HIST 381: Exploring Native American & Indigenous History

Identify memoirs and autobiographies which have been published in book form using Knox Primo--the All I-Share Libraries search. Search using the person's name in the author/creator field.

For a general search, use the terms "indians" and "autobiographies" (no quotes) AND select the SUBJECT field:

The same search method can be used to find primary sources from particular organizations -- use the organization name as the search term, for example, American Indian Movement.

Documents from the U.S. Congress, the Smithsonian Bureau of American Ethnology, Bureau of Indian Affairs and other agencies should be findable in Knox Primo.

• do a search by title if you know the title
• use keywords otherwise and apply the "Documents" Resource type filter

Read your secondary sources to find primary sources listed in the footnotes and reference lists. 

Examine these bibliographies that are on Open Reserve in Seymour Library:

• Handbook of the American Frontier: Four Centuries if Indian-White Relationships
• A Bibliographical Guide to the History of Indian-White Relations in the United States
• Indian-White Relations in the United States: A Bibliography of Works Published 1975-1980