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1813-1880
Official records of encounters between Indigenous peoples and American Territorial officials as chronicled by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
(Access limited to U. of South Alabama community only.)

1789-1939
--Presents a complete annotated bibliography and full text of all Executive Branch Documents listed in the "Checklist of Public Documents, 1789-1909" , indexed by subjects, names, agency report numbers, and SuDocs Classification.
(Access limited to U. of South Alabama community only.)

---Maps supplement to the main Serial Set collection. Full-text.
(Access limited to U. of South Alabama community only.)

Rice University (TX), Fondren Library

National Indian Law Library (Boulder, CO)

University of Montana

University of Oklahoma College of Law

National Indian Law Library (Boulder, CO)

U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Indian Affairs, 2017

U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services

U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, Office of the Administration for Children & Families
---ANA promotes self-sufficiency for Native Americans by providing discretionary grant funding for community based projects, and training and technical assistance to eligible tribes and native organizations.

U.S. National Park Service
--Parks related To American Indian Heritage

Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian (Online Exhibit)
--Americans highlights the ways in which American Indians have been part of the nation’s identity since before the country began. It will surround visitors with images, delve into the three stories, and invite them to begin a conversation about why this phenomenon exists. Pervasive, powerful, at times demeaning, the images, names, and stories reveal the deep connection between Americans and American Indians as well as how Indians have been embedded in unexpected ways in the history, pop culture, and identity of the United States.

U.S. Dept. of the Interior
---Provides services to 566 federally-recognized American Indian tribes and Alaska Natives in the United States.

National Archives, Federal Register
---Indian entities recognized by and eligible to receive services from the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs

National Archives
---Listing of web sites on NARA Resources, NPS Resources, Digital Collections, Genealogical Resources, Historical Background, Laws & Treaties, and Tribal Resources.

U.S. Library of Congress

Smithsonian Institute
---Institution of living cultures, dedicated to the collection, preservation, study, and exhibition of the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of the native peoples of the Americas.

U.S. National Archives
--The National Archives holds hundreds of thousands of records related to interactions between American Indian and Alaska Native communities and the U.S. government.

U.S. Dept. of the Interior
---Oversees the management of Indian funds held in trust by the federal government.

U.S. Dept. of Agriculture

U.S. Congress.
---This committee has the duty "to conduct a study of any and all matters pertaining to problems and opportunities of Indians, including but not limited to, Indian land management and trust responsibilities, Indian education, health, special services, and loan programs, and Indian claims against the United States"

Smithsonian, 1971
***Also available in Paper in Documents Bookstacks (2nd Floor South)
SI 2.3:200

U.S.. Bureau of Indian Affairs, Public Affairs, 2014 [12 pg]

FEDERAL REGISTER, 2024-00109 (89 FR 944)
--A Notice by the Indian Affairs Bureau on 01/08/2024

(CRS Report; R44258)
Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service, Nov. 1, 2024 [4 pgs]
---Includes lists of sample Congressional speeches and recognitions, Presidential proclamations, statistical data, cultural resources, and selected Federal agencies and programs that focus on Native American issues as well as links to selected educational and advocacy organizations.

by Mariel J. Murray, Elayne J. Heisler, and Cassandria Dortch
(CRS report ; R48256)
U.S. Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service, 2024 [46 pg]

U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 2024-
I 1.2:L 47/

U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Office of American Indian Trust, 1999
Marx Lib Gov Docs Bookshelves (2nd FL South)
I 1.2:IN 2/13/999

U.S. Census Bureau, 1967
Marx Lib Gov Docs, Map Cabinets (2nd FL South)
--Shelved in the United States Map Drawer as C 3.62/4:14
Locations of Indian reservations as of 1960.

Smithsonian Institution
Marx Lib Gov Docs Bookshelves (2nd FL South)
SI 2.1:1879/80-1929/30 (1st-47th)

Smithsonian Institution [1903-1971]
Marx Lib Gov Docs Bookshelves (2nd FL South)
SI 2.3: For specific holdings, see SOUTHcat

Marx Library Docs Reference (Non-Circ, 2nd FL South)
Doc Ref Z 1223 .Z9 C65 1975
---Index to congressional-related materials from 1789-1969. Good source for materials concerning Indians.

(National Atlas)
U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 1991
Marx Library Gov Docs Map Cabinets (2nd FL South)
--Shelved in the "United States" drawer as I 19.111/a: 38077-AS-NA-07 M-00

by Steven L. Johnson.
Clearwater Pub. Co., c1977.
Doc Ref KF 8201 .A1 J63

Smithsonian Institution
Marx Lib Gov Docs (Non-Circ, 2nd FL North)
SI 1.20/2:v. 1-15, 17
Marx Library Bookstacks (3rd FL North)
E 77 .H25 v. 1-15, 17

by S. Lyman Tyler
U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1973
Marx Lib Gov Docs Bookshelves (2nd FL South)
I 20.2: H 62

BIA / Smithsonian / USGS, 1993
Marx Lib Gov Docs, Map Cabinets (2nd FL South)
--Shelved in the "United States" drawer as I 20.47:38077-H 1-UG-05 M-19

U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1968
Marx Lib Gov Docs Bookshelves (2nd FL South)
I 20.51:G 95/968

by John R. Swanton
Smithsonian, Bureau of American Ethnology, 1946
Marx Lib Gov Docs Bookshelves (2nd FL South)
SI 2.3:137

Marx Lib Gov Docs Bookshelves (2nd FL South)
SI 1.33: For specific holdings, see SOUTHcat

edited by Tim Johnson
Smithsonian Institution Press in association with the National Museum of the American Indian, c1998
Marx Lib Gov Docs Bookshelves (2nd FL South)
SI 15.2:SP 4 X

U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1972
Marx Lib Gov Docs Bookshelves (2nd FL South)
I 20.2:ST 2/3

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