Bibliography of Native American Reference Material

Posted electronically with kind permission of Dr. Lotsee Patterson, June 1997.

Bibliography of Native American Reference Material

(Prepared for LBSC 499P, Native American Information Resources)

Dr. Lotsee Patterson

Champagne, Duane. The Native North American Almanac. Westport, CT: Gale Research, Inc., 1994.

Cohen, Felix S. Handbook of Federal Indian Law with Reference Tables and Index. 1988 (1941).

Davis, Mary B, ed. Native America in the Twentieth Century: An Encyclopedia. New York, NY: Garland Publishing, 1994.

Gill, Sam, and Irene Sullivan. Dictionary of Native American Mythology. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1992.

Ethnographic Bibliography of North America, 4th edition from Human Relations Area Files. Now on disc as: Bibliography of Native North Americans on Disc. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1993.

Frazier, Patrick and the Publishing Office. Many Nations. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1996.

Furtaw, Julia, ed. Native Americans Information Directory. Westport, CT: Gale Research, Inc., 1st ed. (1992) - biennial.

Haas, Marilyn L. Indians of North America: Methods and Sources for Library Research. Hamden, CT: Library Professional Publication/Shoe String Press, 1983.

Hammer, Patricia Cahape, and Heather Beasley. 1997 Native Education Directory: Organizations and Resources for Educators of Native Americans. Charleston, WV: ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education, 1997.

Handbook of North American Indians. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution.

A 20 volume set published over a period of yars. Each volume has its own editor. The most recent volume published in 1996 is number 17 with Ives Goddard, editor. Covers languages.

Hirschfelder, Arlene B., Mary G. Byler, and Michael A. Dorris. Guide to Research on North American Indians. Chicago, IL: American Library Association, 1983.

Hodge, Frederick W. 'Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico.' Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 30, Part 2. Washington, DC: Bureau of American Ethnology, Government Printing Office. 1907-1910; sixth reprint, New York, NY: Rowman and LIttlefield, Inc., 1979.

Klein, Barry T., Reference Encyclopedia of the American Indian. West Nyack, NY: Todd Publications, 6th ed. 1993.

Kuiper, Barbara. American Indian Reference Books for Children and Young Adults. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1991.

Lester, Patrick Ed., The Biographical Directory of Native American Painters. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1995.

Native American Directory. San Carlos, AZ: National Native American Co-op, updated regularly.

Newberry Library, Center for the History of the American Indian. Bibliograhical Series. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1976-1983.

Volumes have separate authors and titles. Later volumes have imprint: Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press.

Patterson, Lotsee and Mary Ellen Snodgrass. Indian Terms of the Americas. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1994.

Prucha, Francis P. Documents of United States Indian Policy. 2nd ed. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1990.

Reddy, Marlita A., ed. Statistical Record of Native North Americans. Westport, CT: Gale Research, Inc., 1993.

Reyhner, Jon, ed. Teaching American Indian Students. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992.

Ruoff, A. LaVonne Brown. American Indian Literatures: An Introduction, Bibliographic Review, and Selected Bibliography. New York, NY: Modern Language Association of America, 1990.

Slapinm, Beverly and Doris Seale. Through Indian Eyes: The Native American Experience in Books for Children. Philadelphia, PA: Division of New Society Education Foundation, Inc., 1992.

Tiller, Veronica E. Velarde, compiler. American Indian Reservations and Trust Areas. Washington, DC: Economic Development Administration, Department of Commerce, United States Government, 1996.

Weeks, John M. Introduction to Library Research in Anthropology. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1991.

Archival Resources

American Indians: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications. Washington, DC: National Archives, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1984.

Grimshaw, Polly Swift. Images of the Other: A Guide to Indian-White Reproduced Archival Resources. Chicago, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1991.

Hill, Edward E., compiler. Guide to Records in the National Archives of the United States Related to American Indians. Washington, DC: National Archives, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1981.

Hill, Edward E., compiler. Preliminary Inventories: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Number 163, Volume I, 1965; Number 163, Volume II, 1965. Washington, DC: National Archives, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1965.

Johnson, Steven L. Guide to American Indian Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899. New York, NY: Clearwater Publishing Co., 1977.

Microfilm Resources for Research: A Comprehensive Catalog. Washington, DC: National Archives, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1990.

Winfrey, Dorman and James M. Day. The Indian Paper of Texas and the Southwest 1825-1916. Austin, TX: Texas State Historical Association, 1995.

Originally published by Pemberton Press, 1966. Five Volume Set.

Special Collections

Dewitt, Don, ed. Guide to Archives and Manuscript Collections in the United States: An Annotated Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1994.

McCurdy, Linda, ed. Indians of North America: A Guide to the Sources on Native Americans in the Special Collections Department of Perkins Library. Durham, NC: Duke University, 1991.