Indigenous Research and Studies

A collection of letters that describe Native peoples and cultures, tribal factionalism, relations with the U.S. government and the many problems and achievements of the work of the missionaries.

This collection of photos and documents shows what life was like for the many children enrolled in American Indian boarding schools.

Political, social and cultural impacts of the expanding western frontier upon American Indian life from earliest contact to mid- 20th century. Includes manuscripts, artwork, photographs, interactive maps, printed materials and newspapers and an interactive chronology.

The AIM was a political movement that asserted Indigenous rights. Red Power is also strongly associated with it. This collection gathers together FBI files created between 1968-1979 to illustrate the evolution of AIM as an organization of social protest and the development of a strong Indigenous political movement whose legacy is still apparent today.

This primary source set uses documents, photographs, videos, and news stories to tell the story of the first decade of the American Indian Movement.

This site documents two exploratory surveys of the Barren Lands region west of Hudson Bay, in northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan and the area now known as Nunavut. Drawing on materials from the J.B. Tyrrell, James Tyrrell and related collections at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, it includes over 5,000 images from original field notebooks, correspondence, photographs, maps and published reports.

This database contains thousands of Métis historical documents, genealogical information, Hudson's Bay Company records, Church missionary records, and personal Métis accounts. There are three basic document sets: Protestant and Catholic sacramental records (birth, marriage, death) from a variety of missions between Michilimackinac in the east and Fort Edmonton to the west; Census data from Red River and Manitoba; and Fur trade records from west of the Rockies.

A series of objects of both Native and non-Native origin that tell a story of extraordinary culture disruption, change and continuity during 19th c., and how that affects the Native population of Minnesota today.

Although most records are not yet digitized, this site offers online finding aids and other research tools for history relating to the HBC.

The US National Archives holds 374 treaties where they are known as the Ratified Indian Treaties. Here you can view them for the first time with key historic works that provide context to the agreements made.

Covers political, social and cultural history of Native Peoples from 17th to 20th centuries. Provides full text of primary source documents including archival materials, government publications, manuscripts, book collections, legal documents, newspapers and photographs and images.

Library and Archives Canada, located only a 30 minute walk from the University of Ottawa, has many documentary resources. There are also digitized documents available at this site.

This website makes available the text of the celebrated Nebraska edition of the Lewis and Clark journals, edited by Gary E. Moulton. Moulton's edition — the most accurate and inclusive edition ever published.

This site provides information on the 250-year relationship between Moravian missionaries and the Inuit of Labrador. This interaction led to the establishment of settlements for a formerly nomadic people, their conversion to Christianity and exposure to aspects of North American culture. The information has been gathered from a variety of sources that shed light upon this unique adventure.

Discover the histories of Indigenous peoples in what is now the United States.

A searchable database of the source material that was used to write the RCAP report.

This collection consists of the letters received by and letters sent to the War Department, including correspondence from Indian superintendents and agents, factors of trading posts, Territorial and State governors, military commanders, Indians, missionaries, treaty and other commissioners, Treasury Department officials, and persons having commercial dealings with the War Department, and other public and private individuals.