HIST 381: Exploring Native American & Indigenous History

Reference sources are good resources to use for several reasons:

• They can give you background on a topic or concept. They can allow you to become more familiar with unfamiliar people, places and concepts.
• They can suggest to you search terms to use in databases so that you can find more information.
• They can provide you with a starting bibliography of the core materials on a given subject.

The following are some good references sources for your projects in HIST 381.

• American Indian Religious Traditions, An Encyclopedia -- Main Stacks E98.R3 C755 2005
• The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas, Vol. 1, parts 1 & 2 -- Main Stacks E77.N62 1996; also online
• Dictionary of Native American Mythology -- Main Stacks E98 .R3 G46 1992
• Encyclopedia of Native American Shamanism: Sacred Ceremonies of North America -- Main Stacks E98 .M4 L98 1998
• Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes -- Main Stacks E77.G15 1998
• Handbook of North American Indians -- Reference Room E77.H25  (See vol. 13, parts 1 and 2; use the index!)

Published bibliographies can save you time by bringing together lists of sources related to a topic. Use bibliographies in addition to searching library catalogs and journal article databases. Below are some published bibliographies available in Seymour Library.

• A Bibliographical Guide to the History of Indian-White Relations in the United States -- Main Stacks E93.P7 1977. See also the supplement: Indian-White Relations in the United States: A Bibliography of Works Published 1975-1980 -- Main Stacks E93.P7 Suppl.
• Handbook of the American Frontier: Four Centuries of Indian-White Relationships, Vol. III: The Great Plains -- Main Stacks E76.2 H43 1987
• Native Americans of North America: A bibliography based on collections in the libraries of California State University, Northridge -- Main Stacks E77.C3x (from 1975; lists both primary and secondary sources)
• The Ojibwas: A Critical Bibliography -- Main Stacks E99.C6 T36 1976
• Reference Encyclopedia of the American Indian (see bibliography at the end of vol. 1) -- Main Stacks E76.2 R4 1986
• United States Indian Policy: A Critical Bibliography -- Main Stacks E93.P673

Native American History: A Chronology of a Culture's Vast Achievements and Their Links to World Events "... attempts to take Indian history out of the setting of anthropology and put it in the context of cultural history." It's timeline, from pre-history to 1996, shows events in Native American history alongside U.S. national and world events.

Located in the Main Stacks E77 N56 1996.