Indigenous Resources
In support of Truth and Reconciliation, we have provided a selection of databases with Indigenous Studies resources.
- Indigenous Peoples North America
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"Indigenous Peoples: North America provides users with a robust, diverse, informative source that will enhance research and increase understanding of the historical experiences, cultural traditions and innovations, and political status of Indigenous Peoples in the United States and Canada. Researchers will explore the impact of invasion and colonization on Indigenous Peoples in North America, and the intersection of Indigenous and European histories and systems of knowledge through the use of manuscripts, monographs, newspapers, photographs, motion pictures, images of artwork, and more." - Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures and the Environment
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Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures, and the Environment documents the relationships among peoples in North America from 1534 to 1850. It includes perspectives of explorers, Indigenous peoples, missionaries, officials, slaves, soldiers, and traders.The collection focuses on personal accounts through a range of published and unpublished accounts, including narratives, diaries, journals, letters, prints, drawings, paintings, maps, bibliographies,and photographs.
The collection is centered on present-day Canada and the United States with some limited coverage of Mexico.
- Ethnographic Video Online, Vol. III: Indigenous Voices
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The role of the traditional ethnographer is changing as the perspectives and epistemologies of indigenous peoples have taken on central significance in the discipline, challenging earlier representations and implicit “us versus them” constructs. In order to create a platform for indigenous voices to address issues from indigenous perspectives, we have dedicated the third volume of the ethnographic film series to indigenous filmmakers. - Frontier Life: Borderlands, Settlement and Colonial Encounters
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Primary source documents from the 17th century to the to the early 20th century, covering the regions and colonial frontiers of North America, Africa, Australia and New Zealand. - North American Indian Thought and Culture
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Includes more than 100,000 pages of personal stories, dating from 17th century to present day, and including all regions of North America, with nearly 500 nations represented in all. Includes biographies, auto-biographies, personal narratives, speeches, diaries, letters, and oral histories. - Sabin Americana 1500-1926
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"Based on Joseph Sabin's landmark bibliography (Bibliotheca Americana : a dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time), this collection contains works about the Americas published throughout the world from 1500 to the early 1900's. Included are books, pamphlets, serials and other documents that provide original accounts of exploration, trade, colonialism, slavery and abolition, the western movement, Native Americans, military actions and much more. With over 6 million pages from 29,000 works, this collection is a cornerstone in the study of the western hemisphere."
