AIS 416 - 516 Contemporary Indian America: Problem Solving in Indian Country
On Line Sources:
Newspapers:
Ethnic Newswatch Newspapers from “Native Peoples” full text. Be sure to set ethnic group to "Native Peoples" to get American Indian, Alaska Native and Hawaiian Native newspapers.
American News Part of Access World News it includes regional
newspapers from all the states with full text.
Lexis Nexis Academic National newspapers and some regional papers as well as radio transcripts etc.
Legal Information:
Lexis Nexis Academic Law cases from state and federal courts, law review articles all full text.
Legal Information Institute Cornell University's Law School supports this web site. Full text of laws (federal and links to state), court cases (Supreme Court, other federal courts and state courts.)
Congressional Information:
Lexis Nexis Congressional Universe Hearings, reports, documents from Congress covering 1789 to the present. Some full text, some microfiche.
Thomas Legislative Information from the Library of Congress. Launched in 1995 to provide information about the US Congress. Coverage for various sections vary. Read the home page carefully before searching.
Statistics:
Lexis Nexis Statistical Universe National, state and other statistics for the United States. Some full text, some on microfiche
American Indian and Alaska Native Data and Links Information from the US Census Bureau
U. S. Census Bureau Online data from 1990, 2000 with updates and other information
List of Federally Registered Tribes 2007National Center for Education Statistics
Reference Resources On the Library’s home page this link leads you to basic sources for many questions including statistics.
Print Resources:
Tiller's guide to Indian country : economic profiles of American Indian reservations E93 .T55 2005 Main Reference and Special Collection. Provides economic profiles of all reservations based on U. S. Census data etc.
Native America in the Twentieth Centry E76.2 .N36 1994 Info Commons Ref.
Encyclopedia of American Indian civil rights KF8210.C5 E53 1997 Info Commons Ref and Main Ref.
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