The following books are collections of documents or other primary sources available on Reserve in Seymour Library or online.
Documents of American Indian Diplomacy (2 Volume Set) by 
Native American Testimony by 
The Great Sioux Nation by 
The World Turned Upside Down by 
Our Hearts Fell to the Ground by 
Native American Autobiography by 
Witness by 
The database Native American Indians, 1645-1819 is a full text repository of "every Major Book Printed in North America about Native Peoples."
Native American Tribal Histories contains complete records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs superintendents--all the manuscript letters and reports that the superintendents sent to Washington, D.C., as well as the responses and instructions received from the Bureau in Washington, D.C.
Accessible Archives is a digital collection of material from the 18th and 19th centuries. It is an eclectic collection of newspapers and published texts. Highlights include a set of eight African American newspapers from the 19th century, including Frederick Douglass' Paper; full texts of county histories; a collection of newspapers and texts about the Civil War; miscellaneous newspapers such as The Pennsylvania Gazette (1728-1800), The Virginia Gazette (1736-1780), William Lloyd Garrison's The Liberator (1835-1865), and many others.
The Digital Public Library of America brings together digital collections from hundreds of libraries across America. The database will lead you to freely available content: photographs, books, maps, news footage, oral histories, personal letters, museum objects, artwork, government documents, and much more.
The American Antiquarian Society is the nation's chief repository for newspapers published in the 18th and 19th centuries in the United States, Canada, and the West Indies. The online collection of full text periodicals spans the period 1691-1876.
Here are some websites from reputable institutions which have primary sources.
Early Western Travels 1748-1846 
The subtitle of this is "A series of annotated reprints of some of the best and rarest contemporary volumes of travel, descriptive of the Aborigines and Social and Economic conditions in the Middle and Far West, during the period of Early American settlement." This 32 volume set, published in 1904, reprints published and unpublished material: letters, journals, diaries, and other accounts. The last two volumes contain a very good index to the collection, and are available online: v. 31 and v. 32. Many of the volumes have been digitized and are available at the Internet Archive.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents 1610-1791
The subtitle of this is "Travels and Explorations of the Jesuit Missionaries in New France." This 73 volume set, published around 1900, is a collection of the records of the Jesuit missions in and around New England, the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River. The last two volumes contain a very good index to the collection. Many of the volumes have been digitized and are available at the Internet Archive. See especially the two index volumes: 72 and 73.
Territorial Papers of the United States
These include any official papers such as correspondence, meeting proceedings, petitions, etc., made by officials of any branch, legislative, executive or judicial, of the territories. The territories in the collection are: Northwest, Southwest, Mississippi, Indiana, Orleans, Michigan, Louisiana, Florida, Alabama, Arkansas, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. This series is especially useful for the study of Indian-White relations. Some volumes are on microfilm, but the bulk of the set is located in the Standish Room on the 2nd floor of Seymour Library.
U.S. Serial Set
House and Senate Reports and Documents make up the Serial Set. This collection dates back to 1789 and includes internal Congressional publications such as manuals and journals, reports on private and public legislation, reports of Congressional investigations, and annual and special reports from executive and non-governmental agencies covering 1817 - 1912. Portions of the Serial Set are available online at the Library of Congress.
Independent Voices is an open access digital collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals, drawn from the special collections of participating libraries. These periodicals were produced by feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Hispanics, LGBT activists, the extreme right-wing press and alternative literary magazines during the latter half of the 20th century.
Search directly in the Native American collection. This collection focuses on publications from the 1960s and 1970s.
