Primary Resources for Native American and Indigenous Studies

The Tribal Court Clearinghouse is a comprehensive website established in June 1997 to serve as a resource for American Indian and Alaska Native Nations, American Indian and Alaska Native people, tribal justice systems, victims services providers, tribal service providers, and others involved in the improvement of justice in Indian country. It is one of the most comprehensive websites on tribal justice system issues, and includes a wealth of tribal, state, and federal resources. The Clearinghouse website contains extensive resources on tribal, state, and federal law along with extensive Indian country subject-matter resources, a training events calendar, and resources from all Tribal Law and Policy Institute webinars.

An American history site developed to support the teaching of American History in K-12 schools and colleges and is supported by the College of Education at the University of Houston.

Digitized collections from libraries, archives, and museums including art, books, manuscripts, etc.

At the Institute’s core is the Gilder Lehrman Collection, one of the great archives in American history. More than 70,000 items cover five hundred years of American history, from Columbus’s 1493 letter describing the New World to soldiers’ letters from World War II and Vietnam.

A website developed by the University of California-Santa Barbara. It is the only online resource that has consolidated, coded, and organized into a single searchable database the following content:
• The Messages and Papers of the Presidents: Washington - Taft (1789-1913)
• The Public Papers of the Presidents Hoover to G.W. Bush (1929-2006) & Obama (2009)
• The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents: Carter - G.W. Bush (1977-2009)
• The Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents: Obama (2009-2012)
In addition this collection also contains thousands of other documents such as party platforms, candidates' remarks, Statements of Administration Policy, documents released by the Office of the Press Secretary, and election debates.

Contains material that was compiled and published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration. It includes volumes covering the administrations of Presidents Hoover, Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton. As subsequent volumes are published, they will be added online.

Searchable full-text edition of the 1953 publication, The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Includes speeches, correspondence, and more, compiled by the Abraham Lincoln Association.

This institution, part of the National Archives and Records Administration, provides a gateway to many resources about FDR, the New Deal, and more.

The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources 1745-1799 - posted by the University of Virginia E-Text Center. Access provided by the Internet Archive.

An independent non-governmental research institute and library located at The George Washington University, the Archive collects and publishes declassified documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. The Archive also serves as a repository of government records on a wide range of topics pertaining to the national security, foreign, intelligence, and economic policies of the United States.

Rhode Island's Only Indigenous Museum Dedicated To Sharing Our Culture, Arts and History From A First Person Perspective. Tomaquag Museum Features An Extensive Collection and Archive That Focuses On Tribal Communities of Southern New England.

Permanent exhibit includes a walk through diorama of Pequot life, along with related exhibits that engage the visitor with information on thousands of years of Pequot life in North America

The story of the Indians of the Midwest is one of endurance. Beyond the rich oral narratives that many tribes maintain, the Newberry houses an archive of materials that records and preserves aspects of the varied cultures and traditions of the indigenous nations of the region we have come to call the Midwest.

The purpose of the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Art (MoCNA) Collections is to document the contemporary Native art movement through an active collecting program, expanded research opportunties, and effective collections stewardship.

The collection contains nearly 8,000 works of art and reflects the following priorities: Documents the contributions of the Institute of American Indian Arts and other important Native artists to the contemporary Native art movement; Includes Indigenous artists from the United States, Canada, and other countries; and Works that reflect the historical roots of contemporary Native art, c. 1930-Present

To inquire about researching this collection, please visit iaia.edu/museum/collection/research/.

The National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) has one of the most extensive collections of Native American arts and artifacts in the world—approximately 266,000 catalog records (825,000 items) representing over 12,000 years of history and more than 1,200 indigenous cultures throughout the Americas.

The Haffenreffer Museum's permanent collection now includes over 150,000 ethnographic and archaeological objects from all over the world, and forms the basis for research, exhibitions, and community outreach. The Museum collection illustrates and documents human cultures and societies worldwide. The collection is strong in the indigenous arts of the Americas, Africa, and Southeast Asia, along with smaller collections from other parts of the world.