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Online Resources

• Encyclopedia Smithsonian: American Indian History and Culture
  Articles, bibliographies and multimedia resources.

• New Perspectives on the West
  The Resources page of this online companion to the PBS documentary includes a library of primary source materials and annotated listing of Internet resources on the history and culture of the American West.

• American Indian Resource Directory
  Provides general administrative Tribal contacts, unique cultural information and links to additional locations that provide information about American Indian tribes and their resources. Includes an extensive guide to Indigenous Peoples' Literature and map of tribes today.

• 19th Century Negative Images of Native Americans
  Copies of negative media illustrations and insight into depictions of Native Americans by Twain and Cooper.

• E-Text of Native American Authors
  Courtesy of University of Virginia.

• American Indian Center of Chicago

• The Avalon Project
  Full-text collection of treaties between the United States and Native Americans

• Native American Authors
  List of Native American writers with links to bibliographies, biographical information and interviews.

• Storytellers: Contemporary Native American Authors

• NativeWiki
  A free, open-to-the-public library of information about indigenous nations and peoples (past and present) of the world. Features major sections on Nations and Peoples, Documents and Materials, Geographic Regions and a Picture Gallery of selected images

• Eastern Woodland Indians: Northeastern Indians Bibliography
  Literature from and about the tribes of the Northern Maize (Corn) Area, which extended from southern New England and Maryland to the Lower Missouri River

• Oyate Resources critically evaluating books and curricula with Indian themes.

Videos

• The Native Americans (VHS) Series. E77.N35 1994

• Distant Voices Thunder Words: Will the Oral Tradition of Storytelling Survive in the Modern World? (VHS) On oral traditions and how they influence contemporary Native writers. E98.F6D5 1990

• The West (VHS) Ken Burns produced this series on colonial expansion, focuses mostly on nineteenth century. F591 .W272 1996

• 500 Nations (VHS) Series hosted by Kevin Costner. Good historical overview, insight into ancient ruins and computer graphics that reconstruct the ancient sites. E77 .J7872 2004

• The Searchers (DVD) John Huston’s 1956 classic film with John Wayne and Natalie Wood. Ex-Confederate soldier searches for an Indian captive. Often considered one of the best films ever made--great cinematography, character development and interesting exploration of racism. Rental Collection

Print Resources

• Native Americans : An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Peoples
  Barry M. Pritzker : E77 .P89 1998 ; Reference
• Native American women : a biographical dictionary
  Gretchen M. Bataille, Laurie Lisa, editors : E98.W8 B38 2001 ; Reference
• Reference Encyclopedia of the American Indian
  Bernard Klein and Daniel Icolari, editors : E76.2 .R4 ; Reference
• The American Indian: A Multimedia Encyclopedia
  E76.2 .A43 1995 ; Reference
• American Indians
  Harvey Markowitz, editor : E76.2 .A45 1995 ; Reference
• Encyclopedia of North American Indians
  Frederick E. Hoxie, editor : E76.2 .E53 1996 ; Reference
• American Indian history
  Carole A. Barrett, editor : E77 .A496 2003 ; Reference
• Notable Native Americans
  Sharon Malinowski, editor : E89 .N67 1995 ; Reference
• Chronology of Native North American History : From Pre-Columbian Times to the Present
  Duane Champagne, editor : E77 .C555 1994 ; Reference
• Native Time : A Historical Timeline of Native America
  Lee Francis : E98.C55 F73 1996 ; Reference
• Timelines of Native American history
  Carl Waldman : E77 .W197 1994 ; Reference
• The Native American Experience
  Lelia Wardwell, editor : E77.5 .N35 1991 ; Reference
• The Native North American Almanac : A Reference Work on Native North Americans in the United States and Canada
  Duane Champagne, editor : E77 .N37 2001 ; Reference
• A Strange Likeness : Becoming Red and White in Eighteenth-Century North America
  Nancy Shoemaker : E98.F39 S56 2004 ; General
• Indian Affairs in Colonial New York : The Seventeenth Century
  Allen W. Trelease : E78.N7 T7 1997 ; General
• Native People of Southern New England, 1500-1650
  Kathleen J. Bragdon : E78.N5 B73 1996 ; General
• Daily Life of Native Americans from Post-Columbian through Nineteenth-Century America
  Alice Nash: E77.4 .N36 2006 ; General

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