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• American Philosophical Society Library

  The American Philosophical Society Library is a major national center for research in the history of the sciences, medicine, and technology. With its roots extending back to the founding of the Society in 1743, it houses over 350,000 volumes and bound periodicals, eleven million manuscripts, 250,000 images, and thousands of hours of audio tape. The collections include Early American History, Maps, Native American Materials, Naval History, Recordings, and more. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

  • Digital Library

    The APS Digital Library provides access to a wide variety of digitized items from the holdings of the American Philosophical Society.

  • On-Line Guides

    On-line and enhanced versions of the published guides for African American History, Early American History, Maps, Native American Materials, Naval History and more.

• Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums

  Dedicated to preserving and advancing the language, history, culture, and lifeways of indigenous peoples. Located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

• Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums (ATALM)

  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

• Autry National Center

  Los Angeles, California. The Autry National Center, formed in 2003 by the merger of the Autry Museum of Western Heritage with the Southwest Museum of the American Indian and the Women of the West Museum, is an intercultural history center dedicated to exploring and sharing the stories, experiences, and perceptions of the diverse peoples of the American West.

  • Research Overview

• Bancroft Library - University of California, Berkeley Updated

  • Images of Native Americans : The Bancroft Library

• California Indian Library Collections

• California State Library - Research Guides - California Native Americans

  A guide to the California Native American history and genealogy resources at the California State Library, California History Section.

• Catholic Native American Indian Mission Church School Records Sources Midwest United States Guide, Index - Archives - Marquette University

  Lists archival holdings in 12 Midwest states, which document Native American heritage and relationships with the Catholic Church. Institutional chronologies are included, which note events pertinent to the creation and disposition of the records. This revised guide was published in 1984 as Guide to Catholic Indian Mission and School Records in Midwest Repositories.

• Cherokee Heritage Center / Museum, Village, Theater, and Legal Archive of Cherokee Nation

  Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Cherokee National Historical Society, Inc.

  • Cherokee Family Research Center

    
Admission to the Cherokee Heritage Center includes access to the CFRC and genealogy library. The admission fee also gives the visitor access to the museum exhibits, the Trail of tears exhibit, a guided tour of the Ancient Cherokee Village and a self-guided tour of Adams Corner Rural Village and Nofire Farms. 
You are welcome to visit the Cherokee Family Research Center to utilize our library for your research. The library hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 9 am to 5 pm.

• Historical Society of Pennsylvania

  Includes a research library with materials on immigration studies.

  • Balch Manuscript Guide

    • Native American

• National Museum of the American Indian

  Part of the Smithsonian.

• Native American Genealogy

  Guide for holdings at the Alabama Department of Archives & History.

• Native American Genealogy: Records and Research

  From the Library of Michigan.

• New Mexico State Library - Tribal Libraries Program Overview

• Researching Connecticut Native Americans

  At the Connecticut State Library. Includes Mohegan, Paugussett, and Pequot tribes.

• Seminole Tribe of Florida: Services: Tribal Library System Services

• Seneca Nation of Indians Library - Allegany Branch

  Salamanca, New York.

• Sherman Indian Museum

  Riverside, California. The Sherman Indian High School was one of several off-reservation boarding schools opened by the United States government in the late 1800s.

• Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842 - Digital Library of Georgia

  Contains approximately 2,000 documents and images relating to the Native American population of the Southeastern United States from the collections of the University of Georgia Libraries, the University of Tennessee at Knoxville Library, the Frank H. McClung Museum, the Tennessee State Library and Archives, the Tennessee State Museum and the Museum of the Cherokee Indian. The documents are comprised of letters, legal proceedings, military orders, financial papers, and archaeological images relating to Native Americans in the Southeast.

• Southwest Museum

  Los Angeles, California.

  • Braun Research Library