LibGuides: Wabanaki Studies for Primary Grades: Native American Studies

Interactive Maps

Native-Land.ca is a website run by the nonprofit organization Native Land Digital. The Native Land map is an interactive map which illustrates Indigenous territories, treaties, and languages across the world.

Invasion of America is a project of eHistory.org. This animated and interactive map illustrates the seizure of Indigenous lands from 1776 to 1887, as well as modern day federal Indian reservations.

The Invasion of America

A Selection of Books Available from SPS Libraries

Looks Like Daylight: Voices of Indigenous Kids by Deborah Ellis
Call Number: 305.2308 ELL
"When I'm out in the bush by myself I have no worries. I know I can care for myself." North American native youth share their experiences, goals, and advice.
The Native American Struggle in United States History by Anita Louise McCormick
Call Number: 323.1197 MCC
Explores the struggles that the Native American people have faced since Europeans began settling in North America in the 1600s.
Unworthy Republic by Claudio Saunt
Call Number: 323.1197 SAU
On May 28, 1830, Congress authorized the expulsion of indigenous peoples from the East to territories west of the Mississippi River. Native Americans saw their homelands and possessions stolen and thousands lost their lives. Saunt challenges view that 'Indian Removal' was an inevitable chapter in US expansion, and argues that it was a contested political act.
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Call Number: 970
A history of the United States for young people told from the perspective of Indigenous peoples, revealing how Native Americans, for centuries, actively resisted expansion of the U.S. empire.
National Geographic Kids Encyclopedia of American Indian History and Culture by Cynthia O'Brien
Call Number: 970.004 OBR
An illustrated reference to American Indian history and culture, featuring profiles of tribes, more than 500 images, traditional stories, time lines, maps, and more.
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to Present by David Treuer
Call Number: 970.004 TRE
Beginning with the tribes' devastating loss of land and the forced assimilation of their children at government-run boarding schools, Treuer shows how the period of greatest adversity also helped to incubate a unifying Native identity.
#Notyourprincess by Lisa Charleyboy & Mary Beth Leatherdale, Eds.
Call Number: 971 CHA
#NotYourPrincess presents an eclectic collection of poems, essays, interviews, and art that combine to express the experience of being a Native woman.
The Earth Is Weeping by Peter Cozzens
Call Number: 978 COZ
A history of the struggle between white forces and Native Americans over the fate of the post-Civil War West details the deconstruction of tribal culture to establish the modern U.S., covering such topics as the conditions endured by frontier soldiers and the ethical quandaries of military officials who sympathized with Native adversaries.

Contemporary Issues

Native American Rights
An overview and collection of resources related to Native American Rights from Gale In Context Opposing Viewpoints, including viewpoints, reference articles, biographies, news and magazine articles and much more.
Native American Policy
An overview and resources related to both historical and contemporary U.S. government policies related to Native American people from Gale In Context U.S. History.

Cultural Appropriation

Cultural Appropriation
An overview and collection of resources related to cultural appropriation from Gale In Context Opposing Viewpoints, including viewpoints, reference articles, news and magazine articles, and much more.
Summary of the APA Resolution Recommending Retirement of American Indian Mascots
An overview of the research and rationale of the American Psychological Association's recommendation of retiring Native mascots.

Land Back

Land Back Movement
An overview and collection of resources related to cultural appropriation from Gale In Context Opposing Viewpoints, including viewpoints, reference articles, news and magazine articles, and much more.
Get Involved in the #LandBack Movement
An introduction to the #LandBack campaign from Cultural Survival, a nonprofit organization committed to Indigenous rights.
Indigenous people across the US want their land back -- and the movement is gaining momentum
Detailed news article from CNN about the Land Back movement with information about the Wampanoag in Massachusetts, the Wiyot in northern California, the Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma and more.

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women
CSVANW is an award winning organization at the forefront to a dynamic approach to the tribal domestic and sexual violence fields that is demonstrating the most effective, creative and innovative ways to address and prevent the cycle of violence within tribal communities.
Sovereign Bodies Institute
Sovereign Bodies Institute (SBI) builds on Indigenous traditions of data gathering and knowledge transfer to create, disseminate, and put into action research on gender and sexual violence against Indigenous people.
A Proclamation on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day, 2021
A Presidential Proclamation in honor of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day, May 4, 2021.

Dakota Access Pipeline and Environmental Justice

The Dakota Access Pipeline: Native American Perspectives
A research guide from the University of New Mexico libraries.
NPR: Dakota Access Pipeline
A collection of news articles from NPR about the Dakota Access Pipeline,
Indigenous Environmental Network
IEN is an alliance of Indigenous Peoples whose Shared Mission is to Protect the Sacredness of Earth Mother from contamination & exploitation by Respecting and Adhering to Indigenous Knowledge and Natural Law.
Honor the Earth
Honor the Earth strives to to create awareness and support for Native environmental issues and to develop needed financial and political resources for the survival of sustainable Native communities.

Organizations

Cultural Survival
Cultural Survival advocates for Indigenous Peoples' rights and supports Indigenous communities’ self-determination, cultures and political resilience since 1972.
National Congress of American Indians
The National Congress of American Indians, founded in 1944, is the oldest, largest and most representative American Indian and Alaska Native organization serving the broad interests of tribal governments and communities.
National Museum of the American Indian
In partnership with Native peoples and their allies, the National Museum of the American Indian fosters a richer shared human experience through a more informed understanding of Native peoples.
Native American Journalists Association
NAJA serves and empowers Native journalists through programs and actions designed to enrich journalism and promote Native cultures.
Native American Rights Fund
Founded in 1970, the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) is the oldest and largest nonprofit legal organization asserting and defending the rights of Indian tribes, organizations, and individuals nationwide.
Seeding Sovereignty
Seeding Sovereignty is an Indigenous-led collective, works to radicalize and disrupt colonized spaces through land, body, and food sovereignty work, community building, and cultural preservation. By investing in Indigenous folks and communities of the global majority, we cross the threshold of liberation together.