Native American Heritage
     
  Links to related primary sources from the Library of Congress  
     
     
  American Memory Collections
  1. American Indians of the Pacific Northwest
  2. Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian
  3. Omaha Indian Music
  4. Chicago Daily News Native American Photos
  5. Native American Primary Sources: The Ohio River Valley Collection, 1750-1820
  6. Native American Photos: History of the American West, 1860-1920
  7. Native Encounters: The Ohio River Valley, 1750-1820
  8. Indians of North America: Travels in America, 1750-1920
  9. Indians of North America: Books from Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, ca. 1820-1910
  10. Indians of North America: The Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920
  11. Indians of North America: Narratives of Washington and the Chesapeake Bay Region, ca. 1600-1925
  12. Indians of North America: First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900
  13. First Peoples of California: First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900
  14. Seminole Indian Songs: Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942
  15. Indian Land Cessions in the United States, 1784-1894
  16. Indian Affairs: American State Papers, 1789-1827
  17. Indian Removal Act: Primary Documents in American History
  18. The Native Peoples of Alaska
 
     
     
  America's Library
  1. Meet Amazing Americans: Pocahontas
  2. Jump Back in Time to May 28, 1888: World class athlete Jim Thorpe was born
  3. Jump Back in Time to June 2, 1924: Congress granted citizenship to all Native Americans born in the U.S.
  4. Jump Back in Time to June 25, 1876: The Battle of Little Big Horn
  5. Jump Back in Time to August 9, 1814: How did Andrew Jackson earn the nickname Long Knife?
  6. Jump Back in Time to September 10, 1608: John Smith became a leader of Jamestown
  7. Jump Back in Time to October 3, 1790: Chief Little John and the Trail of Tears
  8. Jump Back in Time to October 5, 1877: Chief Joseph surrendered
 
     
     
  Exhibitions
  1. The Russian Church and Native Alaskan Cultures
  2. American Treasures: An American Pastime
  3. American Treasures: Cherokee Newspaper
  4. American Treasures: Courting Flutes
  5. American Treasures: Indian Map of Ohio River Country
  6. American Treasures: Portfolio of the North American Indian
  7. American Treasures: Passamaquoddy Songs, Tales and Vocabulary
  8. American Treasures: The Winter Count
 
     
     
  Veterans History Project
  1. Willing to Serve: American Indians
 
     
     
  Spotlights, Features & Special Presentations
  1. Native Americans: Their Story
  2. Assimilation through Education: Primary Source Set
  3. Images of Indians of North America
  4. Native Americans: The Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920
  5. Chief John Ross & the Cherokee Nation
  6. Chief Joseph (Nez Percé) Surrenders
  7. Sarah Winnemucca: Published Author
  8. Essays for the American Indians of the Pacific Northwest Collection
  9. Virginia's Early Relations with Native Americans
  10. Confederation Government Policy Toward Native Americans
  11. Geographic Guide to the Edward S. Curtis's North American Indian Collection
  12. Edward S. Curtis in Context
  13. Native Americans and the Vote
  14. Indians of North America: Guide to Law Online
  15. The Alaska Native Heritage Center
  16. Omaha Indian Music Album Booklet
  17. Pictorial Americana: Western Life & Indian Fighting
  18. Native American Images: Prints & Photographs Online Catalog
 
     
     
  Lesson Plans & Activity Ideas
  1. American Indian Reservation Controversies
  2. Comparing Reports: Battle of Little Bighorn
  3. Indian Boarding Schools: Civilizing the Native Spirit
  4. Primary Sources for Native American Heritage Month
  5. Native Peoples: The Ohio River Valley, 1750-1820
  6. Indian Removal: The Ohio River Valley, 1750-1820
  7. Native American Cultures: History of the American West, 1860-1920
  8. The Navajo and Apache Wars: History of the American West, 1860-1920
  9. The Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho Wars: History of the American West, 1860-1920
  10. Collection Connections: American Indians of the Pacific Northwest
  11. Collection Connections: Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian
  12. Poetry 180: The Last Wolf
  13. Native American Vocabulary Game (require Shockwave® Player)
 
     
     
  Today in History
  1. Citizenship Granted (June 2, 1924)
  2. Custer's Last Stand (June 25, 1876)
  3. Creek Indians Surrender (August 9, 1814)
  4. John Ross, Chief of the United Cherokee Nation, Was Born (October 3, 1790)
  5. Chief Joseph Surrenders (October 5, 1877)
 
     
     
  Webcasts   (streaming RealVideo®)
  1. Do All Indians Live in Tipis? and Other Compelling Questions for Education
  2. Navajo Code Talkers
  3. Dineh Tah Navajo Dancers Video
  4. Indian Yell, the Heart of American Insurgency
  5. Breaking the Bonds of People and Land: Native American Removal in the United States and Mexico
  6. Indian Religious Freedom, to Litigate or Legislate?
  7. Black Mesa: Water, Power, and the Story of a Master Theft
  8. Author Luci Tapahonso Webcast
  9. Author & Spokesman Vine Deloria Jr. Webcast
  10. Native American Women Writers Discuss Sister Nations Webcast
  11. Storyteller Joseph Bruchac
 
     
     
  Recommended Links to Resources Outside the Library of Congress
  1. American Indian History and Culture: Encyclopedia Smithsonian
  2. National Museum of the American Indian
  3. NativeWeb Resources for Indigenous Cultures around the World
  4. Pictures of Native Americans in the United States from the National Archives
  5. United States Department of the Interior: Indian Affairs
  6. Indians of North America: News and Current Events
  7. Native American Authors
 
     
     
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  Siegriest, Louis B. "Pueblo turtle dancers from an Indian painting, New Mexico." 1939 Work Projects Administration Poster Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.  
     
     
  Dixon, Joseph Kossuth. "Two Native Americans, wearing feather headdresses, looking at photographic film . . ." 1913. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.  
     
     
 
"President Coolidge being made Sioux Chief by Henry Standing Bear." c1927. Prosperity and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy, Library of Congress. 		 
     
     
 
"Kings Island [i.e. King Island, or Ukivok] - Native Eskimo." c1906. Frank and Frances Carpenter collection, Library of Congress. 		 
     
     
  Curtis, E.S. "Two Strike (The North American Indian; v.03)" 1908. Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian: Photographic Images, Library of Congress.  
     
     
  Booklet design by Ed Schneider and Brook Mowrey; Cover illustration by Stuart Armstrong. "Omaha Indian Music Album Booklet Cover." 1985. Library of Congress.  
     
     
  "Native American flutes." Library of Congress.  
     
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