Population, reservations, and federal Indian policy / Ronald A. Janke -- Autobiography / David Brumble, Arnold Krupat -- Women's autobiography / Gretchen M. Bataille, Kathleen M. Sands -- Coyote's jokebook: humor in Native American literature and culture / John Lowe -- William Apes / Bernd C. Peyer -- Black Elk / Julian Rice -- Elias Boudinot / James W. Parins -- S. Alice Callahan / A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff -- George Copway / A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff -- Charles Alexander Eastman / Bernd C. Peyer -- E. Pauline Johnson / A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff -- John Joseph Mathews / Terry P. Wilson
Dictionary of Native American Mythology. LOCATION: Information Center E98.R3 G46 1992. TOPICS: Indians of North America--Religion and mythology--Dictionaries.
Cry the Thunderbird: The American Indians Own Story. LOCATION: Green Library Stacks E77.H2 1972. Anthology.
To Touch the Earth: A Self Portrait of Indian Existence. LOCATION: Stanford Auxiliary Library E98.C9 M24. Anthology; no references.
Indian oratory: famous speeches.... LOCATION: Green Library Stacks E98.O7 V33 | Information Center E98.O7 V33
Legend and lore of the Americas before 1492. LOCATION: Information Center E61.A72 1993

There are the several reference works of American Indian Publishers, Inc.:

Biographical Dictionary of Indians of the Americas. 2 ed. LOCATION: Information Center E89.B56 1991
Dictionary of Daily Life of the Indians of the Americas. LOCATION: Information Center E54.5.D53
Dictionary of Indian Tribes of the Americas. 2nd ed. LOCATION: Information Center E54.5.D53 1993

directories: tribes, reservations, services, schools, museums, archaeological sites

The Gale encyclopedia of Native American tribes. IMPRINT: Detroit : Gale, c1998. 4 v. LOCATION: Information Center E77.G15 1998
Leitch, Barbara. A Concise Dictionary of Indian Tribes. (1979). E76.2.L44. See also Concise Directory of Indian Tribes of North America (1952) 970.1.U58eb n.145 Green Stack; and Schedule of Indian Tribes and Settlements (Canada) E78.C2A48 Green Stack.
1989 Tribal Directory of Arizona Indian Tribes. E78.A7A33. Check Gov. Docs library for current editions.
Indian Reservations: A State and Federal Handbook. (1986). E93.I3828.
Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. Rev. ed. New York: Facts on File, c1999.. E76.W35 1999. Elementary, no references
Dictionary of Indian Tribes of the Americas. (1981). E54.5.D5.
Native American information directory. (1992-). E76.2.N38.
American Indian Reference Book. (1976). E77.2.A43.
Native American Directory: Alaska, Canada, U.S. (1982). E76.2.N37.
Reference Encyclopedia of the American Indian. 5th ed. (1990). E76.2.R4.
The American Indian Index: A Directory of Indian Country. (1985). E76.2F7.
National Indian Directory. 1975 ed. E76.2.N3. Ceased publication with this edition.
Directory of American Indian Print & Broadcast Media. (1978). Z6944.75L4.
American Indian and Alaska Native Newspapers and Periodicals, 1826- 1985. 3 vols. (1984-86). PN4883.L57.
Native American Periodicals and Newspapers 1829-1982. (1984). Z1209.2.U5.L57 Includes list of library locations and microform availability.
America's Ancient Treasures: A Guide to Archaeological Sites and Museums in the U.S. and Canada. (1983). E76.F64.
Guide to Prehistoric Ruins of the SW. (1989). E78.S7.O66.
Indian America, a Traveller's Companion. (1989). E76.2.W35.
North American Indian Travel Guide. (1987). E76.2.S52.
North American Indian landmarks: a traveler's guide. (1993). E77.C26 1993. TOPICS: Indians of North America--History-- Guidebooks. Indians of North America--Antiquities-- Guidebooks.
Exploring native sites in Western Canada. 1994. LOCATION: Green Stack E78.C2K73 1994.
Native American Voluntary Organizations. (1987). E75.N395.
Directory of Indigenous/Indigenist Organizations. (1987). GN380.R50 #4.
The Red Pages: Business Across Indian America. (1985). E98.B98.R4.
Arts & Crafts Resource Guide. (1989). 90-22419 Green Stack.
Directory of Hispanic and American Indian Higher Education Programs. (1980). Green Stack. Intended for students who are Indian. For colleges which have courses on Native Americans:
Reference Encyclopedia of the American Indian; and The College Blue Book, vol.1 under both "Indian" and "Native."
Issues for the Future of Native American Studies. (1985). E76.6.H45. Contains listing of graduate programs.

maps and atlases

Atlas of American Indian Affairs. (1990). G1202.E1. Excellent, detailed.
Historical Atlas of the American West. (1989). G1381.S1B4 f.
National Atlas of the United States of America. (1970). G1200.V57f. Indian population 1960, pre-historic sites; tribes, cultures and languages.
Atlas of the North American Indian. (1985). E77.B6 1985. Highly acclaimed, though no references of any kind to sources of data, but a large collection of maps and general Native American information.
Atlas of Ancient America. (1986). E61.A88. Includes bibliography.
Native Peoples & Languages of Alaska. (1982). G4371.E3 1982 f.
Historical Atlas of World Mythology. (1983-). Vol.1: Way of the Animal Powers; Vol 2: Way of the Seeded Earth. BL311.C26. Contains extensive NA material.
Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States. (1932). Many useful maps. G1201.S1.P3f.
National Atlas of Canada. (4th ed., 1973). Excellent for indian lands and languages, early exploration, fur trade. G1115.C55 1973f. Green Stack. See also the inventory Maps of Indian Reserves and Settlements in the National Maps Collection (1980-). Vol.1: British Columbia ; vol.2: Yukon, NW Territories and Central Plains. Z1209.2.C2039. Also, Historical Atlas of Canada, G1116.S1.H56.
We the People: An Atlas of America's Ethnic Diversity. (1989). E184.A1.A479.

There are excellent general archaeology atlases that have information on Native Americans: World Atlas of Archaeology (1985) G1046.E15.W6; Archaeological Atlas of the World (1975) G1046.E15.W6; Cambridge Encyclopedia of Archaeology (1980), CC165.C3; and Past Worlds (1988) CC165.P37f. For California Indians also see California Patterns (G1526.S1.H6).

Specialized Native American Bibliographies, Handbooks

Historical and ethnographic writing is covered in almost all of the bibliographies listed in the general bibliography section above and in the specialized bibliography section below. Murdock, Ethnographic Bibliography of North America, is the basic ethnographic bibliography, and its content is included in Bibliography of Native Americans. There is an important on-going series of critical bibliographies published by the Newberry Library Center for the History of the American Indian. Most volumes are shelved in Green Stack [in the Z1208, Z1209 and Z1210 ranges]. Included in this series are:

Historical Demography                    The Choctaws     
Indians of the Subarctic                 Northwest Coast
Indians of the Northeast                 The Pawnees      
U. S. Indian Policy                      The Navajos
Indians of the Southwest                 The Cheyennes    
The Cherokees                            The Apaches
Indian Missions                          The Sioux
Native American Prehistory               Plains Indians   
The Indians in Maryland and Delaware	       
Immigrant Indians of Kansas              The Creeks  
Sociology of American Indians 
The Indians of California                Ojibwas

Another series of bibliographies is being published by Scarecrow Press in their series Native American Bibliography Series. In this same call number range of Green Stack there are also a number of other bibliographies on individual tribes or nations.

Beidler, Peter G. THE NATIVE AMERICAN IN SHORT FICTION IN THE SATURDAY EVENING POST (Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2001) LOCATION: Item CSUGU4510572-B on order; type HELP STATUS 2.2)
Noe, Randolph. THE SHAWNEE INDIANS (Lanham, MD : Scarecrow Press, 2000) LOCATION: Item CSULU4403971-B on order; type HELP STATUS
Bahr, Howard M. DINE BIBLIOGRAPHY TO THE 1990S (Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 1999) LOCATION: Green Library Stacks Z1210 .N3 B34 1999
Magnaghi, Russell M. INDIAN SLAVERY, LABOR, EVANGELIZATION, AND CAPTIVITVY IN THE AMERICAS (Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 1998) LOCATION: Green Library, Information Center Z1209 .M25 1998
White, Phillip M. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE INDIANS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY (Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 1998) LOCATION: Green Library Stacks Z1209.2 .U52 C29 1998
Beam, Joan. THE NATIVE AMERICAN IN LONG FICTION (Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, c1996) LOCATION: Green Library, Information Center Z1231 .F4 B42 1996
Gray, Sharon A. HEALTH OF NATIVE PEOPLE OF NORTH AMERICA (Lanham, MD ; Scarecrow Press, 1996) LOCATION: Green Library, Information Center Z6661 .N67 G73 1996
Singerman, Robert. INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES OF THE AMERICAS (Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 1996) LOCATION: Green Library Stacks Z7116 .S55 1996
Haas, Marilyn L. THE SENECA AND TUSCARORA INDIANS (Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, c1994) LOCATION: Green Library Stacks Z1210.S49 H33 1994
Blumer, Thomas J. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE CATAWBA (Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1987) LOCATION: Green Library Stacks Z1210 .C37 B57 1987
Booker, Karen M. LANGUAGES OF THE ABORIGINAL SOUTHEAST (Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1991) LOCATION: Green Library Stacks Z7118 .B66 1991
Tate, Michael L. THE UPSTREAM PEOPLE (Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1991) LOCATION: Green Library Stacks Z1210.O45 T37 1991
Trafzer, Clifford E. YAKIMA, PALOUSE, CAYUSE, UMATILLA, WALLA WALLA, AND WANAPUM INDIANS (Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1992) LOCATION: Green Library Stacks Z1209.2.U52 N697
Hoyt, Anne Kelley. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE CHICKASAW (Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1987) LOCATION: Green Library Stacks Z1210.C493H68 1987 2.17)
Dempsey, Hugh Aylmer. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE BLACKFOOT (Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1989) LOCATION: Green Library Stacks Z1210.S59D45 1989
Kutsche, Paul. A GUIDE TO CHEROKEE DOCUMENTS IN THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES (Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1986) LOCATION: Green Library Stacks Z1210.C46K87 1986
Porter, Frank W. IN PURSUIT OF THE PAST (Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1986) LOCATION: Green Library Stacks Z1209.2.U52 M375 1986
Tate, Michael L. THE INDIANS OF TEXAS (Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1986) LOCATION: Green Library Stacks Z1209.2.U52 T497 1986
Hilger, Michael. THE AMERICAN INDIAN IN FILM (Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1986) LOCATION: Green Library, Information Center PN1995.9 .I48 H54 1986
Wilson, Terry P. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE OSAGE (Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1985) LOCATION: Green Library Stacks Z1210.O8W54 1985
Littlefield, Daniel F. A BIOBIBLIOGRAPHY OF NATIVE AMERICAN WRITERS, 1772-1924 (Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1981) LOCATION: Green Library, Humanities & Area Studies Res Ctr Z1209.2 .U5L57
Littlefield, Daniel F. A BIOBIBLIOGRAPHY OF NATIVE AMERICAN WRITERS, 1772-1924. SUPPLEMENT (Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1985) LOCATION: Green Library, Humanities & Area Studies Res Ctr Z1209.2 .U5 L57 SUPPL.
Anderson, William L. A GUIDE TO CHEROKEE DOCUMENTS IN FOREIGN ARCHIVES (Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1983) LOCATION: Green Library Stacks Z1210.C46A53 1983
Bright, William. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE LANGUAGES OF NATIVE CALIFORNIA (Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1982) LOCATION: Green Library Stacks Z7118 .B74 1982
Marken, Jack Walter. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE SIOUX (Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1980) LOCATION: Green Library Stacks Z1210.D3M37

Indian-White Relations, Treaties, Law

The Law Library and Government Documents Library have extensive material in these areas. Also see 500 Years of Contact: Some Basic Readings.

Prucha, Francis Paul. American Indian treaties: the history of a political anomaly. IMPRINT: Berkeley: University of California Press, c1994. The basic historical treatment. LOCATION: Law ER APY JBb
Prucha, Francis P. Documents of U.S. Indian Policy. 2nd ed. (1990). KF8205.P63; also, A Bibliographic Guide to the History of Indian- White Relations in the United States. (1977); plus 1975-1980 Supplement (1982). Z1209.2.U5.P67. See also Prucha (1988) The Great White Father: The United States Government and the American Indians, Green Stack.
Native American resurgence and renewal: a reader and bibliography (1994). E93.N286 1994 TOPICS: Indians of North America--Government relations--1934- Indians of North America--Social conditions. Indians of North America--Ethnic identity.
Washburn, Wilcomb E. The American Indian and the United States. A Documentary History. 4 vols. (1973). E93.W27. Includes a great many documents, in whole or in part, including treaties, constitutions, laws, etc.
Washburn. Indian-White Relations. (1988). Vol.4 of Handbook of North American Indians. E77.H2.5. (Review: Hoxie, 15.4(1991):523-26.) Includes excellent chapter by Berkhofer, "White Conceptions of Indians", pp.522-543, that essentially summarizes his classic The White Man's Indian (1978).
Images of Others: A Guide to Microform Manuscipts on Indian-White Relations. (1991). E91.G75.
Fenton, William N. American Indian and White Relations to 1830. Needs and Opportunities for Study. (1957). Z1209.F38.
Heard, J. Norman. Handbook of the American Frontier: Four Centuries of Indian-White Relationships. (1987-). E76.2.H43. Vol.1: Southeastern Woodlands; vol.2: Northeastern Woodlands. An excellent topical and biographical dictionary with references.
Dobyns, Henry F. Native American Historical Demography. A Critical Bibliography. (1976). Z1209.D58. Also see Russell Thornton (1987) American Indian Holocaust and Survival: A Population History Since 1492, Law Library & Green Stack. In connection with the above one might consult Jennings (1975) The Invasion of America: Indians, Colonialism, and the Cant of Conquest, F7.J46 Green Stack. Also, S. Lyman Tyler (1973) A History of Indian Policy, I 20.2:H62, and Taylor (1972) The States and their Indian Citizens, I 20.2:St2, both in GovDocs.
Narratives of Captivity Among the Indians of North America. (1912); plus Supplement (1928). Z1209.N38.
Vaughn, Alden. Narratives of North American Indian Captivity: A Selective Bibliography. (1983). Z1209.2.N67.V38.
Cohen, Felix S. Handbook of Federal Indian Law. (1971). KF205.A33. A reprint of the 1942 edition.
U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Indian Affairs. Indian Affairs, Laws and Treaties. (1976). Compiled by Charles Kappler. Documents Serial Set 4253-54, 4623-24, 6166, 8849, 10458. Shelved in Government Documents Department. Continued through the 91st Congress, 1970 by:
Kappler's Indian Affairs: Laws & Treaties. 2 vols. (1979). These two works are the starting point for research on Indian-White relations in the U.S. & Canada.
Kappler, Charles J. Indian Treaties, 1778- 1883. (1972). KF.8203.1972B. This is an abridgement of the Congressional Serial Set listed above, including the treaties from 1778-1883.
Buchanan, Jim. Canadian Indian Policy: A Bibliography. (1979). Z1209.2.C2.B8. The Supplement covering 1979- 1986 is shelved at Z7164.A2.P83, both in Green Stack. Also: Skyscrapers Hide the Heavens: The History of Indian-White Relations in Canada (1989) Green Stack.
Surtees, Robert. Canadian Indian Policy, A Critical Bibliography. (1982). Z1209.2.C2.S9 Green Stack.
Hargrett, Lester. A Bibliography of the Constitutions and Laws of the American Indians. (1947). Z1209.H28. Regarding this matter, Green Stack has two important reprint collections, Constitutions and Laws of the American Indian Tribes (1973-1979); Series 1: 20 vols.; Series 2: 33 vols. Contains the written constitutions and laws of the Indian Territories and the Osages, Cherokees, Choctaws, Muskogees, Creeks, Foxes and Sacs; and Early American Indian Documents: Treaties & Laws 1607-1789.
De Puy, Henry F. A Bibliography of the English Colonial Treaties with the American Indians, including a Synopsis of Each Treaty. (1971). Z1209.2.U5.D44. Reprint of the 1917 edition.
Early American Indian Documents: Treaties and Laws, 1607-1789, 1979-. LOCATION: Stanford Auxiliary Library KF8202 1979 (Library has v.1-2,v.4-v.9,v.11,v.15-16, v.18). Incomplete contents: v. 1. Pennsylvania and Delaware treaties, 1629- 1737 / edited by Donald H. Kent -- v. 2. Pennsylvania treaties, 1737-1756 / edited by Donald H. Kent -- v. 4. Virginia treaties, 1607-1722 / edited by W. Stitt Robinson -- v. 5. Virginia treaties, 1723-1775 / edited by W. Stitt Robinson. -- v. 6. Maryland treaties, 1632-1775 /eidted by W. Stitt Robinson. -- v. 7. New York and New Jersey treaties, 1609-1682 / edited by Barbara Graymont -- v. 9. New York and New Jersey treaties, 1714-1752 -- v. 11. Georgia treaties, 1733-1863 / edited by John T. Juricek -- v. 15. Virginia and Maryland laws / edited by Alden T. Vaughan and Deborah A. Rosen -- v. 16. Carolina and Georgia laws / edited by Alden T. Vaughan and Deborah A. Rosen -- v. 18. Revolution and Confederation
Sutton, Imre. Indian Land Tenure: Bibliographical Essay and Guide to the Literature. (1975). Z1209.2.U5.S95.

current laws and regulations:

United States Statutes at large. GovDocs Reference.
United States Code. (latest edition). GovDocs Reference.
Code of Federal Regulations. (latest annual compilation). GovDocs Reference.
Federal Register. (1938 to date, daily).

current litigation:

NARF (Native American Rights Fund) Review; and check with the Law Library.

Statistics & Demography

Statistics can be found throughout CodeTalk, a federal inter-agency Native American website that provides information for Native American communities.

Consult the American Statistics Index (1973-) for US federal statistics; the Statistical Research Index (1980-) for national, state & local data derived from publications other than those of the US federal government; and Catalogue-Statistics Canada (1972-), all in GovDocs. Also, check with the documents librarians for recent Census data.

Statistical Record of Native North America, 1993, E98.P76.S73 DESK.
Statistical Abstract of the U.S. (Annual). HA202.A438.
Historical Statistics of the United States from Colonial Times to 1970. 2 vols. HA202.B87.
Dobyns, Henry F. Native American Historical Demography. A Critical Bibliography. (1976). Z1209.D58. See also Russell Thornton (1987) American Indian Holocaust and Survival: A Population History since 1492, Law Library & Green Stack.
Stuart, Paul. Nations within Nations: Historical Statistics of American Indians. (1987). E77.S924
Navajo Nation FAX 88: A Statistical Abstract. (1988-). E99.N3.N334.
1970 Census of Population, Subject Reports: American Indians. (1973). E77.A35.

See population data presented in the atlases (e.g., Atlas of American Indian Affairs) listed in Section B.3 (p.4). Also: We the People: An Atlas of America's Ethnic Diversity, E184.A1.A479, has good maps and statistical information; focuses on 1980 Census data.

Biography, Autobiography, Oral History, Photography (Portraits)

biography, oral history

Biographical information is also found in Hodge's Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, E77.H68, and will be in vols. 18 & 19 of the new Handbook of North American Indians. Volume 4 of the new Handbook includes the extensive chapter "Non-Indian Biographies" (pp.617-699), treating people who had significant impact on Indian-White affairs.

Who Was Who in Native American History. (1989). E77.E117.
Native American Women: A Biographical Dictionary, 1993, E98.W8.B38.
Daughters of the Desert: Women Anthropologists and the Native SW 1880-1990. E78.S7.B15.
Biographical Dictionary of Indians of the Americas. (1983). On order.
Heard, J. Norman. Handbook of the American Frontier: Four Centuries of Indian-White Relationships. (1987-). E76.2.H43. Vol.1: Southeastern Woodlands; vol.2: Northeastern Woodlands. An excellent topical and biographical dictionary with references.
U.S. Dept. of Interior. Biographical and Historical Index of American Indians and Persons Involved in Indian Affairs. 8 vols. (1966). Z1209.U5.
Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of ninety-five of 120 principal chiefs from the Indian tribes of North America. (1838?). I 20.2:In2/27 GovDocs.
Dockstader, Frederick J. Great North American Indians. 3rd ed., 2 vols. (1978). E76.2.R4.
Brumble, H. David. An Annotated Bibliography of American Indian and Eskimo Autobiographies. (1981). Z1209.B78.
Indians of Today. 4th ed. (1971). E89.G75. Brief sketches of 373 Indian men and women.
The American Indian 1492-1976. (1977). E77.D393. Historical chronology and brief biographies.
Ohoyo One Thousand. A Resource Guide of American Indian/Alaska Native Women. (1982). E98.W8.A52.
Reference Encyclopedia of the American Indian. (1990). E76.2.R4. Section 4: Biography.
Vogel, Virgil. This Country Was Ours: A Documentary History of the American Indian. (1972). E77.2.V63. Its appendix 3 is "Famous Americans of Indian Descent"; includes references.
American Indian Research Project. (1979). Z1209.2.G7.O7. Index to oral histories located at the University of South Dakota.
Green, Rayna. Native American Women: A Contextual Bibliography. (1983). Z1209.2.N67.G75. Includes biographies.
American Indian Women: A Guide to Research. (1991). Z1209.2.N67.B36. Autobiog., Biog., Interviews: p. 282-.
Rubinstein, Charlotte. American Women Artists from early Indian Times to the Present. (1985). N6505.R8.
A Bio-bibliography of Native American Writers, 1772-1924. (1981); plus Supplement. Z1209.2.U5.N37 1985
American Indian quotations. LOCATION: Information Center PN6081.4.A43 1996

photographs (also archives)

Check subject heading: "Indians of North America -- Pictorial Works." For California, see the archival guides and other sources listed in the California Indian section, including the California Indian Library Collections CD-ROMs.

North American Indians: Photographs from the National Anthropological Archives. MFICHE 870, Microtext Room.
Curtis, Edward. The North American Indian. 20 vols. (1907-1930). This famous publication shelved in the Department of Special Collections, includes 10 volumes of photographs and 10 volumes of text, which are illustrated with many additional photographs. The Department of Special Collections has a large collection of 19th century photographs

There are also a number of reference works that help locate photographic resources, e.g.,:

Picture Sources. 4th ed. (1982). N4000.S7.
Index to American Photographic Collections. (1982). TR12.M4.
World Photography Sources (1982) N4000.W67.
Guide to Canadian Photographic Archives. (1984). TR199.G838 Green Stack.
University of California Directory of Photographic Collections. (1985). TR12.C65 Art Library.

Politics

Native American political systems and the evolution of democracy: an annotated bibliography. LOCATION: Green Library Stacks Z1210.I7 J65 1996. TOPICS: Indians of North America--Politics and government.
Exemplar of liberty: native America and the evolution of democracy. LOCATION: Green Library Stacks E98.T77 G75 1991

Language, Literature, Folklore, Sound Recordings

language

For introductory articles see the Britannica Online for "North American" and "Meso- American Indian Languages"; color maps are included. Also see Teeter (1972) "American Indian Linguistics" in Annual Review of Anthropology 1:411-424 and the more recent review articles in that journal (fulltext at JSTOR and for current years High Wire Press). For additional background information see Sebeok, ed. (1977) Native Languages of the Americas, 2 vols., Green Stack (vol. 2 includes a 200 page checklist "North American Indian Languages"). Joseph Greenberg (1988)Language in the Americas, Green Stack, puts forward a new and controversial classification scheme. See Bibliography of The Amerind Linguistic Debate.
Bibliographies and handbooks:
for North American languages including Eskimo languages and Mexico see "Native Languages of North America," pt.3, vol. 10 of Current Trends in Linquistics, 405.C967 Stack [also includes checklist and maps]. Also see Boas (1911-1938) Handbook of American Indian Languages, 3 vols., PM801.B7. This handbook will eventually be updated by vol. 17 of the Handbook of North American Indians, which is in progress. A good classified bibliography (not covering Eskimo) is Marken (1978) The American Indian Language & Literature, Z1029.1 N67.M3. For California native languages: William Bright (1982) Bibliography of the Languages of Native California..., Z7118.B74; Robert Heizer (1966) Languages, Territories and Names of California Indians, Z7118.B78. Also, Native Peoples & Languages of Alaska [map] (1982). The major journal for Amerindian studies is IJAL (International Journal of American Linguistics), Green Stack/Current Periodicals. The best single source for information on grammars, dictionaries and language learning material is Languages of North, Central & South America (1976) Z7001.045 v.8. There is a review of recent Alaskan, Northern Canadian and Greenlandic native language dictionaries and grammars in Reference Service Review 16 (1988): 123-134. Supplement these with Edward Evans (1977) Bibliography of Language Arts Materials for Native Americans...1965-1974, plus 1979 supplement, Z1209.2N6E83 Green Stack; and Evans (1980) North American Indian Language Materials 1890-1965, An Annotated Bibliography of Monographic Works, PM206.E92 Green Stack. The latter fills the gap between the nine linguistic bibliographies by James Pilling that appeared in the BAE Bulletins, and the previously listed Evans bibliography. Also in the Reference Collection is Pilling's Proof-Sheets of a Bibliography of the Languages of the North American Indians (1885) Z7118.P64. For language teaching, the most up-to-date survey of the field and its literature is Martin (1976) A Survey of the Current Study and Teaching of North American Indian Languages in the United State and Canada, PM205.M37. There is language material in several microform collections: see Appendix A.

literature

Search subject headings (FIND SP) in SOCRATES: "American Literature--Indian Authors"; "Indians in Literature".

Native American Authors from the Internet Public Library
Native American Authors Distribution Project

Native American literatures: an encyclopedia of works, characters, authors, and themes. LOCATION: Information Center PS153.I52 W47 1999
Native American writers of the United States. LOCATION: Information Center PS129.D52 V.175. SERIES: Dictionary of literary biography; v. 175. TOPICS: American literature--Indian authors--Bio-bibliography--Dictionaries. American literature--Indian authors--Dictionaries. Indian authors--United States--Biography--Dictionaries. Indians in literature--Dictionaries. Indians of North America--Biography--Dictionaries.
Contemporary Native American authors: a biographical dictionary. LOCATION: Information Center PS153.I52 J87 1997
What do I read next?: multicultural literature. LOCATION: Information Center Z1229.E87 W49 1997
Dictionary of Native American literature. LOCATION: Information Center PM155.D53 1994
Native North American literature: biographical and critical information on native writers and orators from the United States and Canada from historical times to the present / Janet Witalec, editor (1994) PS508.I5N38 1994. TOPICS: American literature--Indian authors--Bio- bibliography. Canadian literature--Indian authors--Bio- bibliography. Authors, Indian--Biography--Dictionaries. Indians in literature--Dictionaries.
The native American in American literature: a selectively annotated bibliography. LOCATION: Information Center Z1229.I52 R64 1985
"The Indian in Literature," in Indian-White Relations. (1989):573-586. E77.H25 v.4.
Contemporary Native American Literature. (1977). Z1229.I52J32.
A Bio-bibliography of Native American Writers, 1772-1924. (1981); plus supplement (1985). Z1209.2.U5.N37.
Hirschfelder (1973) American Indian and Eskimo Authors: A Comprehensive Bibliography, Green Stack
Marken (1978) The American Indian Language & Literature, Z1029.1.N67.M3.
Brumble, H. David. An Annotated Bibliography of American Indian and Eskimo Autobiographies. (1981). Z1209.B78.
Native American Folklore 1879-1979: An Annotated Bibliography. (1984). Z1209.C57.
Ullom, Judith. Folklore of the North American Indian. An Annotated Bibliography. (1969). Z1209.U4.
Ethnic Folklife Dissertations. (1986). Z5984.U6.K7.
Bibliography of North American Folklore & Folksong. (1961). Z5984.U5.H3.
American Folklife Films and Videotapes: An Index. (1986). Z5984.U6.K47.
Legend and lore of the Americas before 1492 (1993). E61.A72 1993.
Dictionary of Native American Mythology. (1992). E98.R3 G46 1992.
Indian oratory: famous speeches.... (1971). E98.o7.V33.
Cry the Thunderbird: The American Indians Own Story. (1972). E77.H2. Anthology.
To Touch the Earth: A Self Portrait of Indian Existence. (1971). E98.C9.M24. Anthology; no references.
Literature By and About the American Indian: An Annotated Bibliography. 2nd ed. Z1209.S73 1979 Cubberley.

See review article "Native American Literature: A Bibliographic Survey of American Indian Literary Traditions," Choice (1986):1503-; Women writers: That What She Said: Contemporary Poetry & Fiction by Native American Women (1984) PS508.I5.T46 Green Stack; "Works by and about Native American Women Writers," pp.318-322. Also, there is a bibliography in A Gathering of the Spirit: Writing & Art by North American Indian Women, 2nd ed. (1984) PS508.I5.G3 Green Stack, and Women of the Color in the United States: A Guide, Z7964.U49.R4 1989, its section on literature.

sound recordings

Meyer Library Language Lab tapes are cataloged in the SOCRATES Recordings subfile (sel recordings). For California see the archival guides and other sources listed in the California Indian section, including the California Indian Library Collections CD-ROMs. The American Philosophical Society has numerous recording, most of which are available to scholars for a nominal price: see Freeman, A Guide to Manuscripts Relating to the American Indian... (1966) and Supplement (1982) 060.A512me v.65 & suppl.

Languages of North, Central & South America. (1976). The best single source for identifying language instructional recordings. Z7001.C45 v.8.
Native North American Musical & Oral Data...1893-1976. (1979). ML156. Catalog of Indiana U. Archives of Traditional Music.
A Catalogue of Cylinder Collections at the Indiana U. Archives of Traditional Music, 1893-1938. ML156.2.I39.EI Archive of Recorded Sound.
Sound Recordings in Native American Languages: A Catalog. (1982). PM102.U5. Catalog of UC Berkeley Language Lab.
Guide to Pacific Northwest Native American Materials in the Melville Jacobs Collection and in other Archival Collections in the University of Washington Libraries. (1982). E78.W3.S43. Includes many sound recordings.

Also, many of the general directories.

Women

"Gender and Sexuality in Native American Societies: A Bibliography," American Indian Quarterly, Fall 1995.
American Indian Women: A Guide to Research. LOCATION: Lane Room Z1209.2.N67 B36
Native American Women: A Biographical Dictionary. LOCATION: Information Center E98.W8 B38 1992
Native American women : a contextual bibliography. LOCATION: Lane Room Z1209.2.N67 G75 1983
Ohoyo One Thousand. A Resource Guide of American Indian/Alaska Native Women. LOCATION: Information Center E98.W8A52 1982
Albers, Patricia. (1989). "From Illusion to Illumination: Anthropological Studies of Native American Women" in Gender & Anthropology: critical reviews for research and teaching. LOCATION: Green Library Stacks GN479.7.G46 1989 | Information Center GN479.7.G46
Women in Perspective. A Guide for Cross-Cultural Studies. LOCATION: Information Center Z7961.J3. Section on Native Americans.
Women of Color & Southern Women: A Bibliography of Social Science Research. LOCATION: Information Center Z7964.U49 W37 (Library has 1975/88-1990; 1991/92-1993/94)
Women of color: a filmography of minority and Third World women. LOCATION: Information Center Z5784.M9O84 1985
Women of Color in the United States: A Guide to the Literature. LOCATION: Information Center Z7964.U49 R4 1989
Women in American History: A Bibliography. 2 vols. LOCATION: Lane Room Z7962.H37 | Information Center Z7962.H37
Daughters of the Desert: Women Anthropologists and the Native Southwest 1880-1980. LOCATION: Green Library Stacks E78.S7 B15 1988

Also see entries in Contemporary Social Science Research.

Archaeology

Peter Woodhead (1984) Keyguide to Information Sources in Archaeology, CC120.W66, lists basic sources of information on American Archaeology. Archaeology is covered on the CD-ROM Bibliography of Native North America and in the Handbook of North American Indians, and in many of the general and specialized bibliographies listed in this guide. Review articles appear in the Annual Review of Anthropology and in the Review of Archaeology and American Antiquity.

For a survey of man in the New World see West (1996) "Beringia and New World Origins II: The Archaeological Evidence" in Frederick West, ed. American Beginnings, 537-559; Feidel (1987) Prehistory of the Americas, Green Stack. There are excellent general archaeology atlases that have information on Native Americans: World Atlas of Archaeology (1985) G1046.E15W6; Archaeological Atlas of the World (1975) G1046.E15.W6; Cambridge Encyclopedia of Archaeology (1980) CC165.C3; and Past Worlds: The Times Atlas of Archaeology (1988) CC165.P37f. Of popular interest are Yeager (1986) Arrowheads and Stone Artifacts..., CC76.Y43 Green Stack; and Hothem (1985) North American Indian Artifacts, Art Library.

Ancient Americans: A Reference Guide to the Art, Culture, and History of Pre-Columbian North and South America. (2001). 2 v. E59.P42 S3613 2001 F HASRC. Contents Note: Hunters and gatherers in paleolithic and mid-paleolithic times -- Hunters and gatherers of the Andes (8000-1500 B.C.E.) -- Neolithic America -- Cave art of early farmers, early potters, and late hunters -- North America -- Central America, the Caribbean, and the Northern and Western Amazon -- The Andean area -- Eastern and Southern South America.
Historical Dictionary of North American Archaeology. (1988). E77.9.H57.
America's Ancient Treasures: A Guide to Archaeological Sites and Museums in the U.S. and Canada. (1983). E76.F64.
Guide to Prehistoric Ruins of the SW. (1979). E78.S7.O66.
Ancient Ruins of the Southwest. (1981). E78.S7.N63
Atlas of Ancient America. (1986). E61.A88.
Pre-Columbian Contacts with the Americas.... 2 v. (1990). Green Library Stacks E103.S67 1990.
Alaskan Archaeology: A Bibliography. (1974). Z1209.2.U52.A378.
Arctic Archaeology: A Bibliography and History. (1978). E99.E7.D36.
Fowler, Catherine. Great Basin Anthropology: A Bibliography. (1970). Z1209.2.U52.G73.
Archaeological Bibliography of Eastern North America. (1977). Z1208.A8.
Southwestern Archaeology: A Bibliography. (1982). Z1208.S68.A53.
Southwest Native American Arts and Material Culture: A Guide to Research. 2 vols. (1991). Z1209.2.U52.S686.
Porter, Frank. In Pursuit of the Past: Bibliographic Guide to Maryland & Delaware. (1986). Z1209.2.U52.M375.
A Bibliography of California Indians: Archeology, Ethnography, Indian History. (1975). Z1209.2.U55.C228 See also section C.10: California Indians.
The Art & Archaeology of Pre-Columbian Middle America. (1977). Z1208.M4.K45.

Contemporary Social Science Research and Health

See the reference section of CodeTalk, a federal inter-agency Native American website that provides information for Native American communities.

social science research

Casino gaming in the United States: a research guide. Green Library Gen Ref Z7164.G35 M57 1997.
Native America in the twentieth century: an encyclopedia. LOCATION: Green Library Gen Ref E76.2.N36 1994.
Native American resurgence and renewal: a reader and bibliography (1994). E93.N286 1994. TOPICS: Indians of North America--Government relations--1934--Indians of North America--Social conditions. Indians of North America--Ethnic identity.
"Native Peoples of the Americas" in The American Historical Association's Guide To Historical Literature. 3rd ed. (1995). LOCATION: Green Library Gen Ref Z6201.A55 1995
Teaching American Indian history. American Historical Association, 1993. E76.8.W54 1993.
Women of Color & Southern Women: A Bibliography of Social Science Research, 1975-1988. (1988). HQ1420.W63.
Women of the Color in the United States: A Guide to the Literature. (1989). Z7964.U49.R4.
Native American Research Information Servives: A Program for Community Development. (1982). Green Library Stacks E76.7.N38 1983. Describes UCLA NA online database.
Native North Americans: Crime, Conflict & Criminal Justice. 4th ed. (1989) Z1209.2.N6.G75.
North American Indians in Towns and Cities: A Bibliography. (1979). Z1209.2.N67.B72.
American Indians: A Bibliography of Contemporary Studies and Urban Research. (1973). Z1209.K4.
Hodge, William. A Bibliography of Contemporary North American Indians. (1976). Z1209.2.N67.H6.
Modern Native Americans: A Selective Bibliography. (1971). Z1209.M6
Bibliography of New Religious Movements in Primal Societies. (1978). Z7833.T87. Vol. 2: Native America.
Psychosocial Research on American Indian and Alaska Native Youth: An Indexed Guide to Recent Dissertations. (1984). Z1209.2.U5.P78.
Bibliography of Indian Economic Development. 2nd ed. (1984). E98.E2.A43.
Economic Development of American Indians and Eskimos 1930-1967: A Bibliography. (1968). I 20.48:E7/930-67 GovDocs.
Thornton, Russell. Sociology of American Indians: A Critical Bibliography. (1980). Z1209.T46 Green Stack.

Also see Scholars and the Indian Experience: Critical Reviews of Recent Writing in the Social Sciences (1984) Z1209.2.N67.S36 Green Stack; and New Directions in American Indian History (1988) E76.8.N48 REF.

health matters

Encyclopedia of Native American healing. LOCATION: Information Center E98.M4 L96 1996
Native American ethnobotany. LOCATION: Information Center E98.B7 M66 1998
A handbook of native American herbs. LOCATION: Information Center E98.B7H87 1992
The dictionary of sacred and magical plants. LOCATION: Information Center GR780.R3813 1992
American medical ethnobotany: a reference dictionary. LOCATION: Information Center E98.M4.M67. TOPICS: Ethnobotany--North America--Bibliography. Ethnobotany--North America--Dictionaries. Indians of North America--Medicine--Bibliography. Indians of North America--Medicine--Dictionaries.
CRC ethnobotany desk reference. LOCATION: Information Center GN476.73.J66 1999
Bibliography of North American Indian Mental Health. (1981). RC451.I5.K44. See also The American Indian Annotated Bibliography of Mental Health, ERIC ED#151153 Cubberley library.
Health & Disease of American Indians North of Mexico. (1972). Z6661.N67.B3.
Native Peoples of Canada: An Annotated Bibliography of Population Biology, Health & Illness. (1986). Z6673.6.N7.M45.
Tulapai to Tokay: A Bibliography of Alcohol Use and Abuse Among Native Americans of North America. (1980). Z1209.2.N67.M29 Green Stack.
Native American Youth & Alcohol: An Annotated Bibliography. (1989). Z1209.2.U5.L6.
Health & Disease of American Indians North of Mexico 1800-1969. Z6661.N67.B3.

Search MEDLINE for recent literature.

Archives And Manuscripts (photographs)

Archival material can be located in the online Archive/Manuscripts subfile of the Research Libraries Information Network (RLIN) and WORLDCAT (SEL RLIN and SEL WORLD via FOLIO). For Library-owned, commercially produced microform collections of archival and manuscript material, see Appendix A. For an overview of the National Archives: Michael Tate, "Studying the American Indian through Government Documents and the National Archives," Government Publications Review 5(1978):285-294.

Library of Congress. Many nations: a Library of Congress resource guide for the study of Indian and Alaska Native Peoples of the United States. IMPRINT: Washington : Library of Congress, 1996. LOCATION: INFO CENTER Z1209.2.U5.L53 1996.
An introduction to the Bureau of Indian Affairs: agency records and Bureau of Indian Affairs: archival records housed in the San Francisco and Bell Federal records centers. (1971). LOCATION: HASRC E78.C15.I5 E78.C15I5
Directory of Archives and Manuscript Repositories in the U.S. 2nd. ed. (1988). LOCATION: INFO CENTER CD3020.D49. Includes a subject index; lists printed guides and catalogs.
Images of the Other: A Guide to Microform Manuscipts on Indian-White Relations. (1991). LOCATION: HASRC E91.G75.
Freeman (1966) A Guide to MSS Relating to the American Indian..., and Supplement (1982). LOCATION: GREEN STACK 060.A512me v.65 & suppl. One of the richest U.S. collections is that of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia. Also: Sources for the History of Linguistics in the Manuscripts Department of the American Philosophical Association (1989). LOCATION: GREEN STACK Z7003.A512.
Canadian Public Archives: Union List of Manuscripts in Canadian Repositories. (1968). LOCATION: INFO CENTER Z6620.C3.A26.
Hamer, Philip. Guide to Archives and Manuscripts in the United States. (1961). LOCATION: GREEN STACK CD3022.A45. Updated by National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections. Z6620.U5.N3, which now has a separate cumulative name index. LOCATION: GREEN STACK Z881.U49 A2.
Hill, Edward. Guide to Records in the National Archives of the United States relating to American Indians. LOCATION: HASRC Z1209.2.U5.H54. Also for the National Archives see the following guides in Government Documents: American Indians: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications. LOCATION: HASRC Z1209.2.U5.U52 1995; Vital Statistics in the National Archives Relatings to the American Indian (1973); and Cartographic Records in the National Archives of the United States Relating to American Indians (1974).
National Museum of Natural History. Smithsonian Institution. Guide to Manuscripts at the National Anthropological Archives. 4 vols. LOCATION: SSRC Z6611.I5.N3. Includes Bureau of American Ethnography (BAE) records.
Guide to Pacific Northwest Native American Materials...in the University of Washington Libraries. (1984). LOCATION: HASRC E78.W3.S43.
California Indians: Primary Resources, Guide to Manuscripts, Artifacts, Documents, Serials, Music and Illustrations. (1991). LOCATION: HASRC, GREEN STACK Z1209.2.U52.C22.
Images of the Other: A Guide to Microform Manuscipts on Indian-White Relations. (1991). LOCATION: HASRC E91.G75.

Government Documents

National Archives.

For an overview of official publications: Michael Tate "Studying the American Indian through Government Documents and the National Archives," Government Publications Review 5 (1978):285-294. You should read this article before asking the documents librarians for further assistance. Tate has written another useful article, "Red Power; Government Documents and the Rising Indian Activism of the 1970s," Government Publications Review 8 (1981):499-518. The Government Publications Review: Z7164.G7.G6 GOV-DOCS STACK.

bibliographies & indexes

For a complete listing of finding aids, printed and electronic, see SUL's U.S. Federal Documents.

U.S. Dept. of Interior. Biographical and Historical Index of American Indians and Persons Involved in Indian Affairs. 8 vols. (1966). LOCATION: Green Library Stacks Z1209.U5 F
Johnson, Steven L. Guide to American Indian Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899. (1977). LOCATION: Information Center KF8201.A1 J63 | Social Sciences Res Ctr KF8201.A1 J63
Monthly Catalog of Government Publications. (1895 to date). Cumulative subject index to the Monthly catalog of United States Government publications, 1900-1971. Washington, Carrollton Press, 1973-75. 15 v. LOCATION: INFO CENTER Z1223.A812.
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Government Publications of the United States September 5, 1774- March 4, 1881. 2 vols. (1885). LOCATION: INFO CENTER Z1223.A 1885D.
Comprehensive Index to the Publications of the United States Government 1881-1893. 2 vols. (1905). LOCATION: INFO CENTER Z1223.A 1905.
CIS US Congressional Committee Hearings Index 1833 (23rd Congress) - 1969 (91st Congress). 13 parts in 42 vols. (1981). INFO CENTER Z1223.Z7.C65.
CIS US Congressional Committee Prints Index earliest publications through 1969. 5 vols. (1980). LOCATION: INFO CENTER Z1223.Z7.C66.
CIS US Serial Set Index 1789 (15th Congress) - 1969 (91st Congress) including the American State Papers. (1977). LOCATION: INFO CENTER Z1223.Z7C4.
CIS Index to Unpublished U.S. Senate Committee Hearings. 5 vols. (1986). LOCATION: INFO CENTER Z1223.Z7656.
CIS Abstracts. (1970 to date, monthly). LOCATION: INFO CENTER KF49.C623 GovDocs Reference.
A Guide to Major Studies and Issue Briefs of the Congressional Research Service. (1975 to date, issued annually). LOCATION: INFO CENTER Z733.V63.
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents. (1965 to date in GREEN - FED-DOCS).

compendia, etc.

An introduction to the Bureau of Indian Affairs: agency records and Bureau of Indian Affairs: archival records housed in the San Francisco and Bell Federal records centers. (1971). HASRC (LANE ROOM) E78.C15I5.
Johnson, Steven L. Guide to American Indian Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899. (1977). INFO CENTER KF8203.A1.J63.
U.S. Department of Interior. Dictionary Catalog of the Department of Interior Library. 37 vols. (1967); plus 1st and 2nd Supplements (1969-1971). GREEN SOUTH-MEZZ Z881.U47.
U.S. Deptartment of Interior. Biographical and Historical Index of American Indians and Persons Involved in Indian Affairs. 8 vols. (1966). GREEN STACK Z1209.U5.
U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Indian Affairs. Indian Affairs, Laws and Treaties. 7 vols. (1979). Compiled by Charles Kappler. INFO CENTER KF8203 1903
Starting point for research on Indian-White relations in the U.S. & Canada. Shelved in Government Documents Library.
Kappler, Charles J. Indian Treaties, 1778-1883. (1972). INFO CENTER KF8203.1972B. This is an abridgement of the Congressional Serial Set.

Smithsonian publications indexes cover material central to the study of Native Americans:

List of Publications of the Bureau of American Ethnology. A number of BAE publications are available fulltext from the Bibliotheque's Nationale Gallica [http://gallica.bnf.fr/]. Search Gallica catalog.
General Index: Annual Reports of the Bureau of American Ethnography vols. 1-48. (1933). LOCATION: GREEN STACK 970.1.U58e v.48.
Author, Title & Subject Checklist of Smithsonian Inst. Pub. relating to Anthropology. (1946). GREEN STACK Z511.M5.
Author-Subject Index to Articles in Smithsonian Annual Reports 1849-1961. (1963). INFO CENTER Q11.S6612.

Other important serials:

Congressional Record.
Indian Education...Education Division US Office of Indian Affairs. (September 1936-May 1966). I 20.26.
Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. (1850-1932). I 20.1.
Report of the Board of Indian Commissioners. (1870-1932). I 20.5.
Annual Report of the Superintendent of Indian Schools. (1892- 1908). I 20:7.

California Indians

News from Native Californa, a quarterly journal (Current Periodicals), is a survey of issues, events and people.

The Costanoan/Ohlone Indians of the San Francisco and Monterey Bay area: a research guide. LOCATION: Lane Room Z1210.C67 T45 1997. TOPICS: Costanoan Indians--Bibliography
Handbook of North American Indians. Vol. 8: California. E77.H2.5.
The Earth is our Mother: A Guide to the Indians of California, their Locales and Historic Sites. LOCATION: Information Center E78.C15E37 1986
California Indians: Primary Resources: Guide to Manuscripts, Artifacts, Documents, Serials, Music and Illustrations. 2nd ed. LOCATION: Lane Room Z1209.2.U52 C28 1990. Guide to NA manuscript and archival collections.
California Indian History: A Classified and Annotated Guide to Source Materials. LOCATION: Lane Room Z1209.2.C19.H44 1975
Heizer, Robert. A Bibliography of California Indians: Archeology, Ethnography, Indian History. LOCATION: Lane Room Z1209.2.U52 C228
A Bibliographical Guide to the Study of the Indians of the San Mateo Peninsula. LOCATION: Lane Room Z1209.S3 1935
A Bibliography of the Indians of Central California. (1962). Z1209.R47.
Heizer, Robert. Languages, Territories and Names of California Indian Tribes. (1966). Two maps in pocket. E78.C15H43.
Bright, William. Bibliography of the Languages of Native California. (1982). Z7118.B78.
Fowler, Catherine. Great Basin Anthropology: A Bibliography. (1970). Z1209.2.U52.G73.
California Patterns: A Geographical & Historical Atlas. LOCATION: Lane Room G1526.S1 H6 1983 F | Information Center G1526.S1 H6 1983 F. "Aboriginal Patterns": pp.31- 38
Finding guide to the California Indian Library Collections: California State Library. LOCATION: Lane Room E78.C15 C3 1993. Project web site. TOPICS: Indians of North America--Photographs--Indexes. Sound recordings-- Indexes. NOTES: All photographs are from the Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology... photographic collection" "Material is a compilation of the California Indian Library Collections found in 18 northern and two central California county. (Virtually all the material is from U.C. Berkeley collections.) Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Does not cover all California tribes, e.g., Costanoan). A very useful resource giving access to non-print archival material. Images and sound recordings are being being presented in electronic form on CD-ROM:
- Miwok Indians (Berkeley, CA : California Indian Library Collections, University of California, [1994]) LOCATION: Meyer Microcomputer Cluster ZCDI 99
- Pomo Indians (Berkeley, CA : California Indian Library Collections, University of California, [1994]) LOCATION: Meyer Microcomputer Cluster ZCDI 100

Also see Powers (1976) Tribes of California; Chartkoff (1984) Archaeology of California; Kroeber (1925) Handbook of the Indians of California; Blackburn (1976) Native Californians: A Theoretical Retrospective (1976); Rawls (1987) Indians of California: Changing Image; Native Americans of California & Nevada, rev. ed. (1982): all in Green Stack.

Film & Media

There are numerous documentary and feature films concerning Native Americans in the AV collection. These are listed in SOCRATES in the films subfile [SELECT FILM] which is searchable by title and subjects keywords, director, etc. N.B. Some general subject headings (i.e., Indians of North America) will retrieve large results but will never be comprehensive. For example, Find SP Indians of North America does not retrieve Edward Curtis' In the land of the War Canoes whose only subject entry is "Kwakiutl Indians."

"The Indian in the Movies," in Indian & White Relations (1989):607-616. E77.H25 v.4.
Ethnic and Racial Images in American Film and Television. Information Center Z5784.M9 W65 1987. Chapter 11: "Native Americans."
"Stereotyping in Motion Pictures" in Native Studies: American and Canadian Indians. LOCATION: Lane Room E77.P88
The American Indian in Film. LOCATION: Information Center PN1995.9.I48 H54 1986. Complete annotated listing of all Hollywood feature films involving Am. Indians. Essays analyze treatment of Indians in film.
Native Americans on Film & Video. LOCATION: Information Center PN1995.9.I48 N37 1981. Annotated listing of 600 films on history, ethnography, contemporary politics, etc. Useful index groups the films/videos by subject and by tribe
The Pretend Indian: Images of Native Americans in the Movies. LOCATION: Green Library Stacks PN1995.9.I48.P7. TOPICS: Indians in motion pictures.
Films for Anthropological Teaching. 8th ed. LOCATION: Green Library Stacks GN42.3.Z9H44 1995
American Folklore Films and Videotapes: An Index. LOCATION: Green Library Stacks Z5984.U6 C45 1976. Lists 300 films by tribe.
Images of Color: a guide to media from and for Asian, Black, Latino and native American communities. LOCATION: Meyer Language Laboratory LB1028.4.I42. Resource guide to films & videos.
American Indian and Alaska Native Newspapers and Periodicals, 1826- 1985. 3 vols. LOCATION: Information Center PN4883.L57 1984
Native American Periodicals and Newspapers 1829-1982: bibliography, publishing record, and holdings. LOCATION: Lane Room Z1209.2.U5 N37 1984. Includes list of library locations and microform availability.

Also see the film/media sections of several of the general directories listed above.

Ethnobotany

Moerman, Daniel. American Medical Ethnobotany: A Reference Dictionary. LOCATION: Information Center E98.M4.M67

For other material search SOCRATES: FIND SP (subject phrase) Indians of North America, and combine with keywords as Ethnobotany & Medicine.

Religion and Mythology

Historical Atlas of World Mythology. (1983-). Vol.1: Way of the Animal Powers; Vol 2: Way of the Seeded Earth. LOCATION: Information Center BL311.C26 1983 F
Encyclopedia of Native American religions: an introduction. LOCATION: Information Center E98 .R3 H73 2000
Encyclopedia of Native American Religions. LOCATION: Information Center E98.R3 H73 1991.
Dictionary of Native American Mythology, LOCATION: Information Center E98.R3 G46 1992
Bibliography of New Religious Movements in Primal Societies, Vol. 2: North America, LOCATION: Green Library Stacks Z7833.T87 V.6

Warfare

Warfare in Primitive Societies.... LOCATION: Information Center Z5118.W3 D57 1973. Sec. Q: North America.
The Anthropology of War: Bibliography. LOCATION: Information Center Z6464.Z9F47 1988
Peaceful peoples: an annotated bibliography (1993). LOCATION: Information Center Z5118.P33 B66 1993. TOPICS: Peace (Philosophy)--Cross-cultural studies--Bibliography. Aggressiveness (Psychology)--Cross- cultural studies--Bibliography.

Regional Sources

For prehistory see Archeology. Also see the numerous titles in the bibliographic series listed under Specialized Bibliographies above.

Annotated Bibliography of the Literature on Native Americans Published in State Historical Society Publications: New England and Middle Atlantic States. LOCATION: Green Library Stacks Z1209.2.U5 H57 1982
Index to Wisconsin Native American Periodicals, 1897-1981. LOCATION: Media-Microtext MFICHE 679
A Guide to the Indian Tribes of the Pacific Northwest. LOCATION: Lane Room E78.N77 R79 1986
Underhill (1944) Indians of the Pacific Northwest. I 20.30:5 GovDocs.
Bruggmann (1989) Indians of the Northwest Coast, Green Stack. LOCATION: Green Library Stacks E78.N78B7813 1989 f
Chicago American Indian Community: Bibliography & Guide to Sources. LOCATION: Lane Room Z1209.2.U52 I3618 1988
Information Relating to Chippewa Peoples from the Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico originally published in 1907/1910. LOCATION: Green Library Stacks E99.C6 I53 1984

Canada

A Canadian Indian Bibliography 1960-1970. LOCATION: Green Library Stacks Z1209.2.C2.A24
The Indians of Canada. 7th ed. LOCATION: Green Library Stacks E78.C2.J28 1977
Resource Reading List: Annotated Bibliography of Resources by and about Native People. LOCATION: Green Library Stacks Z1209.2.C2 V47 1990
Handbook of Indians of Canada. LOCATION: Lane Room E78.C2 H6 1971. Reprint of 1912 ed.
Native Peoples & Cultures of Canada: An Anthropological Overview. LOCATION: Green Library Stacks E78.C2M36 1995
Native Peoples of Canada: an annotated bibliography of population biology, health & illness. LOCATION: Green Library Stacks Z6673.6.N7 M45 1986
The Native peoples of Canada in contemporary society: a demographic and socioeconomic bibliography. LOCATION: Information Center Z1209.2.C36W33 1989
Native Law Bibliography. 2nd ed. LOCATION: Information Center KE7701.F75 1990 994. LOCATION: Green Library Gen Ref E78.C2K73 1994.
Canadian Indian Policy: A Bibliography. LOCATION: Green Library Stacks Z1209.2.C2S9. There is a supplement covering 1979-1986: Stanford Auxiliary Library Z7164.A2P83 no.2054. Also: Skyscrapers Hide the Heavens: The History of Indian-White Relations in Canada, 3rd ed. LOCATION: Green Library Stacks E92.M55 2000
Gregorovich, Andrew. A bibliography of Canada's peoples: supplement I, 1972-1979. LOCATION: Green Library Stacks Z1395.E4G74 1993 Suppl. NOTES: Builds on Gregorovich (1972) Canadian ethnic groups bibliography.

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