Native American
Heritage Month

Print Sources

Art and Antiquities
Discovering Native American Art. Call Number: 704.0397 R386d
Edward S. Curtis, Photographer of the North American Indian. Call Number: 770.973 C978YB
North American Indian Art. Call Number: 709.011 P413n
The Smithsonian Book of North American Indians: Before the Coming of the Europeans. Call Number: 970.00497 S664

Biography

American Indian Biographies. Call Number: R 920.0090297 A512
Here First: Autobiographical Essays by Native American Writers. Call Number: 810.9897 H542
The Woman who Watches over the World: A Native Memoir. Call Number: 818.5409 H714w

Children's Literature

A, B, C's: The American Indian Way. Call Number: CL 973.0497 R
Children of the Earth and Sky. Call Number: CL 970.00497 K
Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back: A Native American Year of Moons. Call Number: CL 811.54 BR
The Rough-Face Girl. Call Number: CL 398.2 MART

General History

American Indian Ethnic Renewal: Red Power and the Resurgence of Identity and Culture. Call Number: 305.897 N147a
American Indians in American History, 1870-2001: A Companion Reader. Call Number: 970.00497 A512
American Indian Tribes. Call Number: 970.00497 A512t
Atlas of the North American Indian. Call Number: 970.00497 W164A
The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas. Call Number: 970.00497 C178
The Earth Shall Weep: A History of Native America. Call Number: 970.00497 W749e 1999
Native Americans: Opposing Viewpoints. Call Number: 973.0497 N278
Native American Rights. Call Number: 323.1197 N278
Native Roots: How the Indians Enriched America. Call Number: 970.1 W362N1992

Illinois History

Checagou; From Indian Wigwam to Modern City, 1673-1835. Call Number: 977.31 Q23C
French and Indians of Illinois River. Call Number: 977.3 M434f
The Indians of Illinois: A History and Genealogy. Call Number: 977.300497 T786I
The Potwatomi Indians of DuPage County. Call Number: 970.3 P859YS

 

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Web Resources

National American Indian Heritage Month - from the National Park Service
American Indian Heritage Month - from Infoplease.com
U.S. Census Bureau Facts for Features: Native American Hertiage Month
American Indian Movement - Essay from the Minnesota Historical Society
National Museum for the American Indian - Newly opened in Washington, DC
American Indians of the Pacific Northwest - an American Memory online archive from the Library of Congress

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