This guide collects links to library and other online resources and provides guidance to support and information about a variety of types of materials and content.
The Libraries work to support the West Virginia University Native American Studies Program (WVU NAS). The WVU NAS Program has an extensive collection of research materials and expertise, and is a strong supporter of the WVU Libraries. Native American Studies is an interdisciplinary field, and the WVU program includes experts and instructors from many disciplines conducting research, teaching, and service activities and offering programming for the local and wider community.
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The Corona Virus (COVID-19) disproportionately impacts Native Americans and this guide is spotlighting sources about COVID and the intersection with health inequity with a collection of places to start on the COVID-19 in Indian Country page.
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Subject Headings are terms or phrases that best summarize the overall contents of a work and provide access to its most important topics. For example, if you haven't already pinpointed your topic, the Library of Congress Subject Heading - Indian of North America - would lead you to some great initial sources.
Below are some additional examples of Subject Headings by subgroup and/ or theme.
United States. Indian Removal Act of 1830 |
A Selection of Recently Acquired WVU Library Books;
All the Real Indians Died Off": And 20 Other Myths
Ana kâ-pimwêwêhahk okakêskihkêmowina = The counselling speeches of Jim Kâ-Nîpitêhtêw
As We Are Now: Mixblood Essays On Race and Identity
Embers: one Ojibway's meditations
Eyes bottle dark with a mouthful of flowers: poems by Jake Skeets
Florida's Indians from Ancient Times to the Present
The heartbeat of Wounded Knee: native America from 1890 to the present
Native American DNA: tribal belonging and the false promise of genetic science by Kimberly TallBear
One Church Many Tribes : Following Jesus the Way God Made You.
Onigamiising: seasons of an Ojibwe year
Shapes of Native nonfiction: collected essays by contemporary writers
Voices of the Rainbow: Contemporary Poetry by Native Americans
Why Indigenous literatures matter
You Are Now On Indian Land: The American Indian Occupation of Alcatraz Island