Materials
In Reference Collection
The library’s reference collection contains
materials that are quite useful to students
studying Native American Indian history. These
reference items include:
American Indians. (Ref E 76.2 A45 1995)
A multi-volume set with essays on all aspects of American
Indian life. Essays cover people, tribes, organizations,
historical events, cultural traditions and contemporary
issues. Each essay concludes with a short bibliography.
Includes maps, illustrations and photographs.
Volume 3 has a subject index, list of educational institutions,
list of festivals, list of museums and libraries, list
of organizations and societies, current population figures
for reservations, list of Canadian reserves and bands,
a timeline of American Indian history, list of tribes
by culture area, glossary, list of films, and an additional
bibliography.
American National Biography. (Ref CT 213 A68
1999)
A multi-volume set providing biographical entries on
persons significant in American history. Includes many
persons not covered by older biographical sets, specifically
Indians, women and non-Caucasian men.
Encyclopedia of Native American Religions.
(Ref E 98 R3 H73 1992)
An encyclopedia with short entries arranged alphabetically.
A bibliography of additional reading is included in
the back.
Great Events From History: North American Series.
(Ref. E 45 G74 1997)
A multi-volume set with covers North American history
to 1996. Arranged by date and includes events and people.
Each entry gives a summary of the event, date, locale,
category and a bibliography. Includes maps, illustrations
and photographs. Volume 4 has a subject index, keyword
index, personage index and a timeline.
Handbook of North American Indians. (Ref. E
77 H25)
This multi-volume set provides essays on all aspects
of the lives of North American Indians. Not all volumes
of the set have been published. This is one of the best
sources of information on North American Indians. Includes
maps, illustrations and photographs. Each volume of
the set has a detailed index and bibliography.
Indian Reservations of the United States.
(Ref E93 F7313 1999)
A handbook on the tribal territories and reservations
of North American Indians.
Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents: Travels and
Explorations of the Jesuit Missionaries in New France.
(Ref. F 1030.7 C96)
A 73-volume set of primary historical documents. This
set describes the Jesuit missionaries work with North
American Indians in New France from approximately 1610
to 1791.
The set is made up of reproductions of the original
documents, presented in French, Italian and Latin, with
English translations and notes. These documents include
letters, permits and reports about the progress of the
missions, as well as portraits, maps and facsimiles
of some documents.
There is a general introduction to the entire set in
volume 1. Each subsequent volume has it's own introduction
which gives a synopsis of the entries in that volume.
The final two volumes of the set, v. 72 and v. 73, are
an index to the entire set.
Because this is an old set we ask that you are careful
when using it. If you find pages which are still bound
together, we ask that you bring the book to the Reference
desk and have the librarian assist you with separating
the pages.
Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures
(REF F1218.6 O95 2001)
An encyclopedia of the civilizations of Mexico and Central
America.
Portrait Index of North American Indians in Published
Collections.
(Ref E89 F725 1991)
An index to collections of portraits, illustrations
and photographs of North American Indians.
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