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NATIVE AMERICANS
Selected Library Resources
 


General Sources | Art | Health | Law | Literature | Music | Social Conditions
Sports, Games, Festivals | Women


This guide provides a selected list of books and Internet resources on a variety of Native American subjects available in the CMU Library. For more information and/or reference assistance, ask at the Reference Desk on the second floor of the Park Library, or phone 774-3470. 

General Sources

Books

Hirschfelder, Arlene B. The Native American Almanac: A Portrait of Native America Today. New York: Prentice Hall, 1993.
REF E77 .H59 1993

Johansen, Bruce E. The Encyclopedia of Native American Biography: Six Hundred Life Stories of Important People from Powhatan to Wilma Mankiller. New York: Henry Holt, 1997.
REF E89 .J69 1997

World Wide Web Sites

Index of Native American Resources on the Internet
Extensive links to resources on Native Americans with emphasis upon Native American art.
http://hanksville.org/NAresources

Native American Resources
Links to locally hosted urls, tribal home pages, Native American organizations, education and colleges, government resources, and art and culture.
http://www.cowboy.net:80/native/index.html

Native Links Sources
Annotated list of Native American links available on the Web.
http://indy4.fdl.cc.mn.us/~isk/linkpage.html

Native Search
"Native American owned search engine, dedicated to cataloging the finest American Indian web sites and resources."
http://nativesearch.com

Code Talk
"Code Talk is a federal inter-agency Native American Web site designed specifically to deliver electronic information from government agencies and other organizations to Native American communities."
http://www.hud.gov/offices/pih/ih/codetalk/index.cfm

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Art

Books

Brody, J. J. Pueblo Indian Painting: Tradition and Modernism in New Mexico, 1900-1930. Santa Fe: School of American Research Press, 1997.
Oversize E99 .P9 B744 1997

MacDonald, George F. Haida Art. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1996.
Oversize E99 .H2 M3 1996

Ostler, James. Zuni: A Village of Silversmiths. Zuni A. Shiwi Pub., 1996.
E99 .Z9 O88 1996t

Plains Indian Drawings, 1865-1935: Pages from a Visual History. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996.
Oversize E78 .G73 P525 1996

A Song to the Creator: Traditional Arts of Native American Women of the Plateau. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1996.
Oversize E78 .N78 S65 1996

World Wide Web Sites

Contemporary Hopi Arts and Crafts
Part of the Hop Cultural Preservation Office Home Page.
http://www.nau.edu/~hcpo-p/arts/index.html

Hollister Collection of Southwestern Native American Pottery
Photographs of the 94 pot collection dating from 1875-1966 housed at the University Gallery, University of Massachusetts.
http://www.umass.edu/arthist/pots/main.html

Powersource Native American Art & Education Center
"A collection of Native American artistic symbols portraying powerful people, powerful places and powerful objects."
http://www.powersource.com/gallery/default.html

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Health

Books

Gray, Sharon A. Health of Native People of North America: A Bibliography and Guide to Resources. Lanham: Scarecrow Press, 1996.
RA448.5 .I5 G73 1996t

Lyon, William S. Encyclopedia of Native American Healing. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1996.
E98 .M4 L96 1996

Young, T. Kue. The Health of Native Americans: Toward a Biocultural Epidemiology. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.
RA408 .I49 Y68 1994

World Wide Web Sites

U. S. Department of Health and Human Services: Indian Health Service
Home page of the Indian Health Service which is responsible for providing federal health services to Native Americans.
http://www.ihs.gov/

National Native American AIDS Prevention Center
Information on prevention, media, care and treatment, research as well as links to other Native American resources on the World Wide Web.
http://www.nnaapc.org

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Law

Books

Code of Federal Regulations. Title 25, Indians. Rev. April 1, 1997. Washington: U.S. General Services Administration, National Archives and Records Service, Office of the Federal Register, 1997.
LAW KF70 .A3 Title 25

Grossman, Mark. The ABC-CLIO Companion to the Native American Rights Movement. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1996.
REF KF8203 .G76 1996

Handbook of North American Indians. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1978- .
REF E77 .H25

Kappler's Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties. Washington: U.S. Department of the Interior, 1979- .
DOC I 1.107:v.1-

World Wide Web Sites

U.S. Department of Justice: Office of Tribal Justice
This site provides departmental components that work on Indian issues, and provide a permanent channel of communication for Indian tribal governments with the Department of Justice.
http://www.usdoj.gov/otj/

Native American Law
Links to government resources, associations and organizations, gateways, law and policy, and journals, newsletters and current awareness.
http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/find/resource_display_subject.cfm?topic_id=248

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Literature

Home Places: Contemporary Native American Writing from Sun Tracks. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1995.
PS508 .S85 v.31

Native American Women Writers. Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 1998.
PS153 .I52 N38 1998

Native American Writers of the United States. Detroit: Gale Research, 1997.
REF PS21 .D5 v.175

Voices of Multicultural America: Notable Speeches Delivered by African, Asian, Hispanic, and Native Americans, 1790-1995. New York: Gale Research, 1996.
REF PS663 .M55 V64 1996

World Wide Web Sites

Native American Authors
Information "on Native North American authors with bibliographies of their published works, biographical information, and links to online resources including interviews, online texts and tribal websites."
http://www.ipl.org/div/natam/

Storytellers: Native American Authors Online
The purpose of this Web page is "to make the writing of modern Native American authors, particularly the poets, both more visible and more widely available."
http://hanksville.org/storytellers

Native American Women Playwrights Archive
Miami University collection of original materials by Native women playwrights. Includes a directory of playwrights and bibliographies of Native American women's theater.
http://www.lib.muohio.edu/nawpa/

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Music

Books

North American Indian Music: A Guide to Published Sources and Selected Recordings. New York: Garland, 1997.
ML128 .F75 K44 1997

Vander, Judith. Shoshone Ghost Dance Religion: Poetry Songs and Great Basin Context. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1997.
ML3557 .V34 1997

World Wide Web Site

Native American Music Resources on the Internet.
Includes links to general resources, individual artists and bands, music sources, organizations, reviews and articles, and instruments.
http://www.hanksville.phast.umass.edu/misc/NAmusic.html

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Social Conditions

Bachman, Ronet. Death and Violence on the Reservation: Homicide, Family Violence, and Suicide in American Indian Populations. New York: Auburn House, 1992.
Clarke E98 .C87 B33 1992

Encyclopedia of American Indian Civil Rights. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1997.
REF KF8210 .C5 E53 1997

Huff, Delores J. To Live Heroically: Institutional Racism and American Indian Education. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1997.
E97 .H78 1997

Strong Hearts: Native American Visions and Voices. New York: Aperture, 1995.
Oversize TR654 .S7 1995t

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Sports, Games, Festivals

Books

Ethnicity and Sport in North American History and Culture. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1994.
GV709.5 .E84 1994

Fletcher, Alice C. Indian Games and Dances with Native Songs: Arranged from American Indian Ceremonials and Sports. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1994.
E98 .G2 F6 1994

Kavasch, E. Barrie. Enduring Harvests: Native American Foods and Festivals for Every Season. Old Saybrook: Globe Pequot Press, 1995.
TX715 .K205 1995

Oxendine, Joseph B. American Indian Sports Heritage. Champaign: Human Kinetics Books, 1988.
E98 .G2 O94 1988

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Women

Books

Bataille, Gretchen M. Native American Women: A Biographical Dictionary. New York: Garland, 1993.
REF E98 .W8 B38 1993

Boyer, Ruth McDonald. Apache Mothers and Daughters: Four Generations of a Family. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992.
E99 .A6 B85 1992

Negotiators of Change: Historical Perspectives on Native American Women. New York: Routledge, 1995.
E98 .W8 N44 1995

World Wide Web Site

Recommended Books About Native American Women
Lengthy list which appears in the Smithsonian: Native American History and Culture Web site.
http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmai/women.htm

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