SDCC Library: Native American and Indigenous Studies: Primary Sources

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This page will display recommended starting places for finding primary sources related to NAIS as well as selected primary sources themselves in the Library's collection. For open access primary sources, see the internet resources page on this guide.

Primary Sources

U.S. Major Dailies
(Proquest) "US Major Dailies provides access to the five most respected U.S. national and regional newspapers: The New York Times (1980-present); Wall Street Journal (1984-present); Washington Post (1987-present); Los Angeles Times (1985-present); and Chicago Tribune (1985-present). New content is available by 8 AM U.S. Eastern time each day. All titles are cross searchable on the ProQuest platform." --vendor description
Ethnic NewsWatch [Current]
(ProQuest) Articles from ethnic, minority and native press publications. Some full text.

Voices of Multicultural America: notable speeches delivered by African, Asian, Hispanic, and Native Americans, 1790-1995 by Deborah Gillan Straub (Editor)
ISBN: 9780810393783
Publication Date: 1995-10-01
The speechs of more than 130 prominent Americans are gathered in this compilation, representing the leaders and others from four major ethnic groups: African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native North Americans.
Native North American Art by Janet Catherine Berlo; Ruth B. Phillips
ISBN: 9780192842183
Publication Date: 1998-11-19
An innovative survey of Native North American art history which fully incorporates substantive new research and scholarship, and examines such issues as gender, representation, the colonial encounter, and contemporary arts. By encompassing both the sacred and secular, political and domestic, the ceremonial and commercial, it shows the importance of the visual arts in maintaining the integrity of spiritual, social , political, and economic systems within Native North American societies. This exciting new investigation explores the indigenous arts of the US and Canada from the early pre-contact period to the present day, stressing the conceptual and iconographic continuities over five centuries and across an immensely diverse range of regions. The richness of Native American art is emphasized through discussions of basketry, wood and rock carvings, dance masks, and beadwork, alongside the contemporary vitality of paintings and installations by modern artists such as Robert Davidson, Emmi Whitehorse, and Alex Janvier.