Indigenous Studies: Introduction
Databases: Start Here
Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America
Contains citations to books, journal articles, essays, conference papers, and government documents.
Nexis Uni
Full-text documents for international news, business, legal research, and key people in the news.
Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database
Provides access to Canadian journals, magazines and news resources on all topics.
CPI.Q
Index for Canadian academic journals and popular magazines
Databases: Main
Indigenous Peoples of North America
Collection of primary source documents on the Indigenous peoples of North America.
Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America
Manuscripts, artwork and rare print material on native North American history and European settlement.
North American Indian Thought and Culture
Full-text biographies, autobiographies, diaries, letters, personal narratives and speeches.
I-Portal: Indigenous Studies Portal
Index to articles, books, and other documents related to indigenous peoples of Canada and North America.
FPIC.INFO Resources
FPIC (Free Prior and Informed Consent) is an index and full-text database for resources about free prior and informed consent in Indigenous self-determination in land resource decision making
Indigenous Newspapers in North America
Historic pressings, contemporary periodicals and more on 200 years of indigenous print journalism from the US and Canada.
America: History & Life
Covers Canadian and American history. Comprehensive index, with abstracts, for journal articles and book reviews.
Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures, and the Environment
Full-text letters, diaries and memoirs.
North American Indian Drama: Second Edition
Collection of plays by Indigenous playwrights of Turtle Island from the twentieth century.
Databases: Also Useful
1491; the Untold Story of the Americas Before Columbus
Video playlist on indigenous peoples in the Americas before Columbus.
Future History Season 1
Video playlist on North American Indigenous peoples history and future.
Future History Season 2
Video playlist on North American Indigenous peoples history and future. Part 2.
Treaties Recognition Playlist
Video playlist on indigenous peoples and treaties in Ontario.
National Film Board of Canada
Thousands of documentaries, animations, and alternative dramas produced by the National Film Board of Canada.
Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
Historical, biographical dictionary with scholarly articles on thousands of individuals.
HathiTrust Digital Library
Growing collection of digitized texts from a consortium of American research universities.
Official Documentation System
Includes all types of official United Nations (UN) freely available, full-text documents. Does not include sales publications or treaties.
UN-iLibrary
The books, reports, and journals created by the United Nations.
UNdata
Large, comprehensive statistical database covering all countries of the world. Pulls together statistics from all the major UN sources.