American Indian Resources: Home
This is an introductory guide to resources for Native American Studies. Some, but not all, of these are available through the Edmon Low Library, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater.
Welcome
This LibGuide is intended to help you find resources on American Indians--their history, culture, languages, and their contemporary contributions to our society.
The Native people we came to know as "Indians" lived here long before Europeans came to the Western Hemisphere. Their languages, customs, their social relations, religious beliefs, art, music, and foods have enriched the world's societies. Yet indigenous people are often overlooked in the U.S. and other countries, and are constantly forced to confront stereotypes and misinterpretations about themselves. A goal of this guide is to reaffirm Native achievements and celebrate their resilience and creativity.
Native American primary source databases
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American Indian NewspapersFrom historic pressings to contemporary periodicals, explore nearly 200 years of Indigenous print journalism from the US and Canada. With newspapers representing a huge variety in publisher, audience and era, discover how events were reported by and for Indigenous communities.
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Indigenous Peoples: North AmericaManuscripts, newspapers, maps, photographs, videos and much more material pertaining to the impact of invasion and colonization on Indigenous Peoples in North America, and the intersection of Indigenous and European histories and systems of knowledge.
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Chilocco History ProjectThe Chilocco Indian Agricultural School, located in north central Oklahoma, operated from 1884 -1980 as one of a handful of federal off-reservation Indian boarding schools in the United States. This archive contains oral history interviews conducted with alumni, digitized images from the alumni archives, K-12 curriculum, and two documentaries.
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Oklahoma Native Artists ProjectExperience and explore the creations of Oklahoma Native artists in a broad but practical context
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Tribal Treaties databaseThis database includes agreements between tribal nations and the United States (1778-1886) published in the 1904 work “Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties” (Volume II), compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler.
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American Indian Movement and Native American RadicalismFormed in 1968, the American Indian Movement (AIM) expanded from its roots in Minnesota and broadened its political agenda to include a searching analysis of the nature of social injustice in America. These FBI files provide detailed information on the evolution of AIM as an organization of social protest and the development of Native American radicalism.
