Digital Resources
It can be difficult to know where to get started with historical research, especially online. The collections below are designed to help you research your own interests in Native American history, as well as offer general support for finding trusted primary and secondary sources. Although this is not an exhaustive list, it is a good place to get started (and might help you in other history classes too)! When analyzing primary sources, review the Model of Historical Thinking guide.
Digital Archives and Datasets for Indigenous History
- The Indigenous Digital Archive Treaties Explorer
- The National Museum of the American Indian
- The Great Britain Indian Department Collection
- Utah American Indian Digital Archive
- The Blackfoot Digital Library
- Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center
- Indian Peoples of the Northern Great Plains
- Cornell Library Native American Language Dictionaries
- The Ella Deloria Archive
- Plateau People’s Web Portal
- Edward E. Ayer Collection, Newberry Library
- The Museum of Indian Arts + Culture
Native History/Studies Digital Projects
- The American Indian Digital History Project
- Before Knox
- Guide to Indigenous DC
- Invasion of America
- Landgrabu.org
- The Language of the State of the Union
- Mukurtu
- Protocols for Native American Archival Materials Project
- Native Land Digital
- Traditional Knowledge licenses
- New! Invasion of America Mapping Project (land loss and reservation system)
- New! Indian Nation (visualizes Native population from 1900 census) > go to “search nations” tab to view the map
- New! Native Networks and the Spread of the Ghost Dance