TURB 312: Race and Class in U.S. Cities: Settler Colonialism
Whose land?
This page provides resources to research the history of your place before and after settler colonialism. The first place to start is learning about the people who lived on the land before the arrival of settlers.
- Native Land DigitalYou can search an address or click around on the map to see the relevant territories in a location. Once you click, a number of links will appear with different nation names. By clicking on those links, you will be taken to a page specifically about that nation, language, or treaty, where you can view some sources, give feedback, and learn a little more.
- Invasion of AmericaInteractive map, created by history professor Claudio Saunt, shows Indian land cessions 1776–1887. Interactive features let you find specific locations or tribes.
- Tribal Ceded Areas in Washington StateFrom the Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Treaties & Laws
- Indigenous Digital ArchiveIncludes digitized copies of the 374 Ratified Indian Treaties held by the U.S. National Archives as well as maps showing the various cessions showing the land transfers. You can use the "Look at places" feature to find land transfer agreements that relate to a particular location, zip code, or state.
- Tribal Treaties DatabaseFrom Oklahoma State: The Tribal Treaties Database provides an easy-to-use portal to access treaties, agreements, and other historical documents that have shaped relationships between tribal nations and the United States. These treaties represent pivotal moments in history where rights were negotiated, promises made, and the course of lives and nations forever altered.
We encourage educators, students, scholars, and all visitors to delve into these documents, understand their profound significance, and acknowledge the historical and ongoing impacts on the sovereignty and rights of Native American tribes.
Nation to Nation by ISBN: 9781588344786Publication Date: 2014-09-30Essays and interviews, published by the National Museum of the American Indian in association with Smithsonian Books. Includes an index with treaties discussed.
Documents of American Indian Diplomacy (2 Volume Set) by ISBN: 0806131187Publication Date: 1999-12-15Documents of American Indian diplomacy : treaties, agreements, and conventions, 1775-1979
- Indian & Tribal Law Guide (Gallagher Law Library)Guide with lots of resources on Federal and Tribal law, with an emphasis on the PNW.
Other Primary Sources
- 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.
- American Indians and the American West This link opens in a new windowCollections focusing on the interaction between American Indians and the U.S. government in the 19th and 20th Centuries. (ProQuest History Vault)
- Territorial Papers of the United States, 1764-1953: Series 1 This link opens in a new windowTerritorial government documents including Native American negotiations and treaties, official correspondence with the federal government, military records, judicial proceedings, population data, financial statistics, and land records.
- American Indian History & Studies: Historical Primary SourcesDigital collections from tribes and indigenous communities across the U.S.
- U.S. Congressional Serial Set This link opens in a new windowCollection of US Congressional documents, 1817 - 1980.
Tribal Recognition, Reservations, Maps
- 2010 Census, Tribal Tract Reference MapsFederal American Indian reservation-based maps showing tribal census tracts and tribal block groups; the boundaries and names of American Indian reservations, off-reservation trust lands (ORTLs), Alaska Native areas, Hawaiian home lands, states, counties, county subdivisions, and places; and a base feature network including roads, railroads, and water bodies.
- American Indian Reservations and Trust AreasPrint only.
- Federally Recognized Tribes of Washington State (PDF)Population information from the Washington State Data Book. Part 6 is a list of Federally Recognized American Indian Reservations and Trust Lands. Part 7 is the coinciding map.
- Indian Issues: Improvements Needed in Tribal Recognition Process; Report to Congressional Requesters (PDF)This GAO report contains an appendix which shows, in Table 3, how tribes have become federally recognized since 1960--"Forty-seven tribes have been individually recognized since 1960"
- Indian Reservations in the Continental United States, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the InteriorIndexed map, downloadable and printable at most copy centers (PDF).