Anthropological Literature (RLG)

Covers articles published in anthropology and archaeology journals from the 19th century to the present.

 

Ethnic News Watch (Coverage varies with each title with some back to 1980 / Proquest)

This database contains articles from newspapers published by various ethnic presses in the United States. It currently includes more than 28 newspapers from the Native North American press with over 10,000 articles. Good for understanding current issues.

 

Syracuse Online (Indexing and full text from 1998/ Newsbank) 

Part of Global Newsbank, this database is good for locating article on current topics. For the most recent (this week's) coverage see the print edition located in the newspaper carrel at Case Library.

Locating background material in the Reference collection

Overview:

*Atlas of the North American Indian. Case Ref E77 .W24 2000
*Word Dance : the language of Native American culture. Case Ref. E76.2 .W36 1994
*Native time : a historical time line of Native America. Case Ref. E98.C55 F73 1995.
*Columbia Guide to American Indians of the Northeast. Case Ref E78 E2 B72 2001
*Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. Case Ref. E77 .G15 1998 vol. 1-4
*Handbook of North American Indians.  Case Ref E76.2 .H36 1984-
*Issues in race, ethnicity, and gender : selections from The CQ researcher. Case Ref. E184 Ai I845 2002
*Native North American Almanac. 2nd edition. Case Ref E75 .N38 2001
*Racial and ethnic relations in America. Case Ref. E49 .R33 2000
Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America. Case Ref. E184 .A1 G14 2000.

Dictionary of Native American Mythology. Case Ref E98 .R3 G46 1992
Encyclopedia of American Indian contributions to the world : 15,000 years of inventions and innovations. Case Ref. E54.5 .K46 2001
Encyclopedia of Native Am. Economic History. Case Ref E98 .E2 E52 1999.
American Indian religious traditions [electronic resource] : an encyclopedia. 2005
Encyclopedia of Native American Religions. Case Ref E98 .R3 H73 2000
Native Americans and Political Participation: a reference handbook

Encyclopedia of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy). Case Ref  E99.I7 E53 2000

Notable native Americans  Case Ref  E89 .N67 1995
Native American Women: a biographical dictionary. 2nd edition. Case Ref E98 W8 B38 2001
American Indian biographies. Case Ref E98 .A46 2005 

Contemporary:

*Native America Today : a guide to community, politics.. Case Ref E98 .T77 P75 1999
*Native American issues : a reference handbook. 2nd edition 2005.
*Native America in the 20th Century: an encyclopedia. Case Ref E76.2 .N36 1994
Native Americans and political participation [electronic resource] : a reference handbook
Statistical Record of Native North Americans. CASE Ref. E98.P76 S73 1993

Historical References

Atlas of Ancient America. Case Ref E61 .C66 1986.
*American Indian History. Case Ref E77 .A496 2003 volumes 1 & 2

American eras. Early American civilizations & exploration to 1600. Case Ref E58 .A527 1998
*American Indian & the United States: a documentary history. Case Ref E93 .W27
Ancient Americas : a brief history and guide to research.  Case Ref  E65 .P7413 1997
Ancient Americans : a reference guide to the art, culture, and history of pre-Columbian North & South America. Case Ref E59 .P42 S3613 2001
Archaeology of Prehistoric Native America: An Encyclopedia. Case Ref  E77.9 .A72 1998
Encyclopedia of prehistory. Vol. 6 North America. Case Ref GN710 .E53 2001
Historical dictionary of early North America.  Case Ref E35 .W475 2005 
Encyclopedia of the North American Colonies. Case Ref E45 .E53 1993.
Colonial Wars of North America, 1512-1763. Case Ref E46.5 .C65 1996
Encyclopedia of the U.S. in the nineteenth century. Case Ref E169.1 E626 2000
American Indian Wars 1492-1890. Case Ref E81 .K44 1997
Indians in American History  :an introduction. 2nd edition. Case Main E76.8 .I57 1998

Native American political systems & the evolution of democracy : an annotated bibl. Case Ref  E99.I7 J65 1996 also supplementary bibliography Case Ref E99 I7 J64 1999.
Indians of North and South America : a bibliography based on the collection at the Willard E. Yager Library-Museum, Hartwick.  Published in 1977. Supplemented in 1988 & 1997. Case Ref E58 W82

Selected Primary Resources

Lexis Nexis Congressional

 Case Indexes Z1223 .Z9 C65

This database includes the U.S. Serial Set Index 1789-1969 which is an index to older Congressional reports and documents. See also the Guide to American Indian documents in the Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1899 : a project of the Institute for the Development. Case Ref E93 J622 1977

**Annual report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, for the year...
**Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Secretary of the Interior
**Annual report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Secretary of the Interior
**Annual report of the Commissioner, Bureau of Indian Affairs to the Secretary of the Interior
**Indian affairs : a progress report from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Library has 1870-1904, 1921-1926, 1929-1932, 1947, 1949, 1964-1968

Early encounters in North America  : peoples, cultures, and the environment
Colgate Network E77 .E37

This full text database has been compiled by consulting a number of bibliographies, including: °A Biobibliography of Native American Writers, 1772-1924 by Daniel F. Littlefield, Jr. and James W. Parins; °Sources for the ethnography of northeastern North America to 1611, by David B. Quinn; °The French image of America: a chronological and subject bibliography of French books printed before 1816 relating to the British North American colonies and the United States by Durand Echeverria and Everett C. Wilkie; °The Plains and the Rockies, a critical bibliography of exploration, adventure and travel in the American West, 1800-1865 by Jr. Wagner & Camp; °Early Midwestern Travel Narratives, An Annotated Bibliography, 1634-1850 by Robert Rogers Hubach;.°Early Canadiana Online, a full-text online collection that contains documents about Canada’s history from the first European contact to the nineteenth century; and °Bibliography of Native North Americans, Human Relations Area Files, 1976. When complete it will include more than 1,000 published and unpublished items from a variety of sources, including online resources and microform

 

North American women's letters and diaries. Colgate Network HQ 1410 .N67

North American Women's Letters and Diaries (NAWLD) includes the immediate experiences of 442 women, as revealed in more than 50,000 pages of diaries and letters. Particular care has been taken to index this material so that it can be searched more thoroughly than ever before. When complete, North American Women's Letters and Diaries will be the largest collection of women's diaries and correspondence ever assembled. Spanning more than 300 years, it will bring the personal experiences of 1,500 women to researchers, students, and general readers.

 

19th Century Masterfile

This is a good index for American periodical literature for the period 1802-1902.

 

HarpWeek: the Civil War Era and Reconstruction and Gilded Age I & II (1857-1912) 

This database consists of the full page images of Harper's Weekly published prior to and during the Civil War, Reconstruction and Gilded Age. Various indexes are available for searching the full text by subject, illustration, advertising, literary genres, or occupation of person or role in society. One can also search the full text by subject keyword. For best results with printing, install the HarpWeek printer helper.

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