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Native Americans

Core Online Resources

Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior
Documents of American Indian diplomacy: Treaties, Agreements, and Conventions, 1775-1979, compiled by Vine Deloria, Jr., and Raymond J. DeMallie (eBook; UW Restricted)
See also the print version
Federally Recognized Tribes of Washington State
Indian Affairs, Laws and Treaties, Oklahoma State University, Charles J. Kappler
[Map of] Indian Reservations in the Continental United States, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior

Additional Online Resources
Annual Reports, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Prelinger Library
Enter "indian affairs" in search box to find list of annual reports available; Prelinger Library has scanned an incomplete run of the Annual Reports which are available for free download as searchable PDFs and as .txt files
Indian Entities Recognized and Eligible to Receive Services From the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, Federal Register (PDF)
March 22, 2007
Indian Issues: Improvements Needed in Tribal Recognition Process; Report to Congressional Requesters
This GAO report contains an appendix which shows, in Table 3, how tribes have become federally recognized since 1960--"Forty-seven tribes have been individually recognized since 1960"

Print and CD Rom Resources
American Indian Reservations and Trust Areas (print only)
For constitutions and by-laws or corporate charters for Native American tribes, check the Government Publications stacks (location gvsus), SuDoc number I 20.9/2
Handbook of North American Indians, Smithsonian Institution (print only)
Indian Land Cessions in the United States (print only)
1896/97--this is a chronological list of all treaties, executive orders, etc., dealing with Native American lands--includes maps outlining the areas affected by each treaty, executive order, etc.
Washington State Gaming Compacts (CD Rom only)

Further General Resources
American Indians of the Pacific Northwest Collection
Indigenous Issues, United Nations Permanent Forum
Indigenous Peoples, World Bank
Native American History

Last modified: Wednesday November 18 2009