Ramsey Library Research Guides


Native American and Cherokee Resources


Encyclopedias and Handbooks

Encyclopedias, Handbooks, Dictionaries, etc. can provide useful descriptions, overviews, and lists of recommended reading on a topic

American Indians (UNCA Reference E76.2 A45 1995) This three volume set contains 1,129 articles covering a wide range of topics including personages, tribes, organizations, historical events, cultural traditions, and contemporary issues

Atlas of the North American Indian
(UNCA Reference E77.W195 2000) 
presents information on Native North Americans in the U.S., Canada, and Middle American using text as well as maps.

The Columbia Guide to American Indians of the Southeast. (E78.S65 P45 2001) 
An overview of the histories, cultures, and contemporary issues facing the region's Native peoples, and bibliographies of the most important sources and scholarship.

Macmillan Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. (E76.2J63 1999)
essential information on the identity, kinships, locations, populations, and cultural characteristics of 400 North American, Native American tribes. Featuring more than 300 illustrations, maps, and photographs,

Books 

Cherokee Americans : the eastern band of Cherokees in the twentieth century / John R. Finger
E99.C5F55 1991

The Eastern Band of Cherokees, 1819-1900 / by John R. Finger  E99.C5 F56 1984

Periodical Databases

Humanities Full Text. (1984+) Index to the major journals in the humanities, with full-text articles from over 170 titles. Includes literature, history, philosophy, archaeology, classics, performing arts, and religion. H.W.Wilson

JSTOR. The scholarly journal archive; provides full text of over 450 journals covering a broad array of disciplines. UNCA collections include Arts and Sciences I, II, III, and IV. See detailed lists.

Project Muse. Search 200 full-text journals from leading university presses. Covers a broad range of disciplines, including the performing arts, literature, history, and religion

America: History and Life.  Indexes the scholarly literature about all periods of American history. Includes abstracts. ABC-CLIO

Documenting the American South. Primary sources, colonial period through early 20th Century:

MLA Bibliography.  Authoritative index to scholarly research on English, American, and world Literature, languages, and linguistics. FirstSearch

Academic Search Premier.  Multi-disciplinary database with indexing for more than 8,000 publications and full text for 4,500+ of those titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further.  EBSCOhost

LexisNexis Academic. News and wire services; company, industry and market information; resources for legal and political research, medical news; government information. LexisNexis

Special Collection Books at Ramsey Library

The Cherokee by Joyce C Dugan  (Special Coll E99.C5 D84 2001)

Stars are Birds and other writings by MariJo Moore with art by L. Gina Canter 
(Special Coll PS3563.O6229 S73 1996)

Spirit Voices of Bones by Marijo Moore (Special Coll PS3563 O6229 S65 1997)

Returning to the Homeland Cherokee Poetry and Short Stories 
by Marijo Moore           (Special Coll PS3563 O6229 R48 1994

"Occoneechee" Fair Maid of the Forest  A Cherokee Indian Operetta in Three Acts composed and written by  Miss Margaret Stringfield  ( Special Coll M1503.S927 O3 1948)

The Eastern Cherokee. How They Live Today. Their History (Special Coll E99.C5 E124 1937)

Where it all Began: Cherokee Creation Stories in Art Edited by Barbara R. Duncan 
(Special Coll E99.C5 W47 2001)

Trail of Tears:  The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation by John Ehle 
(Special Coll E99.C5 E45 1988)

Mythic Maps: An Exhibition of Cherokee Legends in the Appalachian Landscape
by The Mountain Heritage Center, Western Carolina University (Special Coll E99.c5 M88 1979)

Upward Trails by Vera Minga Payne (Special Coll BV2805.C5 P36 1955)

Peachtree Mound and Village Site, Cherokee County N.C.  by Frank M. Setzler and Jesse D. Jennings (Special Coll E78.N74 S5 1941)

Unto These Hills: A Drama of the Cherokee Indian by Kermit Hunter 
(Special Coll PS3515.U5.92 1980)

Cherokee Proud: A Guide for Tracing and Honoring your Cherokee Ancestors  by Tony Mack MClure (Special Coll E99.C5 M382)

Web Resources

Museum of the Cherokee Indian
Website of the Museum of the Cherokee Indian located in Cherokee, North Carolina. 

Indians.org
Clearing house that provides information on programs and resources for the American Indian Heritage Foundation located in Falls Church, VA

National Museum of the American Indian
Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian was established by an act of Congress in 1989. This site allows you to explore the museum online.

Native American Sites
Another clearinghouse for Native American Nations and organizations by the Social Sciences Subject Editor for anthropology, history, and sociology for Choice Magazine.

Native Americans and the Environment
Sponsored by The National Council for Science and the Environment, The Native Americans and the Environment website focuses of problems, historical experiences, and conservation of the Environment as it pertains to Native Americans.


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