Guide to Research for Native American Studies

Databases, Periodical Indexes, and Abstracts:

Monthly Catalog of Government Publications (GovDocs Lower Level Index Area 016.328 Un3.58 1895-2004) Online post 1976 http://catalog.gpo.gov/F?RN=714935617

CIS U.S. Serial Set Index (GovDocs Lower Level Index Area J74 C66)

Cumulative Title Index to United States Public Documents 1789-1976 (GovDocs Lower Level Index Area Z1223 .Z7)

Indian Country Today Index. (Main Level Index Area 070.L322)
This index provides access to the contents of the Native American weekly newspaper Indian Country Today, formerly The Lakota Times. 1996+ is available on the SDLN Catalog . http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/

EBSCOhost http://excelsior.sdstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp?profile=ehost

ERIC.
The premier national database of educational literature from 1966 to the present. The database is divided into two parts: Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE) and Resources in Education (RIE). Many Native American educational topics are covered. FDsys (GPO Access)

LexisNexis Academic. http://excelsior.sdstate.edu/login?url=http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic
Provides online access to full-text and bibliographic information from newspapers, news and business magazines, newsletters, wire services, broadcast transcripts, and biographical sources.

LexisNexis Congressional http://excelsior.sdstate.edu/login?url=http://www.lexisnexis.com/congcomp

Marcive WebDocs http://excelsior.sdstate.edu/login?url=http://www.marcive.com/scripts/webdocs.dll

Sociological Abstracts. http://excelsior.sdstate.edu/login?url=http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=sdsu&access=sdsu073&db=socioabs-set-c

The Sociological Abstracts database indexes and provides abstracts for journal articles from sociology and related disciplines. In addition, it covers relevant association papers and PhD and Master’s theses. Older journal articles are also covered in the paper Sociological Abstracts shelved on the library’s main floor in the abstracts area (305.So15).

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Useful Reference Sources:   The following sources can be found in the Hilton M. Briggs Library collection. These sources may provide pertinent information on your topic.

American Indian Quotations. (Reference PN6081.4.A43 1996)
A compilation of approximately 800 quotes by Native Americans, translated into English and arranged chronologically.

American Indian Reservations and Trust Areas. (Reference E93.A455 1996)
Profiles each reservation in the United States, providing information on location, land status, culture and history, government, economy, infrastructure, and services.

American Indian Women: A Guide to Research. (E98.W8 B36 1991)
Contains over 1500 annotated citations to material from a range of disciplines on North American Indian women.

Annual Reports of Commissioner of Indian Affairs. (Documents U.S. Congressional Serial Set)

Annual Reports of the Bureau of Ethnology (Documents SI 2.1:yr.)

The Ghost Dance Religion and the Sioux Outbreak of 1890 (Documents SI 2.1:893/pt. 2)

Atlas of the North American Indian. (Reference E77.W195 1985)
Includes 246  historical and current maps. The appendices contain a chronology of Indian history and lists of federal and state reservations; tribes with their historical and contemporary locations; Indian bands in Canada; major Indian place names; and museums and historical and archaeological sites.

Atlas of the Sioux Wars, 2^nd ed. Documents D 110.2:SI 7/2006 http://www.cgsc.edu/carl/download/csipubs/sioux/atlas_part1.pdf

http://www.cgsc.edu/carl/download/csipubs/sioux/atlas_part2.pdf
Bibliography of the Sioux. (Z1210.D3 M37)
Published in 1980 as the first title in the Native American Bibliography Series, a series consisting of bibliographies of individual Native American tribes and of general topics concerning Native Americans.

Biographical Dictionary of Indians of the Americas. (Reference E89.B56 1991 v. 1-2)
Contains nearly 2,000 biographies and nearly 1,000 portraits of Native Americans, both historical and contemporary.

Chronology of Native North American History from Pre-Columbian Times to the Present. (Reference E77.C555 1994)
Coverage includes historical events in law, legislation, art, politics, tribal history, religion, health, education, film, theater, literature, and other fields.

Congressional Record (Microforms Lower Level X: ask for assistance in Government Documents Office)

Dictionary of Native American Mythology. (Reference E98.R3 G46 1992)
Entries on native mythology and ritual are presented in dictionary form, with an extensive bibliography and index.

Encyclopedia of American Indian Civil Rights. (Reference KF8210.C5 E53 1997)
Entries cover issues, individuals, and court cases related to Native American civil rights.

Encyclopedia of American Indian Costume. (Reference E98.C8 P37 1994)
Arranged by geographic area, each chapter surveys the general costume of the region and then describes the dress of specific tribes of that region.

Encyclopedia of Native American Biography. (Reference E89.J69 1997)
“Six hundred life stories of important people, from Powhatan to Wilma Mankiller.”

Encyclopedia of Native American Religions: An Introduction. (Reference E98.R3 H73 1992)
Provides information on native religions in North America and on Native American religious practitioners, based on published material.

Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. (Reference E77.G15 1998 v. 1-4)
“Presents historical, cultural, and current information on nearly 400 Native groups within 13 geographic regions.”

A Handbook of North American Indians. (Govt. Doc. SI 1.20/2:)
Projected as a 20-volume set, each volume contains essays on specific aspects of Indian history and culture.

Native American Directory. (Reference E76.2.N37 1996)
Includes descriptive and statistical information on tribes and tribal organizations in the United States and Canada as well as a buyers’ guide to acquiring native arts and a section on tracing Indian ancestry.

Native American Internet Guide. (Reference E76.2.C76 1998)
This directory of web sites is arranged alphabetically, ranging from “Art” to “Youth Education.”

Native American Women: A Biographical Dictionary. (Reference E98.W8 B38 1993)
The product of sixty-one contributors, this dictionary is a compilation of biographical information on influential Native American women.

Native Americans Information Directory. (Reference E77.N37 1993)
“A guide to organizations, agencies, institutions, programs, publications, services, and other resources concerned with the indigenous peoples of the United States and Canada.”

The Native North American Almanac. (Reference E77.N38 1994)
Includes essays, excerpted documents, and annotated directory information on a range of Native American topics as well as biographies of prominent Native Americans.

Native North American Biography. (Reference E89.N395 1996 v. 1-2)
Profiles 112 Native Americans from the United States and Canada and provides at the end of each entry a list of sources fur further reading or research.

Native North American Literature. (Reference PS508.I5 N38 1994)
“Biographical and critical information on native writers and orators from the United States and Canada from historical times to the present.”

Notable Native Americans. (Reference E89.N67 1995)
Includes biographical and bibliographical information on over 265 Native American men and women.

Native Tribes of North America: A Concise Encyclopedia. (Reference E76.2.J64 1994)
Provides demographic, linguistic, and cultural information on tribes grouped by geographical region.

Portrait Index of North American Indians in Published Collections. (Govt. Doc. LC 1.2:P 83/3/996)
Identifies works (all of which are in the Library of Congress collection) containing portraits of Native Americans. Arranged alphabetically by tribe and, within each tribe, alphabetically by individual, taking alternative forms of names into account.

Reference Encyclopedia of the American Indian. (Reference E76.2.K5 1995)
Provides addresses, phone numbers and other directory and descriptive information for individual tribal councils, reservations, federally recognized tribes, associations, government agencies, Native American financial institutions, schools, events, museums, etc. Also includes a bibliography of approximately 4,500 in-print books and biographical sketches of 2,500 prominent Native Americans.

Regional Directory of Native American Resources. (Reference E78.S63 R43 1994)
Compiled by SDSU’s Velva-Lu Spencer and Charles Woodard, this directory identifies Native American resource materials and resource speakers in the South Dakota region.

The Sioux and Other Native American Cultures of the Dakotas: An Annotated Bibliography. (E99.D1 H66 1993)
Identifies works on the prehistory, traditions, religion, and language of Native American cultures of North and South Dakota. Works published outside the United States are also included.

Statistical Record of Native North Americans. (Reference E98.P76 S73 1995)
“A compilation of statistical data on the indigenous population of North America.” Provides citations to original sources.

U.S. Congressional Serial Set (Compact Shelving, Lower Level. Ask for assistance in Documents Office)
Who Was Who in Native American History. (Reference E89.W35 1990)
Contains biographical information about pre-20^th-century Native Americans who lived within the area that is now the United States and Canada. Also includes entries for some non-Indians who had an impact on Native American policies or legacy.

Who’s Who Among the Sioux. (Reference E99.D1 P24 1988)
Biographical information on individuals of Siouan heritage, including leaders of modern and historical times.

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Native American Internet Resources

American Indian and Alaska Native Data and Links (AIAN) U.S. Census Bureau American Factfinder http://factfinder.census.gov/home/aian/index.html

American Indian Law http://www.law.berkeley.edu/library/dynamic/guide.php?id=49

American Indian Resources (South Dakota State Archives) http://history.sd.gov/Archives/Data/Archives/default.aspx

American Memory from the Library of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/index.html

Annual Reports of the Bureau of Ethnology (Internet Archive) http://www.archive.org/  

Arizona Native Net http://www.arizonanativenet.com/

Bureau of Indian Affairs http://www.bia.gov/

Center for Multilingual Multicultural Research: Native American

http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~cmmr/Native_American.html  

First Nations Collection http://soda.sou.edu/tribal.html

Index of Native American Resources on the Internet http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/

Index of Native American Electronic Text Resources on the Internet  http://hanksville.org/NAresources/indices/NAetext.html

Indigenous Politics http://www.indigenouspolitics.com/

Internet Archive  http://www.archive.org/

Kappler’s Indian Affairs Laws and Treaties http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/

Lakota Dakota Bibliography (Creighton University)  http://puffin.creighton.edu/lakota/biblio.html

Lakota Dakota Information Page http://puffin.creighton.edu/lakota/biblio.html

National Archives and Records Administration Native American Records http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/heritage/native-american/

National Indian Law Library http://www.narf.org/nill/index.htm   

National Museum of the American Indian (Smithsonian Institution) http://www.nmai.si.edu/

Native American Documents Project http://www2.csusm.edu/nadp/

Native American Constitution and Law Digitization Project http://thorpe.ou.edu/

NativeWeb http://www.nativeweb.org/

Oglala Lakota College http://www.olc.edu/

Sinte Gleska University http://www.sintegleska.edu/

Sisseton Wahpeton Community College http://www.swc.tc/

Storytellers: Native American Authors Online http://www.hanksville.org/storytellers/index.html

Treaty of Fort Laramie, 1851. Sept. 17, 1851. | 11 Stats., p. 749.  http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/sio0594.htm

Treaty With the Sioux—Brule, Oglala, Miniconjou, Yanktonai, Hunkpapa, Blackfeet, Cuthead, Two Kettle, Sans Arcs, and Santee—and Arapaho,1868.

Apr. 29, 1868. | 15 Stats., 635. | Ratified, Feb. 16, 1869. | Proclaimed, Feb. 24, 1869.

http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/sio0998.htm

 USA.gov Culture and Ethnic Groups http://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/History_Culture.shtml

U.S. Department of the Interior http://www.doi.gov/

Globally Irrelevant

Academia demands professionals be globally relevant and locally responsible. In recessionary times, such demands become ludicrously impossible to achieve. Global interaction, even national interaction must consist of some form of contact, preferably, face to face. Academics have long shared ideas nationally through professional and educational association conferences, provided expertise through national organizational committee membership, and collaborated with colleagues from other institutions in research.

Then came 2010-NO TRAVEL ADVISED OR SUPPORTED, DO NOT ASK UNLESS YOU PAY YOUR OWN WAY AND THERE WILL BE NO SALARY INCREASES FOR THE NEXT 2 YEARS.

Technology must be the answer unless your campus bandwidth is grossly inadequate, your tech gurus classify all your global e-mail as SPAM, wikkis are forbidden, and blogs are evil.

Relevance in an irrelevant environment-the rest of the world (outside of academia) might say “so what?”

Kurt Vonnegut merely said “So it goes”.

Title Seeking Librarian or Librarian Seeking Title?

I have many esteemed colleagues in academia whom I esteem and are esteemed and expect esteeming from titled privilege. Now titled privilege in the Middle Ages afforded the titlee amenities not afforded to untitled. Since I indeed am not untitled, but under titled, my esteem is not as high as it could be. Therefore, the title I seek is “The Grand & Glorious Leader of the Library Underworld”. (Unfortunately, there are no associated titled privilege amenities, but it sounds cool.)

Happy Spring.

Confessions of the Feral Librarian

Awhile back, an article was published in one of our esteemed library journals examining/commenting on the qualifications of librarians that earn their degrees online. The author, whose name we shall not speak, determined that Distance Educated librarians were feral beings, not having been properly socialized in the classroom with other neophyte librarian-wanna-bees. Well, this feral librarian, (UNT, Minnesota Cohort, 2003), is being s-o-c-i-a-l-i-z-e-d! 

Well, the socialization began with Librarian Bootcamp, sponsored by the Mountain Plains Library Association and Syrsi Dynax. Librarian Bootcamp, is/was actually, the MPLA Ghost Ranch Leadership Institute held in the most unbelievably mystical geographic nearAbiquiu, New Mexico. There, 32 newly-to not so newly conferred librarians met to learn, experience, live, breath, sleep, eat the finer elements of leadership. What a fabulous socialization exercise, ’twas, leading to higher plains of thought for librarianship and ultimately the biggy of all biggies………the American Library Association’s Emerging Leaders Program. This Feral Librarian is going to the big time–ALA MidWinter (Denver) and ALA Annual (Chicago).

Thanks to all my colleagues in my institution and my libraryland, my socialization has been far from lacking. (Although, my office and collection are in the basement, fondly known as the “Batty Cave”). Obviously, even the distance educated can and do make a difference in this wonderful world of libraries.

So, the next time someone calls me feral, I am going to howl…with uproarous laughter. Despite the disadvantages we distance educated librarians faced, we are a force and asset to the profession. Socialize away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Documents for Democracy

Tuesday, November 4, 2008 is election day nationwide. Documents staff have prepared a display on the library’s lower level of materials and resources available for an informed electorate. The Guide to Voting and Elections provides additional resources. Check us out!

Briggs Library Documents Display Lower Level

Did You Know …. Documents Databases Rock!

Did ya know? Do ya care? Of course you should. Yes indeed, the Information Highway can be a bit easier to navigate with government databases just a few keystrokes and clicks away. Federal government information is available not only from agency web sites, but also from a multitude of federaly sponsored databases, or search engines. Interested in medicine? Try the National Library of Medicine! Search tools include MedlinePlus, Clinical Trials, DailyMed, and PubMed. Topics covered range from basic consumer information to scholarly scientific and medical research. And oh yes, much is availble full text online. BONUS!!!!!!!!!!

If you’re interested in energy topics, try the Department of Energy’s Information Bridge. Scientific and technical information is at your fingertips. From 1991 forward, many full text documents and bibliographic citations of the Department of Energy’s research reports literature awaits your discovery.

For a number of federal databases related to the presidency, legislature, and judiciary, try GPO ACCESS! GPO Access is one stop shoping for the US Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, Core Documents of Democracy, Bills, Laws, the Catalog of Government Publications and much, much more.

For more government search engines check out http://lib.sdstate.edu/find/govdocs/Finding%20Information/feddatabase.htm.

Happy Surfing!

High School Debate ’08

The 2008-2009 High School Debate season will soon be upon us. Young arguers from across the land are or will be clamoring for the latest and greatest sources for plans and briefs. In the search for truth for the resolution, The United States Federal Government should substantially increase alternative energy incentives in the United States, consider a number of sources listed at http://lib.sdstate.edu/find/govdocs. There is  a link to a guide to research for this year’s resolution, as well as links to other really cool library stuff–well at least in my world. ARGUE ON-with proof.

Hello world!

Let’s delve together into the vast mysteries of  government documents, academic libraries, and lonely, no LIVELY Librarians here to serve you!!!!!! If you want to find out more, stay tuned or check out http://lib.sdstate.edu/find/govdocs. Hope I can figure out how to spruce this site up a bit!