Native American Studies

Basic Reference Sources: Dictionaries, Directories And Encyclopedias

Chronology of the American Indian: A Guide to Native Peoples of the Western Hemisphere 25,000 B.C. – 1994. Newport Beach, CA: American Indian Publishers, Inc., 1994. 
*R- RMRR E58 C49 1994
A detailed timeline for human activity in North and South America.

The Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. Edited by Sharon Malinkowski and Anna Sheets.  4 vol. Detroit: Gale, 1998. 
*R- RMRR E77 G15 1998
Factual summaries of tribal histories.

Indian Reservations: A State and Federal Handbook.  Compiled by Confederation of American Indians. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1986.  *R- RMRR E93 I3828 1986
Outlines the tribal peoples and their lands recognized by the U.S. government.

Keoke, Emory and Kay Marie Porterfield. Encyclopedia of American Indian Contributions to the World: 15,000 Years of Inventions and Innovations. New York: Facts on File, 2002. *R-RMRR E54.5 K46 2002
An essential tool for knowing what American Indians have brought to civilization.

Native America in the Twentieth Century: An Encyclopedia. Edited by Mary B. Davis. New York: Garland, 1994.  *R- RMRR E76.2 N36 1994
Organized entries on modern developments for Native peoples, many written by Natives.

The Native North American Almanac: A Reference Work On Native North Americans in the United States and Canada. Edited by Duane Champagne. Detroit: Gale Research, 1994.  *R- RMRR E75 N397 1994
Statistics, history, and quick factual data on American Indians.

Reference Encyclopedia of the American Indian. Edited by Barry Klein. 9th ed. New York: Todd Publications, 2000.  *R- RMRR E76.2 R4 2000
Standard resource for general information with good topical coverage.

Waldman, Carl. Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes.  3rd ed. New York: Facts on File, 2006. *R-RMRR E76.2 W35 2006

Summarizes tribal origins and organization.