Indigenous Studies: Key resources

Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures and the Environment 1534-1860

Contains material from 1,482 authors and more 100,000 pages of letters, diaries, memoirs. All the material includes descriptions of natural features or interactions among cultural groups.

North American Indian Thought and Culture

Currently contains about 27,000 pages of text and images, including biographies, autobiographies, diaries, letters, personal narratives and speeches. About 100,000 pages, relating the experience of American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Canadian First Peoples, are planned for the project.