Library Guides:  Ethnic Studies
American Indians

Developed by Connie Fly, Librarian

This guide will help you in your journey of discovery for information on your topic.  In addition to the Reference Books, Internet Sites and Periodicals listed below the COS Library has a large number of books that you can check out.   Please look for books by using our online catalog.

Places to Start | Art, Film, Music & Museums | Authors & Literature | Biography | Health | History | Legal Resources | Military Service | Magazines & Periodicals  | Religion | Science | Sports  | Statistics

A Good Place to Start

• Alaska Natives & American Indians:  Index to Resources

• BUBL Link:  American Indians

• Index of Native American Resources on the Web - WWW Virtual Library

• NativeWeb - Resources for Indigenous Cultures around the World

• Tribal Nations Homepages

• U.S. Bureau of Indian Affair

Art, Film, Music & Museums

• American Indians and the Natural World - Carnegie Museum of Natural History

• National Museum of the American Indian - Smithsonian Museum

• Native American Artists

Authors & Literature

• Storytellers:  Native American Authors Online

• Tales of the North American Indians -Anthologized by Stith Thompson (1929),

Biography

• Notable American Indians - From InfoPlease

Health

• American Indian Health - from the National Library of Medicine

• Diabetes in American Indians

• Native Health Databases - from the University of New Mexico - The Native Health Databases contain bibliographic information and abstracts of health-related articles, reports, surveys, and other resource documents pertaining to the health and health care of American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Canadian First Nations. The databases provide information for the benefit, use, and education of organizations and individuals with an interest in health-related issues, programs, and initiatives regarding North American indigenous peoples

• Special Populations:  American Indians - from Healthfinder

History

• American Indian History and Related Issues - California State Univ. Long Beach

• A History of American Indians in California

• Government Documents on American Indians

• Indian Gaming in California

Legal Resources

• FindLaw - Indigenous Peoples Document Library

• Native American Constitution and Law Digitization Project - Tribal constitutions and codes are the heart of self-government for over 500 federally recognized tribes, and are the lifeblood of Indian sovereignty. The University of Oklahoma Law Center Library and the National Indian Law Library work with tribes whose government documents appear on this web site; these tribal documents are either placed online with the permission of the tribes, or they are U.S. Government documents, rightfully in the public domain.

• Native American Legal Resources - Univ. Oklahoma College of Law

• U.S. Senate Committee on Indian

Science

• American Indian Science and Engineering Society

Statistics

• American Indians and Crime - from the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics

• American Indians and Crime, 1992-2002

• Facts on American Indians and Alaskan Native Populations - from the U.S. Census Bureau