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Databases by Subject: American Indian Studies

Major Indexes
AnthroSource
Full coverage of articles published in many anthropology journals back to their beginnings. From the American Anthropological Association (AAA).

Bibliography of Native North Americans   
Contains citations to monographs, journal articles, US and Canadian government documents about the history, life and culture of native North Americans covering the 1500's to the present.

North American Indian Thought and Culture  (English, French, Spanish)
Includes biographies, auto-biographies, personal narratives, speeches, diaries, letters, and oral histories on indigenous peoples from all areas of North America.

Additional Indexes
American Indian Movement and Native American Radicalism  (English)
A searchable archival collection of FBI files kept from 1968 to 1979 on the American Indian Movement (AIM), including documentation from the 1973 Wounded Knee Stand-off.

Anthropology Plus   
Provides indexing of journal articles, reports, and obituaries in the fields of social, cultural, and interdisciplinary studies from early 19th century to the present.

Congressional
Provides indexing of many Congressional publications, including Hearings, Committee Prints, Reports, Documents and Congressional Research Service Reports, from 1789 to the present.

Ethnic Newswatch
An interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full text database of newspapers, magazines and journals from ethnic, minority and native presses from 1960 to the present.

Ethnographic Video Online
Includes Volumes I and II. Volume I contains over 1,000 videos totalling about 750 hours of classic and contemporary documentaries, previously unpublished footage from working anthropologists and ethnographers in the field, and select feature films. The collection also includes a wide range of indigenous media. Volume II, upon completion, includes an additional 450 hours, including field recordings and content from Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI), ZED, and Documentary Educational Resources (DER).

Historical Chicago Tribune
Includes full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue of this major midwestern US newspaper.

Historical Newspapers-ProQuest (New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Atlanta Constitution, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post)  · Tutorial
The UA Library currently has subscriptions to several newspapers in the ProQuest Historical Databases: The Atlanta Constitution (1868-1945), The Chicago Tribune (1849-1987), The Los Angeles Times (1881-1987), The New York Times (1851 - 2006), The Washington Post (1877-1993).

Historical Washington Post
Includes full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue of this major newspaper from the Nation's capital. Provides a unique perspective of US politics and government.

North American Indian Drama  (English)
Database of full-text plays that are browsable and searchable. Also includes the Native Playwrights' Newsletter, containing original essays, articles, photographs, interviews, reviews, and production information related to the plays. From early 1900s to the present.