Links For Native
American History
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Carlisle Indian
School Digital Resource Center
Digitized items include official school records and materials from
the BIA; official student records, photographs, letters and copies
of school publications including The Indian Helper.
Search Google Books for primary sources
For example: The
Old Indian Chronicle: Being A Collection of Rare Tracts,
Published in the Time of King Philip's War, By People Residing
in the Country
A compilation of writings by people observing the events of King
Philip's War; Memoirs
of the Reverend David Brainerd: Missionary to the Indians, on
the Borders of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
Presbyterian minister David Brainerd kept a record of daily Indian
life; Diary
of the Siege of Detroit in the War with Pontiac,
This diary helps understand the British point of view in Pontiac's
War.
NativeWeb
One of the best places to start when researching topics concerning
Native Americans and indigenous peoples around the world.
Indians
of the Midwest
The Newberry Library is one of the great repositories in the
country. This site is divided into 8 sections: People,
Places & Time; The Homeland & Its Use; The Marketplace:
Treaties; Identities; Property; Indian Imagery; and Are Midwest
Indians Typical? You can also email a question and their experts
will respond. Also at the Newberry Library is cross-searchable
site with American
Indian Histories and Cultures which is cross searchable with
the American
West. You can find primary documents, maps, essays,
chronologies and more.
Indian Converts Collection
Thomas Mayhew's 1727 book, Indian
Converts, of Some account of the lives anbd dying speeches of a
considerable number of the Christianized Indians of Martha's
Vineyard, in New England, is now online. This searchable
work provides insights into the lives and culture of four
generations of Natives. The site also has over 600 images and
documents that give Mayhew's work a more complete context.
The
People's Paths Home Page
A wealth of information on this large page.
Native
American
Sites
Lisa Mitten has put together one of the more useful Indian
resources sites. The page is sensibly organized and a useful place
to begin research.
Jordan S. Dill's
Site
A large and useful site alphabetically arranged.
Native American
Links
Another very large site. Categories of links include maps,
Powwows, genealogy, tribes, biographies, history, personal
homepages, and others.
Fourth World Documentation
Project
Search the documents prepared by the Center for World Indigenous
Studies for information about the social, political, economic and
human rights issues concerning indigenous peoples around the
world.
Index
of
Native American History Resources
Another very good place to start when researching Native American
topics. The site includes oral history links, timelines, images,
and divides other Native links by geographical location.
Thanksgiving
From the Plimoth Plantation: The Living History Museum of 17th
Century Plymouth. The site includes lists of guests, recipes, and
a number of interesting facts about the first Thanksgiving
Tribal Names
Curious as to what Indian tribal names mean and why they are so
named? This site also lists alternative names for tribes which can
be useful when researching a specific group.
National Museum of the
American Indian
The Smithsonian's exhibitions are always worth a look. One
Smithsonian exhibit of particular interest is Lakota Winter
Counts. These beautiful and fascinating
histories/calendars record events with pictures, with one picture
for each year. The site includes other introductory materials
about the Lakota and interviews with contemporary Lakota.
North
American
Indian Periodicals List
Magazines, journals, papers, newsletters and more. Journals such
as Indian Country
Today maintain websites with a lot of information on
them. Make sure to follow the links to "North American Indian
Publications" which lists online publications.
Paths to
Changing News
Lists online native newspapers and newsletters. There are also
non-Indian news sources that deal with Native American issues.
This is an excellent resource for keeping up with current events
concerning American Indians.
Indian
Land
Sessions in the US
Part of the Library of Congress American Memory Collection, this
site contains descriptions and maps of Indian land cessions from
1784 to 1894. It is searchable by tribe, state, or date.
Indian Gaming
The National Indian Gaming Association maintains this site which
includes current events and a variety of resources concerning
Tribal community development. You might also find this pathfinder
on Indian gaming to be useful.
Omaha Indian Heritage
An effort by the University of Nebraska to preserve Omaha
heritage. This site has online texts, photographs and
artifacts.
Pocahontas
Archive
Lehigh University maintains this very interesting site. The
annotated bibliography is probably the most useful part of this
site, but the images, essays and other links are also valuable.
Rock Art Pages
Beautiful site where you can explore the diversity of rock art.
Open Anthropology
The online public journal of the American Anthropological
Association. Thematic issues that include recent and older
articles concerning a particular topic. NOVA:
Dawn of Humanity has interesting anthropological and
archeological information.
Short Documentaries of interest
The New York Times has several interesting short documentaries
including The
Last Fluent Speaker of Wukchumni and a
documentary about Germany's fascination with American Natives
especially a fictional Apache
character created by Karl May. Dakota 38
is good documentary on the 38 Dakota men who were hanged in the
largest mass execution in the US. For further information on this
topic you might want to look at: The U.S. Dakota War of 1862.
American Journeys
A good place to find primary documents dealing with early North
American explorations. The site has more than 18,000 pages of
eyewitness accounts that range from 1000 CE to 1800s.
Son
of the South
A useful site for general information on topics related to
Natives. It is especially valuable for the information on Spanish
Missions in Texas. Make sure to look at the links form the History
of Texas page.
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