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REFERENCE SOURCES

Bibliographies | Biography | Dictionaries/Enclycopedias/Handbooks

Bibliographies

This is a selective listing of bibliographies on Native Americans. To find more in the MSU Libraires, do this MAGIC "Keyword" search: s:indians and s:north america and s:bibliography.

American Indian Studies : A Bibliographic Guide. Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited, 1995. MAIN E77 .W52 1995

Bibliographies of Northern and Central California Indians (Ethnic Studies Library, University of California, Berkeley)

Bibliography of Native American bibliographies Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2004. MAIN Z1209.2.N67 W55 2004

Critical Bibliography On North American Indians, For K-12 (Anthropology Outreach Office, Smithsonian Institution)

Ethnographic Bibliography of North America. 4th edition. New Haven, Ct. : Human Relations Area Files Press, 1975. MAIN Z1209 .M8 1975:

• Supplement 1973-1987. New Haven, Ct. : Human Relations Area Files Press, 1990. MAIN Z1209 .M8 1975 Suppl

Guide to Research on North American Indians Chicago : American Library Association, 1983. MAIN Z1209.2.N67 H57 1983

Index of Native American Resources on the Internet -- Part of the Virtual Library, "the oldest catalog of the web, started by Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of html and the web itself. Unlike commercial catalogs, it is run by a loose confederation of volunteers, who compile pages of key links for particular areas in which they are expert."

Indians Of North America : Methods And Sources For Library Research. Hamden, CT : Library Professional Publications, 1983. MAIN Z1209 .H22 1983

List of Publications of the Bureau of American Ethnology With Index to Authors and Titles -- "Established by Congress within the Smithsonian Institution in 1879, the Bureau of American Ethnology (initially the Bureau of Ethnology) was given the responsibility to conduct 'anthropologic researches among the North American Indians' (Bureau of Ethnology, 1st Ann. Rep., xi) at a time when change was occurring very rapidly. The effort that followed lasted nearly a century and played a defining role in the development of American anthropology as a discipline. Its written record is truly exceptional. The in-depth documentation, through text and illustrations, of Native American history, culture and linguistics is of a kind rarely seen today." The MSU Libraries has most of the publications listed in this work. To find invididual titles, do a MAGIC search.

Native Americans : an Annotated Bibliography Pasadena, Calif. : Salem Press, c1991. MAIN E77 .H699 1991

Biography

American Indian Biographies. Pasadena, Calif. : Salem Press, c2005. BIO E98 .A46 2005

Biographical Dictionary Of American Indian History To 1900 Rev. ed. New York : Facts on File, c2001. BIO E89 .W35 2001

The Encyclopedia Of Native American Biography : Six Hundred Life Stories Of Important People From Powhatan To Wilma Mankiller / 1st ed. New York : Henry Holt and Co., 1997. BIO E89 .J69 1997

Native American Women : A Biographical Dictionary 2nd ed. New York : Routledge, 2001. REF E98.W8 B38 2001

Native Americans in Sports. Armonk, N.Y. : Sharpe Reference, c2004 MAIN GV583 .N34 2004

 

Dictionaries/Enclycopedias/Handbooks
General | Ancestry/Genealogy

General

ABC-CLIO Companion to the Native American Rights Movement. Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c1996. REF Law Tools Collection KF8203.36 .G76 1996

American Indians Pasadena, Calif. : Salem Press, c1995. REF E76.2 .A45 1995

American Indian : a Multimedia Encyclopedia. Version 2.0. New York, N.Y. : Facts on File, c1995. SOFTWARE E76.2 .A54 1995

Columbia Guides to American Indian History and Culture:

• Columbia Guide to American Indians of the Great Plains MAIN E78.G73 F69 2003
• Columbia Guide to American Indians of the Northeast REF E78.E2 B73 2001
• Columbia Guide to American Indians of the Southeast REF E78.S65 P45 2001

Companion to American Indian History. Malden, Mass. : Blackwell, 2002. REF E77 .C74 2002

Companion to the anthropology of American Indians. Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2004. MAIN E76.6 .C66 2004

Concise Dictionary Of Indian Tribes Of North America. Algonac, Mich. : Reference Publications, 1979. REF E76.2 .L44

Dictionary of the American Indian. New York, Philosophical Library [1960] MAIN E77 .S84

Encyclopedia of American Indian Civil Rights Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1997. BUS & LAW KF8210.C5 E53 1997

Encyclopedia of American Indian Costume. Denver, Colorado : ABC-CLIO, c1994. FA Art Reference E98.C8 P37 1994

Encyclopedia of American Indian Wars, 1492-1890. Santa Barbara, ABC-CLIO, 1997. REF E81 .K44 1997

Encyclopedia Of Native American Economic History. Westport, Conn : Greenwood Press, 1999. REF E98.E2 E52 1999

Encyclopedia of Native American Healing. Santa Barbara, Calif : ABC-CLIO, c1996. REF E98.M4 L96 1996

Encyclopedia of Native American Jewelry : A Guide to History, People, and Terms Phoenix : Oryx Press, 2000. FA E98.J48 B38 2000

Encyclopedia of Native American Religions : an Introduction Updated ed. New York : Facts on File, c2000.REF E98.R3 H73 2000

Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. New York, N.Y. : Facts on File, c1988. REF E76.2 .W35 1988

Encyclopedia of Native American Wars and Warfare. New York, NY : Facts on File, c2005. REF E81 .E98 2005

Encyclopedia of Native North America Bloomington : Indiana University Press ; London : British Museum Press, 1999. REF E76.2 .G74 1999

Encyclopedia of North American Indians. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, c1996. REF & LAW E76.2 .E53 1996

Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1912. MAIN E77 .H68 1968

Handbook of North American Indians Washington : Smithsonian Institution : 1978- . REF & MAIN E76.2 .H36 & DOCS SI 1.20/2 -- Library has:

Other voumes have not yet been published.

Handbook Of The American Frontier : Four Centuries Of Indian-White Relationships Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1987- . REF E76.2 .H43 1987

Historical Dictionary of Early North America. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2005. MAIN E35 .W475 2005

Historical Dictionary of North American Archaeology. New York : Greenwood Press, c1988. REF E77.9 .H57 1988

Indian Peoples of the Northern Great Plains -- provides access to photos, drawings, and scanned documents.

Indian Tribes of North America. Washington, U. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1952. MAIN E51 .U6 no.145 & E77 .S94

Indians And Other Misnomers : A Cross-Referenced Dictionary Of The People, Persons, And Places Of Native North America. Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum Pub., c2001. MAIN E98.N2 B45 2001

Links to Other Native Sites -- Maintained by MSU's Native American Institute.

Macmillan Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes 2nd U.S. ed. PUBLISHER New York : Macmillan Library Reference USA, 1999. REF E76.2 .J63 1999

Mending The Circle : A Native American Repatriation Guide : Understanding And Implementing NAGPRA And The Official Smithsonian And Other Repatriation Policies. New York : American Indian Ritual Object Repatriation Foundation, [c1996] MAIN E98.M34 M45 1996

Native American Almanac : A Portrait Of Native America Today. New York : Prentice Hall General Reference, 1993. REF E77 .H59 1993

Native American Education : A Reference Handbook. Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2002. MAIN E97 .H138 2002

Native American Encyclopedia : H istory, Culture, And Peoples. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press , 2000. REF E76.2 .P75 1998

Native American Issues : a Reference Handbook. Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c1996. REF E98.T77 T56 1996

Native American World. Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley, c2003. MAIN E77 .H54 2002

Native Americans And The Law : A Dictionary. Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2000. REF Law Tools Collection & LAW KF8203.6 .S66 2000

Native North American Almanac : A Reference Work On Native North Americans In The United States And Canada. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research, c1994. MAIN E77 .N37 1994

Timelines of Native American History 1st ed. New York : Prentice Hall General Reference, c1994. REF E77 .W197 1994

Treaties with American Indians : an encyclopedia of rights, conflicts, and sovereignty. Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2008. LAW KF8203.6 .T74 2008

Ancestry/Genealogy

How To Trace Your Native American Heritage. Dallas, Tex. : Rich-Heape Films, c1998. AVL CS49 .H68 1998 Videocassette

Native American Genealogical Sourcebook. New York : Gale Research, c1995. MAIN E98.G44 N37 1995

Student's Guide To Native American Genealogy. Phoenix, Ariz. : Oryx Press, 1996. MAIN E98.G44 K39 1996

"Wantabees And Outalucks: Searching For Indian Ancestors In Federal Records," Chronicles of Oklahoma Vol. 66, no. 1 (1988): 94-104. MAIN F691.C55

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PRIMARY SOURCES

This is a selective listing of print, microform, and Web resources. To find more in the MSU Libraires, do this MAGIC "Keyword" search: s:indians and s:north america and s:sources

Curtis Collection -- "The Copper Photogravure Plates represent the life work of Edward S. Curtis and his massive documentation of Native Americans, 'The North American Indian.' The plates are both an historic documentation of Native Americans and priceless artifacts. Curtis photographed all of the major Native American Tribes, west of the Mississippi...beginning in the late 1880's through the Great Depression."

Index of Native American History Resources on the Internet -- Selected primary documents.

Native American Constitution and Law Digitization Project -- "...a cooperative effort among the University of Oklahoma Law Center, the National Indian Law Library (NILL), and Native American tribes providing access to the Constitutions, Tribal Codes, and other legal documents."

Native Americans Reference Collection : Documents Collected by the Office of Indian Affairs. Bethesda, MD : University Publications of America, c1991-2000. FILM 27627 (Guide: MICRO-G E77 .N38 1991)

NativeWeb's Resource Database - History -- NativeWeb provides "Resources for Indigenous Cultures around the World." Its History Section has a number of Canadian and U.S. sources on native peoples.

New American State Papers: Indian Affairs. Wilmington, Del., Scholarly Resources [c1972] MAIN J33 .N4

U. S. Congressional Serial Set -- explanation of the MSU Libraries' holdings of "the most valuable historical collection of federal publications in existence."

Congressional Indexes, 1789-1969 (via Lexis-Nexis). To access:

1. Click on http://www.lib.msu.edu/dbases/ln.html
2. Then click on "Connect to Lexis-Nexis Academic"
3. On the left-hand side of the screen, find "Search for Other Information," the click on "Congressional"
4. Click on "Congressional Indexes, 1789-1969"

 

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