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Various Types of Archival Sources

Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America This link opens in a new window
Sources From The Edward E. Ayer Collection At The Newberry Library, Chicago. Spanning four centuries and covering North and Central America, this resource presents unique materials from one of the finest archival collections on North American Indigenous history and culture available.

Government Documents

Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC)
This organization represents eleven Ojibwe tribes. links to treaties, GIS maps, stories, reports. Covers the Great Lakes.
Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority (CORA)
Fishing treaties and regulations
--Bay Mills Indian Community
--Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians
--Little River Band of Ottawa Indians
--Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians
--Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
Covers inland lakes and waterways. Choose Archives at the top, then Newsletters.
Tribal Government (State of Michigan)
Scroll down for links to Michigan Tribal Accords. Includes links to the 12 federally recognized tribes in Michigan.
Treaties by Tribe
Scroll down to find treaties by tribe, from the National Archives
American State Papers: Indian Affairs, Vol. 1
includes treaty negotiation transcriptions
American State Papers: Indian Affairs, Vol. 2
includes treaty negotiation transcriptions
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, Travels in the Central Portions of the Mississippi Valley: Comprising Observations on Its Mineral Geography, Internal Resources, and Aboriginal Population (New York: Collins and Hannay, 1825), 337-377
Includes treaty negotiation records from the 1821 Treaty of Chicago

Historical Newspapers

Indigenous Newspapers in North America This link opens in a new window
From historic pressings to contemporary periodicals, explore nearly 200 years of Indigenous print journalism from the US and Canada. With newspapers representing a huge variety in publisher, audience and era, discover how events were reported by and for Indigenous communities. 1828-2016.

This resource has been developed with, and has only been made possible by, the permission and contribution of the newspaper publishers and Tribal Councils concerned.

Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub
from the Minnesota Historical Society. Includes many native publications, in addition to other newspapers.

Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window
Ethnic NewsWatch is an interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. Designed to provide the "other side of the story," ENW titles offer additional viewpoints from those proffered by the mainstream press. The database now also contains Ethnic NewsWatch: A History, which provides historical coverage of Native American, African American, and Hispanic American periodicals from 1959-1989.

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
from the Library of Congress. Can choose newspapers from particular states and time period.

ProQuest Historical Newspapers: U.S. Midwest Collection This link opens in a new window
Includes:
The Advocate (1970-2011)
Appleton Evening Crescent (1897-1920)
Appleton Post-Crescent (1920-1965)
Battle Creek Enquirer (1983-2011)
Battle Creek Enquirer and News (1940-1959)
The Battle Creek Enquirer, and the Evening News (1918-1940)
Battle Creek Moon-Journal (1921-1940)
The Centralia Enterprise and Tribune (1890-1900)
Chillicothe Gazette (1940-2012)
Chillicothe Scioto Gazette (1930-1939)
Coshocton Daily Tribune (1909-1911)
Coshocton Morning Tribune (1911-1917)
The Coshocton Tribune (1930-2011)
Coshocton Tribune and Times-Age (1917-1929)
The Daily Gazette (1892-1900)
The Daily Herald (1975-1985)
The Daily News (1967-1969)
The Daily Northwestern (1885-1933)
The Daily Palladium (1904-1905)
Daily Star (1877-1878)
Daily State Gazette (1871-1894)
Daily Times Recorder (1885-1890)
The Daily Tribune (1966-2011)
Enquirer and News (1959-1983)
The Evening Item (1881-1916)
The Evening News (1869-1876)
The Grand Rapids Daily Tribune (1920-1920)
Grand Rapids Tribune (1900-1920)
Green Bay Advocate (1877-1885)
Green Bay Gazette (1870)
The Green Bay Gazette (1894-1915)
Green Bay Press Gazette (1915-2006)
Green Bay Semi-Weekly Gazette (1899-1915)
Green Bay Weekly Gazette (1894-1899)
The Indianapolis news (1876-1999)
The Lafayette Journal and Courier (1920-2011)
Lancaster Daily Eagle (1915-1935)
Lancaster Eagle-Gazette (1936-2012)
Lansing Journal - Republican (1911-1911)
Lansing State Journal (1980-2012)
Mansfield Journal the Mansfield News (1932-1932)
The Mansfield News (1895-1932)
Mansfield News-Journal (1933-1964)
The Marion Daily Star (1878-1926)
The Marion Star (1926-2011)
The Marshfield Daily News (1921-1927)
Marshfield News-Herald (1927-2009)
Muncie Evening Press (1905-1996)
The Muncie Morning Star (1900-1901)
The Muncie Morning Star (1904-1944)
The Muncie Morning Star and News (1901-1904)
The Muncie Star (1944-1996)
Newark Advocate and American Tribune (1929-1970)
The News (1869)
News Herald (1969-2011)
News Journal (1964-2008)
The Oshkosh Daily Northwestern (1875-1885)
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern (1939-1979)
The Oshkosh Northwestern (1934-1939)
The Oshkosh Northwestern (1979-2013)
Palladium - Item (1972-2011)
The Palladium - Item and Sun - Telegram (1939-1972)
Port Huron Times - Herald (1910-1970)
The Post-Crescent (1965-2012)
Richmond Daily Palladium (1877-1904)
Richmond Daily Palladium (1905-1906)
Richmond Item (1916-1939)
The Richmond Palladium (1906-1907)
The Richmond Palladium and Sun - Telegram (1907-1939)
The Scioto Gazette (1900-1930)
The Sheboygan Daily Press (1907-1911)
The Sheboygan Press (1911-1921)
The Sheboygan Press (1924-2006)
Sheboygan Press and Sheboygan Telegram (1921)
Sheboygan Press-Telegram (1921-1924)
The Star Press (1996-2011)
State Gazette (1870-1894)
State Journal (1911-1980)
The State Republican (1911-1911)
The Times Herald (1970-2011)
The Times Recorder (1904-1959)
The Times Recorder (1965-2012)
The Times Recorder and Zanesville Signal (1959-1965)
Wausau Daily Herald (1985-2006)
Wausau Daily Record-Herald (1908-1974)
Wausau Record-Herald (1907-1908)
The Weekly News (1891-1892)
Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune (1920-1966)
Zanesville Daily Times Recorder (1891)
Zanesville Times Recorder (1894-1904)

Digital Michigan Newspaper Portal
largely non-native Michigan newspapers.

Citation Help

Citation Guides
Links to help with creating citations in different styles. See Citing Government Documents in this list.

Elements of Indigenous style [electronic resource] : a guide for writing by and about Indigenous Peoples / by Gregory Younging.
Call Number: ebook (1 user at a time)
Publication Date: 2018
"Elements of Indigenous Style provides guidelines to help writers, editors, and publishers produce material that reflects Indigenous people in an appropriate and respectful manner"