LibGuides: Native American History & Culture: Resources

Native American History & Culture

Books, Articles & More

OneSearch This link opens in a new window
Search across almost all of the library databases at the same time.

Cabrillo Library Databases Search subject databases such as America: History & Life, Literature Resource Center, and U.S. Newsstream.

Library Collections

Artstor This link opens in a new window
Over 2.5 million high-resolution images
Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
Streaming films & clips on all topics

Primary Sources: Digital Collections

Digital Public Library of America -- primary sources from libraries across the U.S.
Library of Congress -- primary sources
American Indian Records -- primary sources from the National Archives
California Language Archive -- online catalog of Indigenous language materials At UC Berkeley
Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival-AICLS' mission is to foster the revival of indigenous California languages.
California Indian History Primary Sources and Information, 1846-1879-- Kimberly Johnston-Dodds created this website replete with scans of newspaper articles and government reports: it also includes links to her MA thesis and her compilation of Early California Laws and Policies Related to California Indians.
Vision Maker Media--Mission statement: Vision Maker Media empowers and engages Native People to tell stories.
News From Native California--CR has access to News through the database Ethnic NewsWatch from 1996 to the present.
Amah Mutsun Land trust The Tribal Band--“Ohlone”, are the indigenous peoples of south-San Francisco and north-Monterey Bay area. Includes news letters, research project information, and events.

Primary Sources: Museums

Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
The Museum of the American Indian
California Santa Cruz Museum-First people of California virtual exhibit: Information about indigenous people, language, including maps, and videos.
National Archives :Photographs from the Bureau of Indian Affairs
California Indian Museum and Cultural Center

Research & Statistics

U.S. Census: American Indian & Alaska Native Data--Population data and surveys from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Facts for Features: American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month: November 2021
Facts and statistics about American Indians and Alaskan Indians. Including population information and my tribal tools.
Native Americans in the Census, 1860-1890An examination of the annual census records from 1860 to 1890 shows the beginnings of the enumeration of Native Americans in the census.
An examination of the annual census records from 1860 to 1890 shows the beginnings of the enumeration of Native Americans in the census.
Native American Rights
An overview of Native American Rights including timelines, articles, and pro/com articles.
Native American Sovereignty
An overview of Native American Sovereignty including timelines, pro/com articles, and maps/graphs.
State of California Native American Heritage Commission
The California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC or Commission), created in statute in 1976 (Chapter 1332, Statutes of 1976), is a nine-member body whose members are appointed by the Governor. The NAHC identifies, catalogs, and protects Native American cultural resources -- ancient places of special religious or social significance to Native Americans and known ancient graves and cemeteries of Native Americans on private and public lands in California. Includes agendas, archeological terms, California Archeological Site, Steward Program, California Indian History
Native American Heritage Timeline 20th – 21st Century
National Institutes of Health (NIH) timeline of Native American History

California Indian Basketweavers Association
Fulltext of their newsletter is here.
Indigenous Arts of North America
Dakota completed her master's in art history, focusing on Native American art history at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota (2019).
IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts
The IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) is the country’s only museum for exhibiting, collecting, and interpreting the most progressive work of contemporary Native artists. MoCNA is dedicated solely to advancing the scholarship, discourse, and interpretation of contemporary Native art for regional, national, and international audiences—as such, it stewards over 10,000 Contemporary Indigenous artworks (created 1962 to present).
The Ohlone people of Santa Cruz County
A blog from the Country of Santa Cruz with quick overview of information about the Ohlone people who originally inhabited of Santa Cruz.