Rethinking Pocahontas: An Introduction to Native American Studies

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Reference

Martinez, Donna, and Jennifer L. Williams Bordeaux. 50 Events that Shaped American Indian History: An Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic. Santa Barbara, California: Greenwood, 2017. [catalog record] Frost Reference / E77 .A125 2017

Leahy, Todd, and Nathan Wilson. Historical Dictionary of Native American Movements. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2016. [catalog record] Frost stacks / E93 .L43 2016

Johansen, Bruce E., ed. The Encyclopedia of Native American Legal TraditionWestport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1998.

Davies, Wade, and Richmond L. Clow, eds. American Indian Sovereignty and Law: An Annotated Bibliography. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press, 2009. [catalog record]  Frost Reference / KF8201.A1 A44 2009

Whitson, Kathy J. Native American Literatures: An Encyclopedia of Works, Characters, Authors, and Themes. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO, 1999. [catalog record] Frost Reference / PS153.I52 W47 1999

Wiget, Andrew, ed. Handbook of Native American Literature. New York: Routledge, 2012. [catalog record] Frost Stacks / PM155 .D53 2012

Cox, James H., and Daniel Heath Justice. 2014. The Oxford Handbook of Indigenous American Literature. [catalog record] Frost Reference / PS153.I52 O84 2014

Markowitz, Harvey, and Carole A. Barrett, eds. American Indian Biographies. Pasadena, Calif: Salem Press, 2005. [catalog record] Frost Reference / E89 .A46 2005

Bastian, Dawn E., and Judy K. Mitchell. Handbook of Native American Mythology. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. [catalog record] Frost Reference / E98.R3 B26 2008

Databases

  • America, History & Life (1964 to present)
    Covers the world's scholarly literature on the history and culture of the United States and Canada.
  • MLA International Bibliography with Full Text (1926 to present)
    Covers critical scholarship on literature, language, linguistics, and folklore.
  • Social Science Database (ProQuest)
    Covers academic literature for disciplines ranging from anthropology, sociology, and political science to communication, education, criminology, demography, economics and more.
  • Education Database (ProQuest) (1988 to present)
    Coverage spans the literature on primary, secondary and higher education as well as special education, home schooling and adult education.
  • Arts & Humanities Database
    Full-text publications that focus on art, architecture, design, history, philosophy, music, literature, theatre and cultural studies.
  • SPORTDiscus with Full Text
    Research tool for all areas of sports & sports medicine literature; indexes journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference proceedings.
  • Women's Studies International (1972 to present)
    Interdisciplinary, covers the latest scholarship in feminist research.
  • PsycInfo (1887 to present)
    Covers the academic literature in psychology and related disciplines including psychiatry, sociology, education, and other areas.

Primary Sources

  • North American Indian Thought and Culture
    Provides access to autobiographies, biographies, Indian publications, oral histories, personal writings, photographs, drawings, and audio files that were previously unpublished. It includes fifty-four volumes from the 18th and 19th centuries with many prominent writers and nations covered in depth, in addition to photographs from Edward Curtis.
  • America's Historical Newspapers (1690-1980)
    Searchable archive of American newspapers including Early American Newspapers (1690-1922) and Hispanic American Newspapers (1808-1980).
  • Ethnic NewsWatch (1959 to present)
    News and analysis from ethnic popular and scholarly publications.
  • Global Newsstream (ProQuest)
    Search the most recent global news, including major US dailies, with archives that stretch back into the 1980s from over 2,700 news sources that include newspapers, newswires, television and radio transcripts, blogs, and more in full-text format.
  • Congressional Publications
    Index to U.S. congressional material, some full text.
  • Ancestry Library Edition
    Access to more than 1.2 billion names, primary source documents, census records, and images and a variety of genealogical and historical research features.
  • Social Explorer (1790 to present)
    Access to data from the U.S. Census, American Community Survey, religious congregations, and other sources, with options to create thematic and interactive maps and reports.
  • American Factfinder
    Data from the U.S. Census and American Community Surveys (pro tip: use Ancestry to find images of individual historical census pages or Social Explorer for visualizations of census data).

Native American Records in the National Archives

Web Resources

Research Guides from Xwi7xwa Library, a centre for academic and community Indigenous scholarship at the University of British Columbia, whose collections and services reflect Aboriginal approaches to teaching, learning, and research.

Washington State Governor’s Office of Indian Affairs

Newberry Library American Indian & Indigenous Studies

National Museum of the American Indian

National Congress of American Indians