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American Indian Studies: Selected Library Resources

Background Information
Biography
Film
Folklore, Sacred Narrative, Religious Beliefs and Practice
Language Dictionaries
Literature
Relations with Canada and United States
Sociology
Statistics
Women
Computer Files
Selected Newspapers in Wilson Library
Selected Periodicals in Wilson Library
Periodical Indexes
Using MNCAT to Find Books

Background Information

A Concise Dictionary of Indian Tribes of North America. 2nd rev. ed., Barbara Leitch LePoer. Algonac, MI: Reference Publications, 1991.
Location: Wilson Reference E76.2 .L44 1991

Guide to Research on North American Indians. Arlene B. Hirschfelder, Mary Gloyne Byler and Michael A. Dorris. Chicago: American Library Association, 1983.
Location: Wilson Reference E77 .H57x 1983; Wils E77 .H57x 1983

Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. 2 vols. [Reprint of Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 30, parts 1 and 2]. Edited by Frederick Webb Hodge. Totowa, New Jersey: Roman and Littlefield, 1979.
Location: Wilson Reference E51.U6 v.30

Handbook of North American Indians. Edited by William C. Sturtevant. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1987-1990. [Contents: v. 4. History of Indian-White relations -- v. 5. Arctic v. 6. Sub-arctic -- v. 7. Northwest coast -- v. 8. California -- v. 9-10. Southwest -- v. 11.Great Basin -- v. 15. Northeast] [note: several volumes not yet published.]
Location: Wilson Reference quarto E77 .H25, v.4-11, 15

The Indian Tribes of North America. John R. Swanton.Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1969 (1984 printing).
Location: Wilson Reference E77 .S94 1969

Indians of North America: Methods and Sources for Library Research. Marilyn L. Haas Berkeley, CA: California Indian Library Collections Project, 1989.
Location: Wilson Reference E77 .H12x 1983 and Wils E77 .H12x 1983

Native Americans: an Annotated Bibliography. Frederick E. Hoxie and Harvey Markowitz. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1991.
Location: Wilson Reference E77 .H68x 1991

Native North American Almanac. Detroit: Gale Research, 1994.
Location: Wilson quarto E76.2 .N385x

Reference Encyclopedia of the American Indian. Edited by Barry T. Klein. 6th ed. West Nyack, N.Y.: Todd Publications, 1993.
Location: Wilson Reference quarto E76.2 .R4 1993

Biography

An Annotated Bibliography of American Indian and Eskimo Lives. H. David Brumble III. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1981.
Location: Wilson Reference E98 .B78x 1981

Biographical Dictionary of Indians of the Americas. Newport Beach, CA: American Indian Publishers, Inc., 1983. 2 vols.
Location: Wilson Reference E89 .B56x 1983

Great North American Indians: Profiles in Life and Leadership. Frederick J. Dockstader. New York: Van Nostrand, 1977.
Location: Wilson Reference quarto E89 .D55; Wilson quarto 301.82 D658g; Wilson quarto E89 .D55

Who Was Who in Native American History: Indians and Non-Indians From Early Contacts through 1900. Waldman, Carl. New York: Facts on File, 1990.
Location: Wilson Reference quarto E98. W35 1990


Film

The American Indian in Film. Michael Hilger. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1986.
Location: Wilson Reference PN1995.9 .I48 H54 1986

Images of American Indians on Film: an Annotated Bibliography. Gretchen M. Bataille. New York: Garland, 1985.
Location: Wilson Reference PN1995.9 .I48 B3x 1985

Mediating History: the MAP Guide to Independent Video by and About African-American, Asian American, Latino, and Native American People. Edited by Barbara Abrash and Catherine Egan. New York: New York University, 1992.
Location: Wilson Reference E184 .A1 M36 1992

Native Americans on Film and Video. Edited by Elizabeth Weatherford with Emelia Seubert. New York: Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation, 1981-1988. 2 vols.
Location: Wilson Reference PN1995.9 .I48 N37 1981

Folklore, Sacred Narrative, Religious Beliefs and Practice

( see also Literature)

Dictionary of Native American Mythology. Sam D. Gill and Irene F. Sullivan. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1992.
Location: Wilson Reference quarto E98 .R3 G46 1992

Encyclopedia of Native American Religions. Arlene Hirschfelder and Paulette Molin. New York: Facts on File, 1992.
Location: Wilson Reference quarto E98 .R3 H73 1992

Native American Folklore, 1879-1979: an Annotated Bibliography. William M. Clements. Athens, Ohio: Swallow Press, 1984.
Location: Wilson Reference E98 .F6 C62x 1984; Wilson E98 .F6 C62x


Language Dictionaries

Blackfoot Dictionary of Stems, Roots, and Affixes. Donald G. Frantz and Norma Jean Russell. Toronto, Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, 1989.
Location: Wilson Reference PM2343 F73x 1989

Dakota-English Dictionary. Stephen Return Riggs. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1992.
Location: Wilson Reference PM1023 .R55 1992; Wilson PM1023 .R55 1992

Dakotah Sioux Indian Dictionary: Over 4,000 Words, Pronunciation-at-a-Glance. Paul Warcloud Grant. 2nd ed. Sisseton, S.D.: P. Warcloud: Tekakwitha Fine Arts Center, 1971.
Location: Wilson Reference PM1023 .G7x 1971

A Dictionary of the Ojibway Language. Frederic Baraga. St Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 1992.
Location: Wilson Reference PM853 .B28 1992; Wilson PM853 .B28 1992

Literature

American Indian and Eskimo Authors: a Comprehensive Bibliography. Arlene B. Hirschfelder. New York: Association on American Indian Affairs, [distributed by Interbook, Inc.], 1973.
Location: Wilson Reference PS153 .I42 H48x 1973

The American Indian in Short Fiction: an Annotated Bibliography. Peter G. Biedler and Marion F. Egge. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1979.
Location: Wilson Reference PS374 .I49 B44x 1979; Wilson PS374 .I49 B44x 1979

The American Indian: Language and Literature. Compiled by Jack W. Marken. Arlington Heights, Ill: AHM Pub. Corp., 1978.
Location: Wilson Reference PM181 .M37x 1978

American Indian Literatures: an Introduction, Bibliographic Review, and Selected Bibliography. A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff. New York: Modern Language Association, 1990.
Location: Wilson Reference PM155.R86 1990

American Indian Novelists: an Annotated Critical Bibliography. Tom Colonnese, and Louis Owens. New York: Garland, 1985.
Location: Wilson Reference PS153 .I52 C59x 1985

Contemporary Native American Literature: a Selected and Partially Annotated Bibliography. Compiled by Angeline Jacobson.
Location: PS153 .I52 J33x 1977

Literature by and About the American Indian: an Annotated Bibliography. Anna Lee Stensland. 2d ed. Urbana, Illinois: National Council of Teachers of English, 1979.
Location: Wilson Reference E77.4 S8x 1979; Wils E77.4 S8x 1979

The Native American in American Literature: a Selectively Annotated Bibliography. Compiled by Roger O. Rock. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1985.
Location: Wilson Reference PS173 .F6 R62x 1985


Relations with Canada and United States

A Bibliographical Guide to the History of Indian-White Relations in the United States. Francis Paul Prucha. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1977.
Location: Wilson Reference E93 .P78x 1977

Canadian Indian Policy: a Critical Bibliography. Robert J. Surtees. Bloomington: Newberry Library; Indian University Press, 1982.
Location: Wilson Reference E92 .S9x 1982

Council Meetings of the Major American Indian Tribes 1907-1971. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1981.
Location: Wilson Mfilm 3215

Guide to Decisions of the U.S. Interior Department on Indian Lands. James R. Young, compiler and editor. Los Angeles, CA: American Indian Studies Center, University of California, 1980.
Location: Wilson Reference Mfiche 42.

Indian-White Relations in the United States: a Bibliography of Works Published 1975-1980. Francis Paul Prucha. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 1982.
Location: Wilson Reference E93 .P78x 1982; Wils E93 .P78x 1982

Indians Affairs. Laws and Treaties. United States. Laws, Statutes, etc. 5 vols. Compiled and Edited by Charles J. Kappler.
Location: Wilson Reference KF8203 1973

Sociology

Native American Youth and Alcohol: an Annotated Bibliography. Michael L. Lobb. New York: Greenwood Press, 1989.
Location: Wilson Reference E98 .L7 L63x 1989

Sociology of American Indians: A Critical Bibliography. Newberry Library Center for the History of the American Indian Bibliographic Series. Russell Thornton and Mary K. Grasmick. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1980.
Location: Wilson Reference E98 .S67 T45x 1980

Tulapai to Tokay: a Bibliography of Alcohol Use and Abuse Among Native Americans of North America. Patricia D. Mail. New Haven: HRAF Press, 1980.
Location: Wilson Reference E98 .L7 M286x 1980

The Urbanization of American Indians: A Critical Bibliography. Newberry Library Center for the History of The American Indian Bibliographic Series. Russell Thornton.. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1982.
Location: Wilson Reference E98 .U72 T47x 1982


Statistics

[For more detailed information, see also census data in Wilson Government Publications Library]

Atlas of American Indian Affairs. Francis P. Prucha. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1990.
Location: Wilson Reference quarto G1201 .E1 P7 1990 and Wilson Brochert Map quarto G1201 .E1 P7 1990

Nations Within a Nation: Historical Statistics of American Indians. Paul Stuart. New York: Greenwood Press, 1987.
Location: Wilson Reference E77 .S924 1987

Statistical Record of Native North Americans. Marlita A. Reddy, editor. Detroit: Gale, 1993.
Location: Wilson Reference E98 .P76 S73 1993


Women

American Indian Women: a Guide to Research. Gretchen M. Bataille and Kathleen M. Sands. New York: Garland, 1991.
Location: Wilson Reference E98. W8 B368x 1991

Native American Women: a Bibliography. Rayna Green. Wichita Falls, Texas: The Ohoyo Resource Center, 1981.
Location: Wilson Reference quarto E98 .W8 G73x 1981

Native American Women: a Biographical Dictionary. Edited by Gretchen M. Bataille. New York: Garland, 1993.
Location: Wilson Reference E98 .W8 B38 1993

Native American Women: a Contextual Bibliography. Ranya Green. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1983.
Location: Wilson Reference E98 .W8 G73x 1983; Wilson 016.30182 G825n


Computer Files

Bibliography of Native North Americans on Disc (Computer File), Santa Barbara, CA: ABC/CLIO, 1992- .Contains anthropological material from periodical articles, conference papers, books, essays, dissertations, and U.S. government documents. Use of this anthropologically based literature should be supplemented with literature from the Native Press.
Location: Wilson Reference

America History and Life on Disc (Computer File), Santa Barbara, CA: ABC/CLIO, 1987-. An index to journal articles, books, book reviews and dissertations. For American Indian subjects the coverage is from pre-history to the present. Its print counterpart is America History and Life (Wilson Reference E171 .A4x).
Location: Wilson Reference

Ethnic Newswatch (Computer File), Stamfoford, CT: Softline Information, 1991-. A full text database of U.S. Ethnic and Minority newspapers and periodicals. The following Native American Newspapers are included at this time: (More may be added in the future)
Location: Wilson Reference

Char-Koosta News (Pablo, MT), 1991-
Cherokee Advocate (Tahlequah, OK), 1991-
The Circle (Minneapolis, Minn.), 1991-
Fort Apache Scout (Whiteriver, AZ), 1991-
Indian Country Today (Lakotah Times) (Rapid City, SD), 1991-
Native Nevadan (Reno, NV), 1991-
Navajo Nation Today (Window Rock, AZ), 1991-
News From Indian Country (Hayward, WI), 1991-
Seminole Tribune (Hollywood, FL), 1991-
Sho-Ban News (Fort Hall, ID)
Tundra Times (Anchorage, AK), 1991-
Wind River News (Lander, WY), 1991-


Selected Newspapers in Wilson Newspapers

The Circle (Minneapolis, Minn.), on order.

Contemporary Newspapers of the North American Indian, 1970-1973. (Film Collection NR 178) [Newspaper Collection]

The Native American Press (Bemidji, Minn.), latest 2 years



Selected Periodicals

(Located in Wilson Periodicals unless otherwise noted)

Akwesasne Notes, 1969- (Mfilm 3331, current issues Wilson Periodicals)
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 1974-

American Indian Quarterly, 1975-82; 1984-

Americans Before Columbus, latest 6 months

Asail Notes, 1992-

Indian America, 1974-1976

Indian Historian, 1967-1979

Indiginous Woman: a Publication of the Indigenous Women's Network, 1993-

Many Smokes, 1972-1984

News Report (University of South Dakota. Institute of American Indian Studies), 1991-

Periodicals By and About North American Indians, 1915-1972. (Wilson Mfilm 2965)

Speaking of Ourselves, Wildfile, 1985-

Periodical Indexes

(see also Computer Files)

Many of the above periodicals are indexed by the following:

Alternative Press Index, Baltimore, MD: Alternative Press Centre, 1969-
Location: Wilson Reference AI3 .A27

America History and Life, Santa Barbara, CA: ABC/CLIO, 1964-
Location: Wilson Reference E171 .A4x


Using MNCAT to Find Books

If you are looking for books, the following are a sample of Library of Congress Subject Headings used in MNCAT.

indians of north america
indians of north america--minnesota
dakota indians--art
dakota indians--government relations
dakota indians--legends
ojibwa indians--religion and mythology
ojibwa indians--rites and ceremonies
indians of north america--reservations
indians--first contact with europeans
american literature--indian authors
racism--united states

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African Studies and African American Studies
University of Minnesota Libraries

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