Sources on North American Indians

E77 General works
E78 By state, province or region, A-Z
E98 By subject, A-Z
E99 By Tribe, A-Z

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Education - California
United States - Civilization - Indian influences

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Guides to the Literature of North American Indians

• Calloway, Colin G. New Directions in American Indian History (ref E 76.8 N48 1988)
• Haas, Marilyn. Indians of North America: Methods and Sources for Library Research. 1983 (ref E 77 H117)
• Hirschfelder, Arlene. Guide to Research on North American Indians. 1983 (ref E 77 H574)
• White, Phillip. American Indian Studies: A Bibliographic Guide (ref E 77 W52 1995)
• Pavel, D. Michael. The American Indian and Alaska Native Student’s Guide to College Success (ref LB 2343.32 P38 2007)

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

• Hoxie, Frederick E. Encyclopedia of North American Indians (ref E 76.2 E53 1996)
• Heard. Handbook of the American Frontier: Four Centuries of Indian-White Relationships, v.5: Chronology, etc. (ref E 76.2 H43 1987)
• Davis, Mary. Native America in the Twentieth Century: An Encyclopedia (ref E 76.2 N36 1994)
• Klein, Barry. Reference Encyclopedia of the American Indian (ref E 76.2 R4 2006)
• Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes (ref E 77 G15 1998)
• Hirschfelder, Arlene. The Native American Almanac: A Portrait of Native America Today (ref E 77 H59 1993)
• Champagne, Duane. The Native North American Almanac (ref E 77 N362 1994)
• Moerman, Daniel E. Native American Ethnobotany (ref E98 B7 M66 1998 and online)
• Gill, Sam. Dictionary of Native American Mythology (ref E 98 R3 G46 1992)
• Hirschfelder, Arlene. Encyclopedia of Native American Religions (ref E 98 R3 H73 2000)
• Johansen, Bruce E. Praeger Handbook on Contemporary Issues in Native America (ref E 98 S67 J65 2007)
• Johansen, Bruce E. Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Issues: An Encyclopedia (ref GF 50 J65 2003)
• Fixico, Donald L. Treaties with American Indians: An Encyclopedia of Rights, Conflicts, and Sovereignty (ref KF 8203.6 T74 2008)
• American Indian Law Deskbook (ref KF 8205 A76 2004, suppl 2006)
• Lester, Patrick D. Biographical Directory of Native American Painters (ref N 6536 L47 1995)
• Wiget, Andrew Dictionary of Native American Literature (ref PM 155 D53 1994)
• Witalic, Janet Native North American Literature (ref PM 155 N385 1994)
• Langer, Howard J. American Indian Quotations (ref PN 6081.4 A43 1996)
• Whitson, Kathy J. Native American Literatures: an encyclopedia of works, characters, authors, and themes (ref PS 153 I52 W47 1999)

Some Key Works on American Indians

• In the Reference Collection
• Harrington, John Peabody Papers (ref E 58 H37 1981 vols.1,2,3,9 and microfilm MF2411, vol.2 only) See also J.P. Harrington Database Project
• Handbook of North American Indians. 1978- (ref E 76.2 H36)
• Valory. Guide to Ethnological Documents of the Department and Museum of Anthropology, UC Berkeley (ref E 77 C35 and microfilm MF2641)
• Heizer. Catalogue of the C. Hart Merriam Collection of Data Concerning California Indian Tribes and Other American Indians (ref E 77 H45 and microfilm MF2639 and MF2640). The Guides are also available online (http://findaid.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf8c6006rv and http://findaid.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf9f59p6w7).
• Bancroft Library A.L Kroeber Papers, 1869-1972 (ref E 77 C35 K7 1997 and microfilm MF2635). The Guide is also available online.
• Schoolcraft, H. R. History, Condition and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the U.S. 1851-1857 (ref E 77 S383 1969)
• Swanton, John R. Indian Tribes of North America. 1952 (ref E 77 S94 1974). The California section is also online.
• Cook, Sherburne. The Population of the California Indians (ref E 78 C15 C698 1976)
• Johnston-Dodds, Kimberly. Early California Laws and Policies Related to California Indians (ref E 78 C15 J64 2002 and online)
• Kroeber, Alfred. Handbook of the Indians of California. 1925 (ref E 78 C15 K78 1976) This is online at the Claremont Colleges Digital Library.
• Grinde, Donald A., Jr. Native Americans (ref E 93 N32 2002)
• Washburn, Wilcomb. The American Indian and the United States: A Documentary History (ref E 93 W27)
• Indian Law Reporter. 1976- (ref KF 8201 A3 I5)
• Indian Tribal Codes (ref KF 8203 I53 1980 and ref KF 8203 I53; ref microfiche MC 1731 and ref microfiche MC 1731; some also online)
• In the Book or Documents Collections
• Curtis, Edward S. The North American Indian c 1907. 1970 (E 77 C97 1970 and online)
• Sebeok, Thomas. Native Languages of the Americas. 1977 (PM 108 N3)
• Kappler's Indian Affairs, Laws and Treaties (Docs I 1.107 and online)
• Hodge, Frederick. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. (Docs SI 2.3 No. 30)

Bibliographies

• In the Reference Collection
• Bibliography of Native North Americans on disc (ref E77 B53) This cd-rom index is a cumulation and expansion of Murdock's Ethnographic Bibliography of North America
• Hoxie, Frederick E. Native Americans: An Annotated Bibliography (ref E 77 H68 1991)
• Berman, Joan. Ethnography and Folklore of the Indians of Northwestern California: A Literature Review and Annotated Bibliography (ref E 78 C15 B47)
• Finding Guide for the California Indian Library Collections (ref E 78 C15 C2 1993 vol.1-8). The Bibliographies of Northern and Central California Indians are available online where the Preface chronicles the history of CILC.
• Prucha, Francis Paul. A Bibliographical Guide to the History of Indian-White Relations in the United States (ref E 93 P9653)
• Clements, William M. Native American Folklore, 1879-1979: An Annotated Bibliography (ref E 98 F6 C584)
• Keeling, Richard North American Indian Music: A Guide to Published Sources and Selected Recordings (ref ML 128 F75 K44 1997)
• Beam, Joan The Native American in Long Fiction (ref PS 374 I49 B43 1996 and 2003)
• In the Book Collection
  • Dockstader, Frederick J. The American Indian in Graduate Studies: A Bibliography of Theses and Dissertations (E 58 D62 1973; current edition is online)
  • Webster, Kelly. Library Services to Indigenous Populations: Viewpoints & Resources (E97.8 L52 2005)
  • Lee, Dorothy Sara Native American Music and Oral Data: A Catalog of Sound Recordings, 1893-1976 (ML 156.2 I55)
  • Bibliography of Language Arts Materials for Native Americans: Bilingual, English as a Second Language Materials 1965-1974 (P 115 B5)
  • Bright, William. Bibliography of the Languages of Native California (PM 501 C2 B75)
  • Kelso, Dianne. Bibliography of North American Indian Mental Health (RC 451.5 I5 K44)

Periodicals (all of these are located in the Periodicals section on the second floor; links are to publisher web sites; use Journal and Newspaper Finder to access online full text)

• Akwesasne Notes (MF 1218) v.1, 1969-1997
• American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research (RC 451.5 I5 W43) v.1, 1987-v.8, no.3, 1999, then online.
• American Indian Art Magazine (E 98 A7 A43) v.1, 1975-to date
• American Indian Culture and Research Journal (E 98 C9 A45) v.1, 1974-to date. Cumulative index, v.1-26, 1974-2002, in v.26:4
• American Indian Journal (E 75 A645) v.1-9, 1975-1987. Cumulative index, v.1-6, in v.6
• American Indian Law Review (E 75 A65) v.1, 1973-to date
• American Indian Quarterly (E 75 A547) v.1, 1974-to date
• European Review of Native American Studies (E 75 E97) v.6, 1992-to date
• Indian Historian (E 77 I5) v.1-4, 1964-1967; n.s. v.1-12, 1967-1979. Merged with Wassaja v.13, 1980, to form Wassaja, the Indian Historian
• International Journal of American Linguistics (PM 101 I5) v.1-62 (MF 2290), v.63, 1997-to date
• Journal of American Indian Education (E 97 J63) v.1-9 (MC 1273), v.10, 1970-to date. Cumulative index, v.1-20, 1961-1980
• Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology (E 75 J63) v.1, 1979-to date
• News From Native California (E 78 C15 N48) v.1, 1987-to date
• Studies in American Indian Literatures (PM 151 S8) ser.2, v.1, 1989-to date
• Sun Tracks: An American Indian Literary Magazine (PS 501 S85) v.1-6, 1971-1980. (Later volumes cataloged separately)
• Tribal College (E 97.55 775) v.5, 1993-to date
• Wassaja (E 77 W38) v.1-7, 1973-1979. Merged with Indian Historian to form Wassaja, the Indian Historian. Resumed in newspaper format v.9-10, 1982-1983. Ceased publication
• Wassaja, the Indian Historian (E 77 W382) v.13, no.1-4, 1980. Ceased publication
• White Cloud Journal of American Indian Mental Health (RC 451.5 I5 W47) v.1-3, 1978-1984. Continued by American Indian and Alaska Mental Health Research.

Periodicals (look closely; these are located elsewhere!)

• Common Ground: Archaeology and Ethnography in the Public Interest (Docs I 29.59/5-2)
• Indian Country Today (only online)
• Native Americas (only online, 1994-to date on Ethnic Newswatch)
• Wicazo Sa (only online, v.15, 2000-to date on Project Muse)

Series and Serials

• American Ethnological Society, Monographs (E 51 A556)
• Annual Reports, Commissioner of Indian Affairs (Docs Serial Set; Index is online; some in Docs I20.5 (1871, 1921-1932); some are online at Native American Documents Project)
• Anthropological Records (E 51 A58) Access full text via AnthroHub.
• University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology (E 51 C15) Some of these are also online at Southern Oregon Digital Archive. Access full text via AnthroHub.
• Reports of the University of California Archaeology Survey (F 863 C255) Access full text via AnthroHub.
• Contributions of the University of California Archaeological Research Facility (E 51 C2) Access full text via AnthroHub.
• Kroeber Anthropological Society Papers (GN 2 K76) Access full text via AnthroHub.
• American Anthropological Association Memoirs (GN 2 A22)
• U.S. Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin (Docs SI 2.3; Index to authors and titles is #200, 1914, also online)
• U.S. Bureau of American Ethnology Annual Report (Docs SI 2.1; Index to volumes 1- 48 is 48th Annual Report, 1930-31)