Indigenous peoples

Sources for Background Information

• Encyclopedia of North American Indians
• Treaties with American Indians: an encyclopedia of rights, conflicts and sovereignty
  Includes information on Canadian tribes and treaties. Also in book format in MCL REF KF8203.6 T74 2008 v.1-3

• Searching the Library Catalogue

  Use the basic word(s) anywhere or advanced keyword search in the library catalogue. You can search using words like - indigenous, aborigin?, etc.

  Search tips

  Truncation symbol:	?	e.g. aborigin? will retrieve catalogue records containing the words aborigine, aborigines, aboriginal, etc.
  Phrase searching:	"___"	e.g. "first nations" will retrieve catalogue records containing the phrase first nations
  Boolean operators:	(), AND, OR, NOT default: AND	e.g. history AND (indigenous OR "first nations") will retrieve catalogue records containing the word history AND either indigenous OR the phrase first nations

  Core and Additional Databases

  Periodical Indexes, Bibliographies, Full-text Databases

  • America: History and Life
  • Anthropological Literature
  • Anthrosource
    Full text of over 30 journals published through the American Anthropological Association
  • Bibliography of Native North Americans
    Indexes works concerning native North American issues from the 16th century to the present, including monographs, essays, journal articles, dissertations and other publications.
  • CPI.Q (Canadian Periodical Index)
  • CBCA Complete 1982-
  • Early Encounters in North America: peoples, cultures and the environment
  • eHRAF World Cultures
  • JSTOR
  • Repère 1980-      
  • For Seven Generations
    Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, 1997.
  • Wenger Anthropological Eskimo Database

  Newspapers

  • Canadian Newsstand
  • Globe and Mail 1844-
  • Virtual News Library/Biblio-branchée

  Statistics

  • Portrait of Aboriginal Population in Canada (Dimension Series Census 1996)
    See also EDRS description 1 and 2

  Theses

  • Proquest Dissertations and Theses

  Selected Internet Sites

  Accessible to anyone with an Internet connection.

  • McGill University Department of Anthropology
  • McGill University Centre for Continuing Education: First Nations and Inuit
  • First People's House (McGill University)
  • Kanata: McGill Undergraduate Journal on Indigenous Peoples of North America
  • Aboriginal Mental Health Research Team (AMHRT)
  • First Nations Research - Land Claims
    Simon Fraser University Library Research guide with references & links to research, policy and program materials relating to native land claims in Canada.
  • Aboriginal Studies (WWW Virtual Library)
  • American Indians (WWW Virtual Library)
  • Autochtonia
    Documents relating to aboriginals in Quebec.
  • First Nations Seeker
  • Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
  • Assembly of First Nations
  • Native American Ethnobotany Database
  • Native Health Database
  • ASTIS (Arctic Science and Technology Information System)
    Over 46,000 records of publications and research projects about northern Canada, native peoples, northern oil and gas technology, etc.
  • Nunavut
  • Innu Nation
  • Caninuit
    Annotated list of periodicals (magazines, journals, newspapers and newsletters) published by Canada's Inuit peoples.
  • Aboriginal Canada Portal
  • Academic Info: Canadian First Nations
  • First Perspective,br /> A Canadian source providing stories related to major Aboriginal issues, including politics, health, and the environment.
  • Québec Secrétariat aux affaires autochtones
  • Turtle Island Native Network,br /> Provides links to news on aboriginal issues and to sites related to healing and wellness, culture, education, and business.
  • Grand Council of the Crees
  • Nunavik Bibliography
    "A cooperative long-term project to build a comprehensive bibliographic database about northern Quebec" north of 55° and some adjacent regions, a subset of the Arctic Institute of North America's Arctic Science and Technology Information System (ASTIS) database.
  • Taiaiako’n Historical Preservation Society.
    Information on preservation efforts for indigenous sites in the Toronto area, and other activities
  • U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs
  • Povos Indígenas (Fundação Nacional do Índio)
    Re Brazil. In Portuguese.
  • NativeWeb: resources for indigenous cultures around the world
  • Links to Aboriginal Resources
  • Indigenous Peoples' Literature
  • First Nations Periodical Index
  • Indigenous Environmental Network
  • People's Paths Home Page: Paths to NAIIP Indian Tribes & Nations (North American Indian & Indigenous People)
  • Chief George Manuel Library (Fourth World Documentation Project)
  • Kahon:wes's Mohawk & Iroquois Index
  • Ohwejagehka: Ha`degaenage
    Nonprofit organization based on Six Nations of the Grand River in Ontario Canada established to help preserve and nurture Iroquoian languages and songs.
  • Aboriginal treaties and documents
    Selected full-text treaties and statutes from the National Archives of Canada, as well as links to land claims-related issues.
  • Native American Documents Project
    Documents from the U.S. National Archives and from reports of U.S. commissioner of Indian Affairs, many re Dawes Act or General Allotment Act (1887).

  Other Resources

  Library Guides

  • Native Peoples of Canada: a selective list of reference sources
  • Native Peoples: A Guide to Reference Sources (1993)
    Print copy only, available at the McLennan Reference Desk.

  Related Subject Guides

  • Anthropology
  • Canadian History
  • Canadian Politics
  • Indigenous Health