Research Guides
American Indian Studies: Additional Sources
Starting point for research in American Indian Studies
Major Databases of Primary Sources
Additional primary sources can be found on the Native American history research guide.
- American Indians and the American West This link opens in a new windowCollections cover Indian Removal during the 1830s, frontier relations between the Army & Native Americans in the 19th century & 20th century Bureau of Indian Affairs material plus major council meetings of American Indian Tribes. Part of History Vault.
- Indigenous Peoples of North America, Part 1 & 2 This link opens in a new windowDigitized primary sources covering the cultural, political and social history of Native Peoples from the 17th through the 20th centuries.
- Indigenous Peoples of the Americas: History, Culture & LawTreaties, hearings, case law, tribal codes & law review articles & more
- Indian Claims Insight This link opens in a new windowMaterial related to federal Indian claims since 1789. Includes Indian Claims Commission materials, court documents, treaty citations, congressional publications, and maps.
- North American Indian Drama This link opens in a new window256 plays by 49 playwrights representing the stories and creative energies of American Indian and First Nation playwrights of the twentieth century.
- North American Indian Thought & Culture This link opens in a new windowCompilation of biographies, auto-biographies, personal narratives, speeches, diaries, letters, and oral histories.