LibGuides: Ethnic Studies: Native American Studies

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Library Call Numbers:
Books about Native Americans are located in the library in the Non-Fiction and California Collections. They can be found using the following call numbers:

History: 970-972
Literature: 897
Religion: 299.7

An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States by Kyle T. Mays
Call Number: 973.049 MAYS
Publication Date: 2021
The first intersectional history of the Black and Native American struggle for freedom in our country that also reframes our understanding of who was Indigenous in early America
An American Genocide by Benjamin Madley
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2016
The first full account of the government-sanctioned genocide of California Indians under United States rule. Benjamin Madley is the first historian to uncover the full extent of the slaughter, the involvement of state and federal officials, the taxpayer dollars that supported the violence, indigenous resistance, who did the killing, and why the killings ended. This deeply researched book is a comprehensive and chilling history of an American genocide.
American Indian Sovereignty by J. Mark Hazlett
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2020
In this historical account of the despotism against Native American culture, the altercations of sovereignty, territory, and pluralistic democracy are analyzed in an effort to provide a path towards justice.
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Call Number: 305.897 KIMMERER
ISBN: 9781571313560
Publication Date: 2015
As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on "a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever as it is wise" (Elizabeth Gilbert).
Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples by Linda Tuhiwai Smith
Call Number: 305.80072 SMITH
Publication Date: 2021
This essential volume explores intersections of imperialism and research - specifically, the ways in which imperialism is embedded in disciplines of knowledge and tradition as 'regimes of truth.' Concepts such as 'discovery' and 'claiming' are discussed and an argument presented that the decolonization of research methods will help to reclaim control over indigenous ways of knowing and being.
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee by David Treuer
Call Number: 970.004 TREUER
Publication Date: 2019
Beginning with the tribes' devastating loss of land and the forced assimilation of their children at government-run boarding schools, Treuer shows how the period of greatest adversity also helped to incubate a unifying Native identity. He traces how conscription in the US military and the pull of urban life brought Indians into the mainstream and modern times, even as it steered the emerging shape of their self-rule and spawned a new generation of resistance.
Indigenous Continent: A New History of America by Pekka Hämäläinen
Call Number: 970.00497 HAMALAINEN
Publication Date: 2022
In Indigenous Continent, acclaimed historian Pekka Hämäläinen presents a sweeping counternarrative that shatters the most basic assumptions about American history. Shifting our perspective away from Jamestown, Plymouth Rock, the Revolution, and other well-trodden episodes on the conventional timeline, he depicts a sovereign world of Native nations whose members, far from helpless victims of colonial violence, dominated the continent for centuries after the first European arrivals.
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Call Number: 970.004 DUNBAR-ORTIZ
Publication Date: 2014
Challenges the founding myth of the United States and shows how policy against the Indigenous peoples was colonialist and designed to seize the territories of the original inhabitants, displacing or eliminating them. And as Dunbar-Ortiz reveals, this policy was praised in popular culture, through writers like James Fenimore Cooper and Walt Whitman, and in the highest offices of government and the military.
Napa Valley's Natives by Richard H. Dillon
Call Number: CAL 970.3 DILLON
Publication Date: 2001
A scholarly but entertaining ethnographic study of the early Indian population of Napa Valley, California.
Our History Is the Future by Nick Estes
Call Number: 978.004 ESTES
Publication Date: 2019
How two centuries of Indigenous resistance created the movement proclaiming "Water is life" In 2016, a small protest encampment at the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota, initially established to block construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, grew to be the largest Indigenous protest movement in the twenty-first century. Water Protectors knew this battle for native sovereignty had already been fought many times before, and that, even after the encampment was gone, their anticolonial struggle would continue.
Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America by Matika Wilbur
Call Number: 779.2 WILBUR
Publication Date: 2023-04-25
Project 562 is a peerless, sweeping, and moving love letter to Indigenous Americans, containing hundreds of stunning portraits and compelling personal narratives of contemporary Native people-all photographed in clothing, poses, and locations of their choosing. Their narratives touch on personal and cultural identity as well as issues of media representation, sovereignty, faith, family, the protection of sacred sites, subsistence living, traditional knowledge-keeping, land stewardship, language preservation, advocacy, education, the arts, and more.
The Rediscovery of America by Ned Blackhawk
Call Number: 973.049 BLACKHAWK
Publication Date: 2023
The most enduring feature of U.S. history is the presence of Native Americans, yet most histories focus on Europeans and their descendants. This long practice of ignoring Indigenous history is changing, however, as a new generation of scholars insists that any full American history address the struggle, survival, and resurgence of American Indian nations.
We Are the Land: A History of Native California by Damon B. Akins & William J. Bauer
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2021
Before there was such a thing as "California," there were the People and the Land. Manifest Destiny, the Gold Rush, and settler colonial society drew maps, displaced Indigenous People, and reshaped the land, but they did not make California. Rather, the lives and legacies of the people native to the land shaped the creation of California. We Are the Land is the first and most comprehensive text of its kind, centering the long history of California around the lives and legacies of the Indigenous people who shaped it.
Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists by Jill Ahlberg Yohe (Editor); Teri Greeves (Editor)
Call Number: 704.0397 Hearts
Publication Date: 2019
Explores the artistic achievements of Native women and establishes their rightful place in the art world. This landmark book includes works of art from antiquity to the present, made in a variety of media from textiles and beadwork to video and digital arts.
Real Indians: Identity and Survival of Native America by Eva Garroutte
Call Number: 305.897 Garroutte
Publication Date: 2003-07-31
Eva Marie Garroutte examines the changing processes of racial identification and their implications by looking specifically at the case of American Indians.

Library Call Numbers:
Fiction books by and about Native Americans can be found in the fiction section organized by author's last name.

Native American Fiction Search

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (National Book Award Winner) by Sherman Alexie
Call Number: FIC ALEXIE
Publication Date: 2007
The story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.
Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
Call Number: FIC SILKO
Publication Date: 1977
Tayo, a World War II veteran of mixed ancestry, returns to the Laguna Pueblo Reservation. He is deeply scarred by his experience as a prisoner of the Japanese and further wounded by the rejection he encounters from his people. Only by immersing himself in the Indian past can he begin to regain the peace that was taken from him.
Coming to Light: Contemporary Translations of the Native Literatures of North America by Brian Swann
Call Number: 897 COMING
Publication Date: 1994
A definitive anthology of Native American literatures draws on the work of more than two hundred tribes across the United States and Canada and provides vivid, accurate translations of texts within their proper historical and cultural contexts.
Fools Crow by James Welch
Call Number: FIC WELCH
Publication Date: 1986
The year is 1870, and Fool's Crow, so called after he killed the chief of the Crows during a raid, has a vision at the annual Sun Dance ceremony. The young warrior sees the end of the Indian way of life and the choice that must be made: resistance or humiliating accommodation.
House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday; Robert DiYanni
Call Number: FIC MOMADAY
Publication Date: 1968
This 1969 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel tells the story of a young American Indian struggling to reconcile the traditional ways of his people with the demands of the 20th century.
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
Call Number: FIC JONES
Publication Date: 2020
Seamlessly blending classic horror and a dramatic narrative with sharp social commentary, The Only Good Indians follows four American Indian men after a disturbing event from their youth puts them in a desperate struggle for their lives. Tracked by an entity bent on revenge, these childhood friends are helpless as the culture and traditions they left behind catch up to them in a violent, vengeful way.
Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz
Call Number: 811.6 DIAZ
Publication Date: 2020
Postcolonial Love Poem is an anthem of desire against erasure. Natalie Diaz's brilliant second collection demands that every body carried in its pages--bodies of language, land, rivers, suffering brothers, enemies, and lovers--be touched and held as beloveds.
Pushing the Bear by Diane H. Glancy
Call Number: FIC GLANCY
Publication Date: 1996
Torn from a settled life in North Carolina, Maritole walks apart from her husband when their fears about the future strain the bonds of their marriage. One of Maritole's brothers has disappeared; disease, hunger, cold, and fatigue threaten the rest of her family. On the trail, everyday problems grow and evolve, fed by anger and despair.
There There by Tommy Orange
Call Number: FIC ORANGE
Publication Date: 2018
Follows twelve characters from Native communities traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow, all connected to one another in ways they may not yet realize. They converge and collide on one fateful day at the Big Oakland Powwow and together this chorus of voices tells of the plight of the urban Native American--grappling with a complex and painful history, with an inheritance of beauty and spirituality, with communion and sacrifice and heroism.
When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry by Joy Harjo (Editor)
Call Number: 811.008 WHEN
Publication Date: 2020
United States Poet Laureate Joy Harjo gathers the work of more than 160 poets, representing nearly 100 indigenous nations, into one momentous volume. This landmark anthology celebrates the indigenous peoples of North America, the first poets of this country, whose literary traditions stretch back centuries.

Recommended Databases:

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
A scholarly, multi-disciplinary database providing indexing and abstracts for thousands of journals and other publications. Academic Search Complete includes full-text access to peer-reviewed journals, as well as indexing and abstracts for magazines, monographs, reports, and conference proceedings.
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Digital Library includes millions of high-quality images for education and research across disciplines from a wide variety of contributors around the world. *The ArtSTOR database has merged with JSTOR. As of August 1, 2024, all ArtSTOR content will be available only through JSTOR.
Ethnic Diversity Source This link opens in a new window
This full-text database is a dedicated resource covering the culture, traditions, social treatment and lived experiences of different ethnic groups in America. It provides full text from a growing list of sources including peer-reviewed journals, magazines, e-books, biographies and primary source documents.
Ethnic Diversity Source covers culture, traditions, social treatment and lived experiences of:
African Americans
Arab Americans
Asian Americans
European Americans
Jewish Americans
Latinx Americans
Native Americans
Multiracial Americans

Recommended Journals:

AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples
"Scholarly research on Indigenous worldviews and experiences of decolonization from Indigenous perspectives from around the world."
American Indian Quarterly
"A forum for diverse voices and perspectives spanning a variety of academic disciplines."
Fourth World Journal
Publishes "ideas and analysis about and by writers from the world’s more than six thousand Fourth World nations."

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CREDO Reference This link opens in a new window
CREDO contains all kinds of reference books including encyclopedias, dictionaries, quotations, and subject-specific titles from some of the top university presses in the United States. It also includes over 200,000 images and audio files and over 1200 videos.
EBSCO eBook Collections This link opens in a new window
EBSCO's eBook collection provides access to over 200,000 digitized books, including academic titles.

Recommended Reference Books:

Atlas of Indian Nations by Anton Treuer
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2014
Atlas of Indian Nations is a comprehensive resource for those interested in Native American history and culture. Told through maps, photos, art, and archival cartography, this is the story of American Indians that only National Geographic can tell. In the most comprehensive atlas of Native American history and culture available, the story of the North American Indian is told through maps, photos, art, and archival cartography.
Atlas of the North American Indian by Carl Waldman
Call Number: REF 970.004 Waldman
Publication Date: 2000
History, culture, languages, and lifeways of American Indian groups across North America are included.
Biographical Dictionary of American Indian History to 1900 by Carl Waldman
Call Number: REF 970.004 Waldman
Publication Date: 2000
Profiles the lives of a number of people who played vital roles in the unfolding of Native American history until 1900, including chiefs, prophets, artists, and scholars.
Encyclopedia of American Indian Contributions to the World by Emory Dean Keoke; Kay Marie Porterfield
Call Number: 970.00497 Keoke
Publication Date: 2001
Encyclopedia of American Indian Contributions to the World is a unique A-to-Z reference to the vast offerings made by American Indians throughout history. More than 450 entries provide a panorama of little-known information about the rich inventiveness of indigenous peoples of North, Central, and South America.
Encyclopedia of American Indian History by Bruce E. Johansen (Editor); Barry M. Pritzker (Editor)
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2008
From the origins of Native American cultures through the years of colonialism and non-Native expansion to the present, Encyclopedia of American Indian History brings the story of Native Americans to life like no other previous reference on the subject.
Encyclopedia of the American Indian in the Twentieth Century by Alexander Ewen; Jeffrey Wollock
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2015
More than two centuries of devastating wars, forced migrations, confinement, starvation, and disease had cost untold Indian lives, and the Native population was at a historic low. Pressure for land and resources was intense. Advocates and reformers urged the government to "assimilate" Indians by breaking up their remaining land base and stamping out tribal cultures. Yet American Indians did not disappear. Rather, they have adapted and thrived, maintaining much of their cultures, languages, and identities. The Encyclopedia of the American Indian in the Twentieth Century provides a comprehensive overview of this dramatic process through profiles of key individuals, organizations, government policies, and events that have defined Native history since 1900.
The Native Peoples of North America by Bruce Elliott Johansen
Call Number: REF 970.00497 Johansen
ISBN: 0275987205
Publication Date: 2005
From the earliest traces of first arrivals to the present, Native Americans represent a diverse and colorful array of cultures. Ranging North America and topics as diverse as archaeological discoveries from thousands of years ago and accounts of reservation life today, this study draws on traditional records as well as oral histories and biographical sketches to bring the history of these varied peoples to life.
A to Z of Native American Women by Liz Sonneborn
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2016
A to Z of Native American Women dispels popular myths and introduces more than 100 fascinating, largely unknown American Indian women. These women represent a broad range of endeavor: social activism, literature, government and politics, medicine, and the arts - to name only a few fields. Each is profiled in a detailed biography that includes the important influences on her life, the major obstacles she faced, and the major achievements and contributions she made. This book is a must-have resource for anyone interested in women's studies and Native American studies.

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Over 40,000 streaming titles covering a broad range of topics.
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*Requires a library card to access. More than 30,000 feature films, documentaries, foreign language, and training videos, including the Great Courses, the Frontline series, and international films.

Recommended Videos:

Ancient Civilizations of North America by The Great Courses
Publication Date: 2018
Available via Kanopy. Most of what we’ve been taught about the native cultures of North America came from reports authored by the conquerors and colonizers who destroyed them. Professor Edwin Barnhart, Director of the Maya Exploration Center, reveals the astounding true accomplishments of these ancient cultures - vibrant cities, agriculture, art, large-scale earthen pyramids, and more. 24 episodes.
Fighting Indians by Video Project
Publication Date: 2021
Chronicles the last and most contentious holdout in that struggle, the homogeneously white Skowhegan High School, known for decades as "The Home of the Indians". This is the story of a small New England community forced to reckon with its identity, its sordid history, and its future relationship with their indigenous neighbors.
A Good Day to Die by Kino Lorber
Publication Date: 2011
Available via Kanopy. By recounting the life story of Dennis Banks, the Native American who co-founded the American Indian Movement (AIM) in 1968 to advocate and protect the rights of American Indians, the film provides an in-depth look at the history and issues surrounding AIM's formation.
Inhabitants by Filmhub
Publication Date: 2022
Inhabitants follows five Native American communities as they restore their traditional land management practices in the face of a changing climate.
Native America (Series) by PBS
Publication Date: 2023
What was the New World like before it encountered the Old? Now, scientific expeditions in North and South America are woven with drama recreations to investigate and present a new vision of America, and how the clash of civilizations forever altered the history of our world.
Native Peoples of North America by The Great Courses & Smithsonian
Publication Date: 2006
Available via Hoopla. 24-episode series in which Dr. Daniel Cobb provides a multidisciplinary view of American history, revealing new perspectives on the historical and contemporary experiences of Indigenous peoples, and their significant impact on the history of our country.
The Warrior Tradition by PBS
Publication Date: 2019
The film tells the astonishing, heartbreaking, inspiring, and largely-untold story of Native Americans in the United States military. It chronicles the accounts of Native American warriors from their own points of view.
We're Still Here by Robert Gliner
Publication Date: 2020
First Nation indigenous hip hop artists in Canada lead efforts to right long-standing social injustices, heal personal traumas, and preserve their cultures through the power of music. The film examines the important role that hip hop plays in transforming the lives of the musicians, their audiences, and communities. Weaving together interviews, live performances, and street demonstrations, it gives voice also to other marginalized populations across North America.
We Shall Remain: America Through Native Eyes by PBS
Publication Date: 2009
This five-part series shows how Native peoples valiantly resisted expulsion from their lands and fought the extinction of their culture. It covers Native American history from the Wampanoags of New England in the 1600s who used their alliance with the English to weaken rival tribes, to the bold new leaders of the 1970s who harnessed the momentum of the civil rights movement to forge a pan-Indian identity.

General

Bureau of Indian Affairs - U.S. Department of the Interior
"The Bureau of Indian Affairs’ mission is to enhance the quality of life, to promote economic opportunity, and to carry out the responsibility to protect and improve the trust assets of American Indians, Indian tribes and Alaska Natives."
National Congress of American Indians (NCAI)
"The National Congress of American Indians, founded in 1944, is the oldest, largest and most representative American Indian and Alaska Native organization serving the broad interests of tribal governments and communities."
National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center, Inc. (NIWRC)
"A Native-led nonprofit organization dedicated to ending violence against Native women and children."
National Native American Heritage Month
"The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the rich ancestry and traditions of Native Americans."
Native American Resources from the Library of Congress
"The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world, with millions of books, films and video, audio recordings, photographs, newspapers, maps and manuscripts in its collections. The Library is the main research arm of the U.S. Congress and the home of the U.S. Copyright Office."
Native Land Digital
Interactive global map of general boundaries of Indigenous tribes.
Native News Online
Native News Online delivers important daily news that affects the lives of Native Americans nationwide. Founded in 2011, Native News Online reaches millions of Native and non-Native readers annually including American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians and others interested in Native American concerns.

California

California Indian History
"Not everybody’s history and past are recognized, honored, or respected. This website seeks to change that. It allows anyone access to primary sources and educational materials to review, evaluate and draw their own conclusions about the history and the past experienced by California Indigenous people."
Digital Atlas of California Native Americans
Interactive digital map of Native tribes in California. From the State of California Native American Heritage Commission.
Short Overview of California Indian History
From the State of California Native American Heritage Commission
State of California Native American Heritage Commission
The NAHC identifies, catalogs, and protects Native American cultural resources -- ancient places of special religious or social significance to Native Americans and known ancient graves and cemeteries of Native Americans on private and public lands in California.

Local

Napa Valley First People's History
From the Suscol Intertribal Council.
Native American History: Napa's First People
From the Napa County Historical Society.
Suscol Intertribal Council
"A community-based, 501(c)(3) organization, founded in 1972 and reactivated in 1992, seeking to bring healing between the existing population and the people who historically inhabited Napa Valley and nearby counties."

Museums

Lists

500 Nations' List of Museums
Extensive list of Native American Museums in California.
California Department of Parks and Recreation's List of State Indian Museums & State Historic Parks
List of State Indian Museums & State Historic Parks interpreting California Indian Culture and Heritage.

Local Museums

California Indian Museum and Cultural Center (Santa Rosa, CA)
"The goals of the Museum and Cultural Center are to educate the public about California Indian history and cultures, to showcase California Indian cultures, to enhance and facilitate these cultures and traditions through educational and cultural activities, to preserve and protect California Indian cultural and intellectual properties, and to develop relationships with other indigenous groups."
California Museum (Sacramento, CA)
"The California Museum — home of the California Hall of Fame — engages, educates and enlightens people about California’s rich history, its diversity and its unique influence on the world of ideas, innovation, art and culture. Through interactive experiences, the Museum inspires visitors to make a mark on history."
Grace Hudson Museum and Sun House (Ukiah, CA)
"The Grace Hudson Museum and Sun House in Ukiah, California, is an art, history and anthropology museum focusing on the lifeworks of artist Grace Carpenter Hudson (1865-1937) and her ethnologist husband, Dr. John W. Hudson (1857-1936)."
Santa Rosa Junior College Multicultural Museum (Santa Rosa, CA)
"Holdings include the renowned Elsie Allen Pomo Basketry Collection; Southwest pottery from world famous artists such as Nampeyo, Maria Martinez, and Lucy Lewis; diverse African sculptures and masks; original serigraphs from the Northwest Coast, and original artwork from across the globe."
Museum of the American Indian (Novato, CA)
"The Museum of the American Indian uplifts, supports, and makes visible the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas by offering authentic educational programs and cultural resources to Marin and the greater Bay Area."
Oakland Museum of California (OMCA; Oakland, CA)
"We explore the big ideas that shape California lives, then bring to life the untold and under-told stories of the people behind them—all with a distinctly Oakland point of view."
The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology (Berkeley, CA)
"We are anthropologists, educators and researchers, motivated by a passion for preserving stories today in order to make new connections tomorrow. Our mission is to steward a vast collection of objects spanning the infinite breadth of human cultures to advance knowledge and understanding."
Sonoma State Historic Park (Sonoma, CA)
The Sonoma Mission houses historical exhibits, an art exhibition, museum chapel and courtyard while the Sonoma Barracks across the street houses additional historic exhibits among several museum rooms.
State Indian Museum (Sacramento, CA)
"The State Indian Museum tells the story of California’s first inhabitants. More than 60 indigenous groups, with multiple smaller bands speaking more than 300 dialects, existed here before the Spanish explorers and settlers arrived—many years before the Gold Rush. The museum honors them and their understanding and use of natural resources."

Online Archives

California Academy of Sciences Anthropology Collecton
The permanent research collection of the Department of Anthropology consists of more than 16,000 objects, most of which are ethnographic.
Online Archive of California (OAC)
"Free public access to detailed descriptions of primary resource collections maintained by more than 300 contributing institutions including libraries, special collections, archives, historical societies, and museums throughout California and collections maintained by the 10 University of California (UC) campuses."
National Archives - American Indian and Alaska Native Records
"Researchers can find information relating to American Indians and Alaska Natives from as early as 1774 through the mid-1990s at National Archives locations throughout the country."
National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI)
"An active and visible component of the Smithsonian Institution...the NMAI cares for one of the world's most expansive collections of Native artifacts, including objects, photographs, archives, and media covering the entire Western Hemisphere, from the Arctic Circle to Tierra del Fuego."
American Indian History & Culture - Rare and Manuscript Collections - Cornell University Library
Archives and Collections - Spokane Tribe of Indians
Art of Native America: The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection
BIA Museum - US Department of the Interior - Indian Affairs
Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center - Dickinson College
Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian - Northwestern University
The Indigenous Digital Archive
Infinity of Nations: Art and History in the National Museum of of the American Indian
Library of Congress - Audio Recordings of Native American Music
Living Nations, Living Words - Library of Congress - Special Collection of Native American Poetry and Literature
Photo Archives - Native American Collection - Field Museum
Pictures of Native Americans - National Archives
University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries - Special Collections
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Native Americans - Archives Department
Western Histories Collection - The University of Oklahoma

21st Century Native Leaders
21st Century Native Leaders podcast explores the dynamics of leadership among entrepreneurs, entertainers, politicians, and activists.
American Indian & Alaska Native Living (hosted by Dr. David Derose)
This is a a one-hour weekly talk show focusing on health issues in Indian country, viewed in a holistic way in keeping with traditional Native perspectives, hosted by David DeRose M.D.
Coffee with My Ma
Kahentinetha Horn tells her daughter stories of her very long adventurous life, always with the sense of humour that carried her through her experiences.
Gaënö
Gaënö’ is a one hour, weekly show produced for Native Voice One: The Native American Radio Network, that focuses on the various genres of contemporary music created by talented artists from the numerous Indigenous Nations of Turtle Island. Gaënö’ seeks to not only entertain audiences with great music but to also educate listeners who may not be familiar with, or are new to the modern Native American music scene. Nearly every episode is accompanied by a 15-20 minute interview with a featured artist, where you get to know the person behind the music.
Iroquois History and Legends
This is a podcast dedicated to the history, culture, and tales of the Haudenosaunee, an alliance made up of the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca and Tuscarora peoples. They were a North American Super Power negotiating with the Dutch, Great Britain, the French Empire, and others. They used tact and diplomacy, and they played the game well against the colonial powers. Their centuries old systems of representative councils leaves a footprint that shaped the current United States. Their empowerment of female leaders sowed the seeds of Women's Suffrage. Their history is tragic but proud. Their stories are entertaining but hold morals that people of all ages can relate to.
They are the People of the Longhouse
The Jig is Up
The Jig is Up is a podcast focusing on Metis culture, people, and the issues and topics of interest to all Metis.
Let's Talk Native with John Kane
This show has one function and that is to provide a forum for Native issues. New episodes are uploaded every week.
Mother Earth Clan Podcast
MEC Podcast topics include conversations about family and community wellness, traditional values and histories, and lots of laughter!
The Native Seed Pod (Northern California focus)
The Native Seed Pod celebrates the diversity and beauty of Native seeds, soils, and Indigenous foods. The Native Seed Pod is a fertile place to explore thinking about Indigenous sciences and the physical and poetic seeds needed to renew the health of the Earth at this critical time in history. We are fortunate to be in community with a rich basket of Native Knowledge-Holders, farmers, elders, teachers, and advocates, who articulate the cutting-edge of biocultural diversity protection, food sovereignty and beyond.

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