Native American History

This database will ultimately include the complete text of late 19th century histories of cities and counties of the original thirteen states (with the exception of Virginia), plus Vermont and Maine.

Legislative and executive documents of Congress during the period 1789 to 1838. The collection includes documents that cover the period from 1789 and the beginning of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set in 1817. This includes an entire section on Indian Affairs.

Colonial America consists of all 1,450 volumes of the CO 5 series of Colonial Office files held at The National Archives in London, plus all extracted documents associated with them. They have been published in five modules. Module 1: Early Settlement, Expansion and Rivalries; Module 2: Towards Revolution; Module 3: The American Revolution; Module 4: Legislation and Politics in the Colonies; Module 5: Growth, Trade and Development

Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800 includes all American imprints from the 17th and 18th centuries which were identified in the American Bibliography by Charles Evans and in the Supplement to Evans’ American Bibliography by Roger Bristol.

This link directs you to all of the Primary Source Collections through Gale where you can click into individual collections. There is a collection titled, Indigenous Peoples of North America that would be of interest to this class. Indigenous Peoples of North America sources collections from Canadian and American institutions, providing insight into the cultural, political and social history of Native Peoples from the seventeenth into the twentieth century. Including diverse manuscripts; book collections; newspapers from various tribe and Indian-related organizations; materials such as Bibles, dictionaries and primers in Indigenous languages all enable students' examination of important primary source materials.

Indigenous Peoples of North America enables the exploration of the political, social, and cultural history of native peoples from the 16th century well into the 20th century. Comprehensive yet personal, the collection covers the history of American Indian tribes and supporting organizations. It provides a robust and diverse search experience, facilitating intelligent inquiry into the culture and heritage of indigenous people.