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Sources for Native-American Genealogy
Before you begin
your genealogical research, read "Basic Genealogical Research Methods
and their Application to Native Americans" in Paula K. Byers' Native
American Genealogical Sourcebook, pp. 29-64. This chapter provides
an excellent introduction to basic genealogical research and the specialized
sources and forms for Native American research.
For additional resources
at the University of Minnesota Libraries, see American
Indian Studies
General
Handbooks and Manuals
- Croom, Emily.
The Genealogist's Companion and Sourcebook: A Beyond-the-basics,
Hands-on Guide to Unpuzzling Your Past. Cincinnati, Ohio: Betterway
Books, 1994.
- Location:
Wilson Reference quarto CS47 .C75 1994
- Doane, Gilbert
Harry. Searching for Your Ancestors: The How and Why of Genealogy.
6th ed. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1992.
- Location:
Wilson Reference CS16 .D6 1992
- Ethnic Genealogy:
Research Guide. Edited by Jessie Carney Smith ; foreword by Alex
Haley. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1983.
- Location:
Wilson References CS49 .E83 1983
- Everton, George
B. The Handy Book for Genealogists. 7th edition. Logan, UT:
Everton Publishing, 1981.
- Location:
Wilson Reference quarto CS47 .E9 1981
- National Union
Catalog of Manuscript Collections. Washington: Library of Congress,
1959/61-. Annual.
- Location:
Wilson Reference quarto Z6620 .U5 N3
- The Source:
A Guidebook of American Genealogy. Edited by Arlene Eakle and
Johni Cerni.. Salt Lake City, UT: Ancestry Pub. Co., 1984.
- Location:
Wilson Reference quarto CS42.7 .S68x 1984
- United States.
National Archives and Records Service. Guide to Genealogical Research
in the National Archives. Washington, D.C.: National Archives
and Trust Fund Board, 1983.
- Location:
Wilson Reference quarto CS68 .U54x 1983
Native
American Manuals and Handbooks
- Ethnic Genealogy:
A Research Guide. Edited by Jessie Carney Smith; foreword by Alex
Haley. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1983. Chapter 7, "American
Indian Records and Research," by Jimmy B. Parker, dealing mostly with
reservation Indians. Extensive bibliography.
- Location:
Wilson Reference CS49 .E83 1983
- Kavasch, E. Barrie.
A Student's Guide to Native American Genealogy. Phoenix, Az.:
Oryx Press, 1996.
- Location:
Wilson Reference E98 .G44 K39 1996
- Morningstar,
Heather. How to Enroll in an Indian Tribe. Denver: Arrowstar,
1993
- Location:
Law E98 .G44 M67x 1993
- Native American
Genealogical Sourcebook. Edited by Paula K. Byers. New York: Gale
Research, 1995.
- Location:
Wilson Reference quarto E98 .G44 N37 1995
- Handbook of
North American Indians. William C. Sturtevant, general editor.
Washington: Smithsonian Institution: for sale by the Supt. of Docs.,
U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1978-1990.
- Location:
Wilson Reference quarto E77 .H25
- Hodge, Frederick
Webb. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Totowa,
New Jersey: Rowman and Littlefield, 1979.
- Location:
Wilson Reference E51 .U6 30
Archive,
Manuscript, and Document Collections
- American Indian
Resource Materials in Western History Collection, University of Oklahoma.
Donald L. DeWitt, ed. Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press,
1990.
- Location:
Wilson Reference E78 .O45 A69 1990
- American Philosophical
Society. Library. A Supplement to A Guide to Manuscripts Relating
to the American Indian in the Library of the American Philosophical
Society. Compiled by Daythal Kendall. Philadelphia: American Philosophical
Society, 1982.
- Location:
Wilson Reference Z1209 .F7 Suppl.
- Anderson, William
L. A Guide to Cherokee Documents in Foreign Archives. Metuchen,
N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1983.
- Location:
Wilson Reference E99.C5 A77x 1983
- Chepesiuk, Ronald.
American Indian Archival Material: A Guide to Holdings in the Southeast.
Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1982.
- Location:
Wilson Reference E77 .C45x 1982
- Edward E. Ayer
Collection. Dictionary Catalog of the Edward E. Ayer Collection
of Americana and American Indians in the Newberry Library. Boston,
G. K. Hall, 1961.
- Location:
Wilson folio E18 .E39x 1961; and supplements 1 and 2
- Guide to American
Indian Resource Materials in Great Plains Repositories. Compiled
by Joseph G. Svoboda. Lincoln: Center for Great Plains Studies, University
of Nebraska--Lincoln, 1983.
- Location:
Wilson quarto E78 .G73 G83x 1983
- Henry E. Huntington
Library and Art Gallery. Guide to American Historical Manuscripts
in the Huntington Library. San Marino, Calif.: Hunting Library,
1979.
- Location:
Wilson Reference E173 .H4x 1979
- Hill, Edward
E. Guide to Records in the National Archives of the United States
Relating to American Indians. Washington, D.C.: National Archives
and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1981.
- Location:
Wilson Reference E93 .H5x 1982
- Johnson, Steven
L. Guide to American Indian Documents in the Congressional Serial
Set, 1817-1899: A Project of the Institute for the Development of
Indian Law. New York: Clearwater Pub. Co., c1977.
- Location:
Wilson Gov Pub KF8201 .A1 J63
- Kutsche, Paul.
A Guide to Cherokee Documents in the Northeastern United States.
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1986.
- Location:
Wilson Reference quarto E99.C5 K8x 1986
- Minneapolis Public
Library and Information Center. Indians of North American: An Annotated
Bibliography of Titles in the Rare Book Collection of the Minneapolis
Athenaeum. Minneapolis, 1975.
- Wilson Reserve
F161
- National Anthropological
Archives. Catalog to Manuscripts at the National Anthropological
Archives, Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1975.
- Location:
Wilson folio E77 .N38x 1975
- Records of
the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Central Classified Files, 1907-1939.
Series B: Indian Customs and Social Relations. Robert E. Lester,
Project Editor. Bethesda, Md.: University Publications of America,
1997
- Location:
Wilson Reference quarto E77 .R37x 1997 guide; this is a guide to Wilson
Mfilm #4022
- Ross, John. The
Papers of Chief John Ross. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press,
c1985.
- Location:
Wilson E99.C5 R82 1985
- Ruby, Robert
H. A Guide to the Indian Tribes of the Pacific Northwest. Rev.
ed. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, c1992.
- Location:
Wilson Reference E78 .N77 R79 1992
- South Carolina.
Documents Relating to Indian Affairs. Edited by William L.
McDowell, Jr. Columbia, South Carolina, Archives Dept., 1958-1970.
- Location:
Wilson quarto E78 .S6 S6
- United States.
National Archives and Records Service. Cartographic Records of
the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Compiled by Laura E. Kelsay. Washington:
National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration,
1977.
- Location:
Law Library US Documents GS4.7: 13/3
- United States.
National Archives and Records Service. American Indians: A Select
Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications. Washington,
D.C.: National Archives Trust Fund Board, General Services Administration,
1984.
- Location:
Wilson Reference quarto E93 .U5x 1984
Miscellaneous
- Atlas of Great
Lakes Indian History. Edited by Helen Hornbeck Tanner. 1st ed.
Norman, Okla.: Published for the Newberry Library by the University
of Oklahoma Press, c1987.
- Location:
Wilson Reference folio E78 .G7 A87 1987
- Danky, James
Philip. Native American Periodicals and Newspapers, 1828-1982:
Bibliography, Publishing Record, and Holdings. Westport, Conn.:
Greenwood Press, 1984.
- Location:
Wilson Reference E77 .D32x 1984
- Ebbott, Elizabeth.
Indians in Minnesota. 4th ed. Judith Rosenblatt, ed. Minneapolis:
University of Minnesota Press, 1985.
- Location:
Wilson Reference E78 .M7 I53 1985
- Gaines, W. Craig.
The Confederate Cherokees: John Drew's Regiment of Mounted Rifles.
Baton Louisiana State University Press, c1989.
- Location:
Wilson E99 .C5 G16 1989
- Hauptman, Laurence
M. The Iroquois in the Civil War: From Battlefield to Reservation.
1st ed. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 1993.
- Location:
Wilson E99 .I7 H335 1993
- Hodge, William
H. A Bibliography of Contemporary North American Indians: Selected
and Partially Annotated with Study Guides. New York: Interland
Pub., 1976.
- Wilson Reference
E77 .H694x 1976
- Hoxie, Frederick
E. Native Americans: An Annotated Bibliography. Pasadena, Calif.:
Salem Press, c1991.
- Location:
Wilson Reference E77 .H68x 1991
- Indian Census
Rolls, 1885-1940 <microform>. Washington, D.C.: National
Archives and Records Service, 1965.
- Location:
Available through interlibrary loan to U of M-Twin Cities faculty,
staff and students from Center for Research Libraries, Chicago.
- Klein, Barry
T., ed. Reference Encyclopedia of the American Indian. 7th
ed. West Nyack, N.Y.: Todd Publications, c1995.
- Location:
Wilson Reference quarto E76.2 .R43x 1995
- Littlefield,
Daniel F. Africans and Creeks: From the Colonial Period to the
Civil War. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1979.
- Location:
Wilson 301.82 L73af
- Littlefield,
Daniel F. The Cherokee Freedmen: From Emancipation to American
Citizenship. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1978.
- Location:
Wilson 301.82 L73
- Marken, Jack
Walter. Bibliography of the Sioux. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow
Press, 1980.
- Location:
Wilson Reference E99.D1 M3x 1980
- Markowitz, Harvey,
ed. American Indian Biographies. Pasadena, Calif.: Salem Press,
Inc., 1999.
- Location:
Wilson Reference E89 .A46 1999
- McKenney, Thomas
Loraine. The Indian Tribes of North America with Biographical Sketches
and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs. <microform> New ed.
Vol. II. By Thomas L. McKenney and James Hall. Edited by Frederick
Webb Hodge and David I. Bushnell, Jr. Edinburgh: John Grant, 1934.
- Location:
Wilson Reference Mfiche 45
- Porter, Frank
W. In Pursuit of the Past: An Anthropological and Bibliographic
Guide to Maryland and Delaware. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press,
1986.
- Location:
Wilson Reference E78.M3 P57x 1986
- Smithsonian Institution.
Indian Lands, 1992. Compiled by the Handbook of North American
Indians (Smithsonian Institution) in cooperation with the Bureau of
Indian Affairs. Washington, D.C.: The Bureau, 1993.
- Location:
Wilson Gov Pub I 20.47:38077-H 1-UG-05M-19/992
- Stewart, Omer
Call. Indians of the Great Basin: A Critical Bibliography.
Bloomington: Published for the Newberry Library by Indiana University
Press, c1982.
- Location:
Wilson Reference E78.G67 S68x 1982
- Swanton, John
Reed. The Indian Tribes of North America. Washington, D.C.:
Smithsonian Institution Press, 1969 (1984 printing).
- Location:
Wilson Reference E77 .S94 1969
- United States.
Dept. of the Interior. Library. Biographical and Historical Index
of American Indians and Persons Involved in Indian Affairs. Boston,
G. K. Hall, 1966.
- Location:
Wilson folio E77 .U55x 1966
- Watson, Ian M.
Catawba Indian Genealogy. Geneseo: Geneseo Foundation, Dept.
of Anthroplogy, SUNY, 1995.
- Wilson quarto
E99 .C24 W3x 1995
- White, Phillip
M. American Indian Studies: A Bibliographic Guide. Englewood,
Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1995.
- Wilson Reference
E77 .W54x 1995
- Wilson, Terry
P. Bibliography of the Osage. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press,
1985.
- Location:
Wilson Reference E99.O8 W54 1985
- Wright, Muriel
H. A Guide to the Indian Tribes of Oklahoma. Norman, University
of Oklahoma Press <1951>.
- Location:
Wilson 301.82 W934
Searching
MNCAT
You can use MNCAT,
the University Libraries' computerized catalog, to search for specific
subjects. The following are some examples of useful subject terms for
individuals doing Native American research; other examples are found
in the Library of Congress Subject Headings books located in Wilson
Reference.
- [tribe name]
- [tribe name]--history
- [tribe name]--history--sources
- [tribe name]--history--manuscripts
- [tribe name]--bibliography
- [tribe name]--wars
[date]
- For example:
cherokee indians--history--sources.
Examples of other tribe names include, but are not limited
to: cheyenne river sioux tribe, cherokee indians, choctow indians,
comanche indians, crow indians, dakota indians, five civilized tribes,
iowa indians, iroquis indians, kiowa indians, navajo indians, oglala
indians, osage indians, seminole indians
- indian reservations--[state,
provence, country]
- For example:indian
reservations--canada or indian reservations--united states
indian reservations--minnesota
indian reservations--manitoba
- indians--bibliography
- indians--manuscripts
- indians of north
america
- indians of north
america--[region]
- For example:
indians of north america--great plains
Examples of other regions include, but are not limited to:
great basin; great lakes region; northwest, pacific; southern states;
southwest
- indians of north
america--[region]--archival resources
- indians of north
america--[region]--library resources
- indians of north
america--[state]
- For example:
indians of north america--minnesota
- indians of north
america--archives
- indians of north
america--bibliography
- indians of north
america--biography
- indians of north
america--census
- indians of north
america--genealogy
- indians of north
america--government relations
- indians of north
america--mixed descent
- indians of north
america--periodicals
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