Adams, R.E. & Murdo MacLeod, editors, The Cambridge
History of the Native Peoples of the Americas, Volume 2, Mesoamerica,
2000, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge & New York. In two
parts. Articles by numerous contributors.
Bataille, Gretchen M. & Laurie Lisa, editors, Native American
Women: A Biographical Dictionary, 2001, Routledge, New York. Brief
biographies of historic and present-day Indian women. First published
1993 by Garland Publishing, New York.
Bunson, Margaret, & Stephen M. Bunson, Encyclopedia of Ancient
Mesoamerica, 1996, Facts on File, New York. Information about the
people, places, and events of Mesoamerica, from 11,000 BC to 1500 AD.
Champagne, Duane, editor, The Native North American Almanac,
second edition, 2001, Gale Research, Detroit, MI. Includes brief biographies
of 470 prominent Native North Americans, in addition to a chronology,
and chapters on historical demography, languages, law and legislation,
activism, religion, education, and the arts.
Cohen, Felix, Cohen's Handbook of Federal Indian Law, 2005,
LexisNexis, Newark, NJ. This is the standard reference work on federal
Indian law. First published in 1942.
Cutler, Charles L., O Brave New Words!: Native American Loanwords
in Current English, 1994, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman,
and Tracks that Speak: The Legacy of Native American Words in North
American Culture, 2002, Houghton Mifflin, Boston. Two studies of
Native American words that have passed into English.
Davis, Mary B., editor, Native America in the Twentieth Century:
An Encyclopedia, 1994, 1996, Garland Publishing, New York. A comprehensive
reference work on Native Americans in the twentieth century, the encyclopedia
includes signed articles authored by Native Americans and other experts
on contemporary tribes and issues of importance to Indians living in
today's world. Arranged alphabetically, entries range from short articles
on small groups to detailed discussions of larger groups. Subject entries--health,
education, art, government policy, and economic issues, for example--are
also included. The encyclopedia is thoroughly indexed.
Dillehay, Thomas D., The Settlement of the Americas: A New Prehistory,
2000, Basic Books, Perseus Books Group, New York. An account of recent
thinking regarding the first settlement of the Americas based on science
from many disciplines. The author has carried out extensive archaeological
research at a number of sites, including Monte Verde in Chile.
Estell, Kenneth, editor, Native Americans Information Directory,
1998. Gale Research, Detroit. A guide to organizations, agencies, institutions,
programs, publications, services, and other resources concerned with
the indigenous peoples of the United States and Canada.
Evans, Susan Toby, & David L. Webster, editors, Archaeology of
Ancient Mexico & Central America: An Encyclopedia, 2001, Garland
Publishing, New York. Information on the major culture areas, archaeological
sites, and daily life of the ancient peoples, with maps and photographs.
Hirschfelder, Arlene, & Martha Kreipe de Montaño (Prairie
Band Potawatomi), The Native American Almanac: A Portrait of Native
America Today, 1998, John Wiley & Sons, Somerset, NJ. Includes
infor-mation on Indian-white relations, Native Americans today, treaties,
tribal governments, languages, education, religion, games and sports,
and Indians in film and video. Also lists the addresses of all U.S.
tribal governments.
Hirschfelder, Arlene, & Paulette Molin, The Encyclopedia of
Native American Religions: An Introduction, updated edition, 2000,
Facts on File Publications, New York. Foreword by Walter R. Echo-Hawk.
Includes information on ceremonies, individuals, places, and concepts
from Native American groups throughout North America.
Hoxie, Frederick E., editor, Encyclopedia of North American Indians,
1996, Houghton Mifflin, Boston. Entries by over 260 contributors on
a diverse assortment of topics, tribes, and individuals.
Johansen, Bruce E., & Donald A. Grinde, Jr., The Encyclopedia
of Native American Biography, 1998, Da Capo Press, New York. Brief,
alphabetically arranged biographies of Indians and of non-Indians who
were important in Indian history, from the early contact period through
the present day. Originally pub-lished by Henry Holt & Co., 1997.
Klein, Barry T., Reference Encyclopedia of the American Indian,
12th edition, 2006, Todd Publications, Boca Raton, FL. Lists the names,
addresses, and phone numbers of all U.S. Indian reservations and tribal
councils, and of government agencies, Indian schools, national, state,
and local organizations, museums, libraries, colleges, periodicals,
and sources of financial aid. Includes a section on Can-adian organizations.
Lester, Patrick D., The Biographical Directory of Native American
Painters, 1995, SIR Publications, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Distributed by
the University of Oklahoma Press, Norman. Foreword by Jeanne O. Snodgrass.
Includes over 3,000 painters working from 1800 to the present. Typical
entries list the artist's tribal affiliation and tribal name, birth
and death dates, residence, publications, exhibits, awards and honors,
supplemented by brief passages of human interest and excerpts from professional
reviews and critical essays.
Nabokov, Peter, & Robert Easton, Native American Architecture,
1989, Oxford University Press, Ox-ford and New York. A detailed, well
illustrated study of North American Indian houses, organized by region.
Paterek, Josephine, Encyclopedia of American Indian Costume,
1994, W.W. Norton & Company, New York. An overview of North American
Indian clothing, organized by region. Includes information on men's
and women's basic clothing, footwear, outerwear, hairstyles, headgear,
accessories, jewelry, and changes in dress after European contact. (Note:
not a "how-to" book.)
Reno, Dawn, Contemporary Native American Artists, 1995, Alliance
Publishing, Brooklyn, NY. Brief profiles of over 1,000 artists from
over 100 Native American Nations.
Russell, George L. (Saginaw Chippewa), American Indian Facts of
Life, 2004, Native Data.Com, Phoenix. A brief, useful digest emphasizing
con-temporary demographics. Also available from Native Data.com is an
information-packed wall map of Indian country today.
Schwarz, Stuart, & Frank Salomon, editors, The Cambridge History
of the Native Peoples of the Americas, Volume 3, South America,
1999, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge & New York. In two parts.
Articles by numerous contributors.
Swanton, John R., The Indian Tribes of North America, 1952, reprinted
1969, 1979, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. A detailed
study of North American tribes, arranged by State. Especially useful
for the reader who wants to know what Indian nation occupied a specific
region of a given State at a particular time.
Sturtevant, William C., general editor, Handbook of North American
Indians, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. When complete,
the handbook will consist of twenty volumes. A volume on each of the
major culture areas of North America is now available, plus two topic
volumes (languages, Indian-white relations).
Tiller, Veronica E. Velarde, Tiller's Guide to Indian Country: Economic
Profiles of American Indian Reservations, 1996, 2005, BowArrow Publishing
Co., Albuquerque. Profiles of all U.S. Federal and State Indian Reservations,
including the Alaska Native Corporations. Includes information on economy,
history, culture, government, and community facilities.
Trigger, Bruce G. & Wilcomb E. Washburn, editors, The Cambridge
History of the Native Peoples of the Americas, Volume One, North America,
1996, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge & New York. In two parts.
Articles by numerous contributors.
Utter, Jack, American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions,
second edition, 2002, University of Okla-homa Press, Norman. Lots of
useful information in a Q & A format.
Waldman, Carl, Atlas of the North American Indian, with maps
and illustrations by Molly Braun, 1985, revised edition 2000, Facts
on File, New York. Includes information on Indian history, past and
present locations of peoples, a chronology, and over 100 maps.
Waldman, Carl, Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes, 1988,
revised edition1999, Checkmark Books (Facts on File), New York. brief
but detailed alphabetically arranged listings for over 150 Native peoples,
plus information on culture areas, language families, and prehistoric
Indian cultures.
Waldman, Carl, Who Was Who in Native American History, 1990,
Facts on File, New York. Brief, alphabetically arranged biographies
of Indians, and of non-Indians who were important in Indian history,
from the early contact period through 1900.
Prepared by the Resource Center, National Museum of the
American Indian,
in cooperation with the Public Inquiry Mail Service, Smithsonian Institution
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