Native American Studies

American Indian Correspondence, a collection of almost 14,000 letters written by those who served as Presbyterian missionaries to the American Indians during the years from 1833 to 1893. Their letters describe native peoples and cultures, tribal factionalism, relations with the U.S. government and the many problems and achievements of their work.

Formed 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.

is an integrated research environment that allows users to search across all Gale primary source databases.

Indigenous Peoples: North America provides primary source materials including manuscripts, monographs, newspapers, photographs, motion pictures, images of artwork, and more related to Indigenous Peoples in the United States and Canada.

Includes digital facsimile images of articles and full pages for hundreds of 19th century U.S. newspapers For each issue, the newspaper is captured from cover-to-cover, providing access to every article, advertisement and illustration.

Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is a database dedicated to the research of international affairs. Many different document types, including journals, books, working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, and policy briefs. CIAO is also a good place to find primary sources, like case studies. The database is updated on a monthly basis, and has holdings from 1991 to the present.

This collaborative project seeks to create a database with thematic coherence that engages online researchers in thinking more deeply about the significance of the rich primary resources available in museums, libraries, and historical societies.

New York Times from 1851-2008 with index from 1851-1993.

NWDA provides access to descriptions of primary sources in the Northwestern United States, including correspondence, diaries, or photographs. Digital reproductions of primary sources are available in some cases.

Comprised of over 71,000 images from the microfilm collections Travels in the West and Southwest and the Plains & Rockies, this digital collection provides a unique window on Western History. Selections are based on the bibliographies, The Plains and Rockies: A Critical Bibliography of Exploration, Adventure, and Travel in the American West, 1800-1865, and The Trail West: A Bibliography-Index to Western American Trails, 1841-1869.

Containing nearly 11 million pages of records and briefs brought before the U.S. Supreme Court in the period 1832-1978, this product provides an essential primary source tool for the study of all aspects of American history as well as the U.S. judicial system.

Rare primary sources chronicle the unique, often controversial, relationship between the U.S. government and the Native American nations.