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North American Indian Thought and Culture ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY

Access: On-Site Access Only

Description: Contains biographies, autobiographies, oral histories, reference works, manuscripts, and photographs presenting the life stories of American Indians and Canadian First Peoples. The database includes many seminal works, including the complete volumes of Edward Curtis’s The North American Indian and the McKenney-Hall History of the Indian Tribes of North America. Autobiographies by Black Hawk, Enmegahbowh, and Sun Chief are included, as well as rare books representing King Philip, Red Jacket, Sequoyah, Thayendanegea, Plenty Coups, Standing Bear, John Ross, and Geronimo. Additional materials bring coverage through to the present.

Virtually all North American regions and groups (500 nations) are represented in depth, including the Eskimos and Inuit of the Arctic; the sub-Arctic Cree; the Pacific Coastal Salish; the Ojibwa, Cheyenne, and Sioux of the Plains; the Luiseno, Pomo, and Miwok of California; the Apache, Navajo, and Hopi of the Southwest; the Creek and Cherokee of the Southeast; the Peqout, Iroquois, and Seneca of the Northeast; the Metis and Nez Perce of the Great Plateau; and peoples of other regions.

The Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress includes guides to the Edward S. Curtis Collection , as well as locating Images of Indians of North America held in the Library's collection.

Coverage: Various Dates

Subject(s)
Gender, Minority Studies & Anthropology
History, Genealogy & Archives
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Related DatabasesOn-Site Access Only
America : History and Life
Nineteenth Century Masterfile
United States Congressional Serial Set

Related Links
Indian Affairs : Laws and Treaties
North American Indian

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