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    Native American Studies (Ms. Zanetti)

    SPS Student Resources These databases are freely available at school; see Ms. Amster-Burton for the password to use them from home.

  • World Book: articles on each tribe with general information and links to further research
  • Proquest: search newspapers and magazines for articles about the tribe. (Click “Full text documents only” when you search.) Search for your tribe, and be sure to try the “Suggested Topics” that Proquest provides.
  • Issues and Controversies in American History (red, white, and blue logo in upper right):
    Search for Shawnee Indians (or whichever tribe you are studying, followed by the word Indians) and you will find articles with general history and recent census data

    • Native American Recipes

  • Book: Cox, Beverly and Martin Jacobs. Spirit of the Harvest: North American Indian Cooking. New York: Steward, Tabori, and Chang, 1991.
    Recipes from Crow, Navajo, Iroquois, Cherokee, Shawnee, and Blackfoot traditions, and many others.
  • NativeTech: Indigenous Food and Traditional Recipes
    http://www.nativetech.org/recipes/index.php
    Note that recipes were contributed by individual users, with little supporting information; be sure to verify the type of food as you research your tribe.

    • More Online Resources

  • Native American History Resources
    http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/soc40.55.00/
    Internet Public Library
    Also, “Search the IPL” for your tribe.
  • Discover Native America
    http://www.discovernativeamerica.com/
    Under Tribes Search, find general information about each tribe.
  • The Nez Perce
    http://content.lib.washington.edu/aipnw/walker.html
    American Indians of the Pacific Northwest Collection
    University of Washington

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