AIS 475 Northwest Native Peoples and the Flora of the Pacific Northwest: Primary Sources

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Primary sources are the evidence of history.  They are the first-hand accounts of an event or period of time created by participants or observers.  There are many kinds of primary sources including texts (letters, diaries, government reports, newspaper accounts, novels, autobiographies), images (photographs, paintings, advertisements, posters), artifacts (buildings, clothing, sculpture, coins) and audio/visual (songs, oral history interviews, films).

For information on how to find specific types of primary sources see the sections on:

• Books
• Government Documents
• Images
• Letters & Diaries
  
• Newspaper Articles
• Magazine Articles
• Maps
  
• Oral Histories

Find primary sources on selected American ethnic groups:

• Native American

Find primary resources Pacific Northwest:

• Pacific Northwest

Find research throught the Digital Repository:

• American Indians of the Pacific Northwest