LibGuides: Native American and Indigenous Studies: Primary Resources & Gov. Info

Primary Resources

Native American publication Collection
Digitized newsletters, event posters, flyers and other printed materials from Michigan's indigenous tribes and community organizations. Significant materials include Turtle Talk, Indian Talk, Council Drum News, and numerous powwow flyers.
Newberry Library's American Indian and Indigenous Studies Collection
*Local Resource*
The Newberry's Edward E. Ayer collection is one of the largest collections of books and manuscripts on American Indian and Indigenous Studies in the world.
Canadian Inuit Prints, Drawings, and Carvings
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Inuit printmaking as we know it today dates back to 1957 when James Houston, a young European-Canadian, helped to create a cooperative graphic arts workshop in Cape Dorset, located in the northeast Canadian Arctic and part of what is now the recently created territory of Nunavut. Cape Dorset artists are well known for stone carvings and stone-cut prints, as well as lithographs, stencil prints, and etchings.
Historical Photograph Collection
L. Tom Perry Special Collections at BYU is one of three primary repositories of the papers and photographs of author, editor and researcher Walter Mason Camp. Camp is most known for his interviews of hundreds of Native Americans and white soldiers involved in the American Indian Wars of the late 19th century.
Native American Boarding Schools Collection
A selection of Library of Congress primary sources exploring education and assimilation of Indian peoples from the 1880-1920s. This set also includes a Teacher's Guide with historical context and teaching suggestions
Reservations, Resistance, and the Indian Reorganization Act, 1900-1940
This set includes documents, photographs, and a teaching guide.

Government Documents and Resources

Newberry Library's American Indian and Indigenous Studies Collection
*Local Resource*
The Newberry's Edward E. Ayer collection is one of the largest collections of books and manuscripts on American Indian and Indigenous Studies in the world.
Legal Division Student Handbook from the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
From the website mission: Our mission is to serve as the federal government’s leader for and provider of world-class law enforcement training. As a division of the Office of Chief Counsel, the Legal Division (LGD) is committed to delivering the highest quality legal training to both basic and advanced law enforcement personnel. In fulfilling this mandate, LGD Attorney-Advisors provide training on all areas of criminal law and procedure, including Constitutional law, authority and jurisdiction, search and seizure, use of force, self-incrimination, courtroom evidence, courtroom testimony, electronic law and evidence, criminal statutes, and civil liability.
Bureau of Indian Affairs
From the Mission of the BIA: At 200 years old, the Bureau of Indian Affairs is the oldest bureau in the Department of the Interior. Our mission is to enhance the quality of life, promote economic opportunities, and to carry out the federal responsibilities entrusted to us to protect and improve the trust assets of American Indians and Alaska Natives. We accomplish this either directly, through contracts, compact agreements.
American Indian and Alaska Native Records in the National Archives
Researchers can find information relating to American Indians and Alaska Natives from as early as 1774 through the mid-1990s at National Archives locations throughout the country.