Library Guides: Native American History and Culture: History

Books

The Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes by Sharon Malinowski (Editor)
ISBN: 9780787610852
Publication Date: 1998-03-05
Providing essays on the history, culture and current status of approximately 400 Native American groups, this work is divided into four geographic volumes. An overview essay introduces each of the ten regions covered, giving a geographic perspective on the tribes covered, as well as insights on cultural and tribal communalities. Individual tribal entries follow alphabetically. Also featured are biographical profiles of prominent tribal leaders.
A History of the New Hampshire Abenaki by Bruce D. Heald; Rejean Obomsawin (Contribution by); Donald Stevens (Contribution by)
ISBN: 9781626194229
Publication Date: 2014-02-25
The native tribes collectively known as the Abenaki once thrived along the Granite State's great rivers. Comprised of the Penacook, Winnipesaukee, Pigwacket, Sokoki, Cowasuck, and Ossipee tribes, influences of these "men of the east" abound even today, from the boiling of sap for maple syrup to the game of lacrosse, and even traditional corn-and-bean succotash. Historian Bruce Heald has mined, curated, and saved the real story of this land's first people. Learn unwritten laws of hospitality, respect for the aged, honesty, independence and courtesy evident among the Abenaki. Discover celebrations and innovations in the good times, and later, epidemics caused by European diseases, hostilities, and a culture's enduring legacy.
Atlas of the North American Indian by Carl Waldman; Molly Braun (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780871968500
Publication Date: 1985-10-01
Text, maps, and illustrations focus primarily on the history, prehistory and culture of the Indians of North America.

Videos

Explore the fascinating history of the Native American people. Follow their history from migration to the Americas, to the development of civilizations throughout the American continent.

Richard Arsenault, & TMW, M. G. (Producers), & Arsenault, R. (Director). (1997). Native-American History. [Video/DVD] TMW Media Group. Retrieved from https://video.alexanderstreet.com/watch/native-american-history

Web Resources

Native Languages of the Americas

We are a small non-profit organization dedicated to the survival of Native American languages, particularly through the use of Internet technology. Our website is not beautiful. Probably, it never will be. But this site has inner beauty, for it is, or will be, a compendium of online materials about more than 800 indigenous languages of the Western Hemisphere and the people that speak them.

Encyclopedia of the Great Plains

Our objective in producing this encyclopedia is to give definition to a region that has traditionally been poorly defined. To achieve this goal, we have strived to be as inclusive as possible: inclusive in topics, from the physical environment to the humanities; inclusive geographically, from Texas to Alberta and from the Rocky Mountains to the Missouri River; inclusive temporally, from Paleo-Indians to the 2000 census; and inclusive ethnically, racially, and by gender.