Native American Studies

Text, photos, videos and audio recordings.

"This exhibition and catalogue feature indigenous textiles from the ancient and modern Andes, as well as from the Maya of modern Guatemala and the Guna of modern Panamá. Looms and tools are also included to show the old and new ways cloth has been made by these varied indigenous American peoples."

Edward Sheriff Curtis published The North American Indian between 1907 and 1930 with the intent to record traditional Indian cultures. The work comprises twenty volumes of narrative text and photogravure images. Each volume is accompanied by a portfolio of large photogravure plates.

Photographs, paintings, ledger drawings, documents, serigraphs, and stereographs from 1874 through the 1940s.

"Explore, annotate and learn from over 500,000 archival documents about Santa Fe Indian School, 1920, all kinds of boarding school records, and letters."

Guide to Indigenous educational resources and material that can be found at the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Indigenous history, modern culture, and various subjects regarding the traditional Indigenous people and communities in New Brunswick, Canada are included. A summary, questions and answers, and photographs are included and are intended to be used by educational professionals.

Detailed annual reports sent to Paris by the head of the Jesuit order in New France. Online version (http://moses.creighton.edu/kripke/jesuitrelations) from Creighton University.

Selection of materials related to peoples/cultures, artists/individuals, and places.

Database of foods, drugs, dyes and fibers of Native American Peoples, derived from plants. From University of Michigan-Dearborn.

Online collections from the Library of Congress geared toward educators.

Articles, books, government documents, tribal documents, oral histories, photographs, and maps pertaining to the Northwestern Shoshone, Goshute, Paiute, Utah Navajo, White Mesa, and Ute Indians.

Class action settlement agreement regarding Native American assets.

From the Library of Congress: A collection of constitutions, codes, executive orders, and court forms and information of sovereign Indigenous governments and courts of 578 federally recognized nations, communities, and tribes in the United States, as well as some Indigenous legal information from Canada, published online. The Library attempts to acquire the most comprehensive collection possible. Collected resources are embargoed for a year prior to release, and so the collection was launched this summer. It’s a useful starting point for comparative research, and we hope that this tool will assist practitioners and scholars of Indigenous law in their work.

From the Library of Congress' Indigenous Law Portal

"our purpose is to serve as a forum for unified policy development among tribal governments in order to: (1) protect and advance tribal governance and treaty rights; (2) promote the economic development and health and welfare in Indian and Alaska Native communities; and (3) educate the public toward a better understanding of Indian and Alaska Native tribes."

Federal and Indian tribal law.

Includes news and updates on NAGPRA, laws & regulations, documents & publications, FAQs, and databases that provide access to information on a variety of NAGPRA-related topics.

Provides legal assistance to Indian tribes, organizations, and individuals nationwide who might otherwise have gone without adequate representation.

Avalon Project at Yale University. Treaties run from 1778-1868.

Includes agreements between tribal nations and the United States (1778-1886) published in the 1904 work “Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties” (Volume II), compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler. Editorial margin notes are included, as are links to Kappler’s original text and digitized treaties held at the National Archives. A recently updated, comprehensive index complements this work. From the Oklahoma State University Libraries.

From the Library of Congress

A comprehensive guide for institutions such as museums, archives, libraries, and universities to recognize and respect Indigenous homelands, inherent sovereignty, and survivance. It builds upon the important work that the Lenape Center, American Indian Community House, Rick Chavolla, Emily Johnson, the New Red Order (NRO) and the Native American and Indigenous Student Group (NAISG) at NYU have been doing with regard to land acknowledgements in Lenapehoking.

This guide grew from a an Indigenous land acknowledgment event with the Lower Phalen Creek Project on Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2019, and is linked from the Native Governance Center, a Native American-led nonprofit organization located in St. Paul, Minnesota.

An example land acknowledgment from the Duwamish Tribe, to guide others in creating their own, as well as background on the history of land acknowledgments.

Critique of land acknowledgments without subsequent or simultaneous action to address injustices.

Downloads available for iOS and Android.

A talking dictionary project in progress for the Mi'gmaq/Mi’kmaq language.

The Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Language Portal links the 19,000-entry online Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Dictionary with an extensive archive of videos of conversations and activities of Passamaquoddy-Maliseet speakers. The Portal is designed as a resource for language learning and research.

This website is a health resource by Native youth for Native youth.

Serves members of four federally recognized tribes--the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, Mi'kmaq Nation in Presque Isle, the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Indian Township, and the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Point Pleasant--providing inclusive and culturally centered services.

This is an online exhibit at the National Library of Medicine.

Provides a variety of services to tribes, Area Health Boards, Tribal organizations, federal agencies, and private foundations, including advocacy, policy, research on health issues, training, and more.

Counseling services information from the Penobscot Nation's Health Center.

This Department of Health and Human Services website provides information about the Indian Health Service's mental health program.

This website describes potential issues related to mental health care for Indigenous/Native people and provides a short list of resources.

This website is a health portal from the National Library of Medicine.

Posts articles and analyses about the portrayal of indigenous people in children's and young adult literature. Authored by Debbie Reese, a Nambe Pueblo scholar.

A game with quizzes and narrative branching (choose your own adventure style) elements designed to build capacity for empathy for Indigenous students’ lived realities. This game, designed by Indigenous students, will be a helpful tool for educators and folx looking to build their Indigenous knowledges skill set.

Published by Native Americans Of New England, https://teachnativehistories.umass.edu

The Penobscot Nation Cultural and Historic Preservation Department, along with select tribal members, and knowledgeable Maine teachers worked collaboratively to design this culturally appropriate, teacher-friendly curriculum.

This Decolonizing Pedagogy Resource list was put together to support a partnership between the Penobscot Nation’s Water Resources Program (Jan Paul and Angie Reed) and the Department of Communication’s Environmental Communication Community of Practice (Bridie McGreavy and Tyler Quiring). Included are books and articles that focus on decolonizing and critical pedagogy, critical race theory, and indigenous studies; popular and digital media such as news articles, videos, and podcasts; websites and related online resources; links and information about maps, language, and place names; and other items that are specific to the course and Wabanaki histories.

Features lesson plans related to Native American history.

Published by Native Americans Of New England, https://teachnativehistories.umass.edu

From the University of New Brunswick’s Mi’kmaq-Wolastoqey Centre. "The Wabanaki Collection connects postsecondary educators, grade school teachers, and the general public with a variety of resources that support enhanced relationships between all the peoples of Eastern Canada and Northeastern United States. The project is named for the first peoples of this territory—Wabanaki or People of the Dawn—which include Mi’kmaq, Wolastoqiyik, Abenaki, Penobscot and Passamaquoddy. All content found in this collection will relate to Wabanaki worldviews, including history, culture, language and education."

Includes the 1818 Treaty Between Massachusetts and the Penobscot, an 1821 petition from John Neptune and the other Chiefs of the Penobscot Tribe that requests that the Maine Legislature pass a law to prevent the destruction of fish in the Penobscot River, and other primary documents.

An online exhibit of Wabanaki documents from the Maine State Archives, with text commentary by Dr. Micah Pawling.

An online literary publication for Native American, Alaska Native & Native Hawaiian youth.