Databases
- Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new windowLook here for scholarly and popular articles about American Indian topics, including women, education, health, culture and identity, and more.
- APA PsycArticles This link opens in a new window
The APA's comprehensive social and behavioral sciences database which delivers full-text, peer-reviewed articles. Updates twice weekly to ensure access to cutting-edge research and includes coverage dating back to 1894.
- Ethnic Diversity Source This link opens in a new window
Covering the culture, traditions, social treatment and lived experiences of different ethnic groups in America.
- Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
Thousands of educational and documentary videos from authoritative sources. Create playlists and clips and embed these in your Moodle site or share with a group.
Includes films from Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Films Media Group.
Web Resources
- Shattered Hearts: the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of American Indian Women and Girls in Minnesota (PDF)Produced by the Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center, this excellent 2009 report examines the prostitution of American Indian women and girls, including its historical context, prevalence, facilitating factors, and barriers to escape.
- National Film Board of CanadaDocumentaries, animations, experimental films, fiction, and interactive works. We showcase films that take a stand on issues of global importance that matter to Canadians—stories about the environment, human rights, international conflict, the arts and more.
- Speaking Our Truth, Podcast for ChangeAn original podcast aimed at building joint action by the National Indigenous Women's Resource Center
Books
Need information about a specific person? Search for the name or its variants below. For example:
- Winona LaDuke
- Indians of North America women
- First Nations women
If you want more concise information or just want to browse, use the books below.
Native American Women: A Biographical Dictionary by Call Number: View EbookFind entries for American Indian women, both historical and contemporary, with references for further reading. Use the appendices to find women by specialty (activism, storytelling, etc.), decade of birth, state or province, and tribal affiliation.
A to Z of Native American Women by Call Number: e-bookExplore the lives and contributions of American Indian women. Starting on p. 215, entries are arranged by activity, tribe, and year of birth.
A clan mother's call : reconstructing Haudenosaunee cultural memory by ISBN: 9781438466255Publication Date: 2017Addresses the importance of Haudenosaunee women in the rebuilding of the Iroquois nation. Indigenous communities around the world are gathering to both reclaim and share their ancestral wisdom. Aware of and drawing from these social movements, A Clan Mother's Call articulates Haudenosaunee women's worldview that honors women, clanship, and the earth. Over successive generations, First Nation people around the globe have experienced and survived trauma and colonization. Extensive literature documents these assaults, but few record their resilience.
Scientists and Storytellers by Call Number: e-bookISBN: 9780826338709Publication Date: 2006-01-01The work of four early women ethnographers--Elsie Clews Parsons, Ruth Benedict, Gladys Reichard, and Ruth Underhill-- and their emphases on women's roles in Southwestern Indian cultures.
American Indian Women, Telling Their Lives by ISBN: 0585300631Publication Date: 1984-01-01A study of American Indian women's autobiographies demonstrates their distinct status as literature, analyzing important works in the genre and examining their cultural and political significance. Includes a comprehensive, annotated bibliography of American Indian women's autobiographies and biographies, and of works by and about American Indian women.
