Indigenous Peoples - Indigenous Peoples are distinct social and cultural groups that share collective ancestral ties to the lands and natural resources where they live, occupy or from which they have been displaced. The land and natural resources on which they depend are inextricably linked to their identities, cultures, livelihoods, as well as their physical and spiritual well-being. They often subscribe to their customary leaders and organizations for representation that are distinct or separate from those of the mainstream society or culture. Many Indigenous Peoples still maintain a language distinct from the official language or languages of the country or region in which they reside.
SOURCE: World Bank. (2021, March). Indigenous Peoples. https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/indigenouspeoples#1.
Academic dictionaries and reference books for history.
Explore the impact of invasion and colonization on Indigenous Peoples in North America and the intersection of Indigenous and European histories and systems of knowledge through primary sources like manuscripts, monographs, newspapers, photographs, motion pictures, and images of artwork.
This unique collection documents American History from the earliest settlers to the mid-twentieth century. It is sourced from the Gilder Lehrman Collection, one of the finest archives available to study American History.
Module I Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
Module II Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
The collection includes digitized primary source materials such as letters, papers, photographs, scrapbooks, financial records, and diaries. Access is limited to the Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century and American Politics and Society collections.
There is a digital library with primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. It consists of books and journals and is divided into two searchable collections at Cornell University and the University of Michigan.