National Native American Heritage Month: Online Resouces
Welcome to the Native American Heritage Month Resource Guide: In honor of November being Native American Heritage Month, we are highlighting a number of resources that are available through Scarborough Library, in addition to a variety of web resources
"This Web portal is a collaborative project of the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and U.S. National Archives and Records Administration."
"The National Archives holds hundreds of thousands of U.S. Government records relating to Native Americans, from as early as 1774 through the mid-1990s. These include every treaty signed with Native Americans, records from the Indian Schools, Indian Census Rolls, and Bureau of Indian Affairs records."
The guide "Tribal Nations and the United States: An Introduction" developed by the National Congress of American Indians seeks to provide a basic overview of the history and underlying principles of tribal governance. Updated February 2020.
Theme studies that highlight Indigenous heritage:
"Historic Contact: Early Relations between Indian Peoples and Colonists in Northeastern North America 1524-1783" and "The Earliest Americans Theme Study for the Eastern United States."
"The Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA) is an interdisciplinary, international membership-based organization comprised of scholars working in the fields of Native American and Indigenous Studies broadly defined."
"This Teacher's Guide will introduce you to the cultures and explore the histories of some groups within the over 5 million people who identify as American Indian in the United States, with resources designed for integration across humanities curricula and classrooms throughout the school year."
