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While we know our northern friends may not feel it, in the South, Spring is
here. So we thought we'd share a few of our gardening sites appropriate
for this time of the year. Along with gardening, there's grilling, and getting
ready to diet so that you can fit back into that bathing suit this summer!
Century of Dishonor, The
great difficulty with the Indian
problem is not with the Indian, but
with the Government and people of
the United States.
Descriptive Catalogue, Photographs
of North American Indians,
This Catalogue is intended to
systematize the collection of
Photographic Portraits of Indians
now in the possession of the United
States Geological Survey of the
Territories, and to place on record
all the information.
Handbook of American Indians North
of Mexico, Henry W. Hodge.
This was Mr. Hodge's life's work,
recording all the tribes,
sub-tribes, gents, clans, bands.
We have gone through the entire book
and are in the process of adding all
the
Indian Villages included in the
book
History of the Catholic
missions among the Indian tribes of
the United States, 1529-1854
The Indian Races of North and South
America, An Account of the
Principal Aboriginal Races; A
Description of their National
Customs, Mythology, and Religious
Ceremonies; The History of their
most Powerful Tribes, and of their
Most Celebrated Chiefs and Warriors.
Indians of Augusta County, Virginia,
A list of the various tribes who
resided in or resorted to the Valley
of Virginia in 1716-32, and they all
spoke the same language or a dialect
of it.
Indian
History of Winneshiek County, An account
of the Winnebago Tribe of Indians who lived in Winneshiek County. The
Winnebago tribe is the fourth group of the great Siouan, or Dakota, family.
The Indian Miscellany Containing papers on the
history, antiquities, arts,
languages, religions, traditions and
superstitions of the American
aborigines; with descriptions of
their domestic life, manners,
customs, traits, amusements and
exploits; travels and adventures in
the Indian country; incidents of
border warfare; missionary
relations, etc.
Native Tribes about the East Texas
Mission's, The history of
the Spanish regime in the Southwest
is very largely the history of an
Indian policy in its military,
political, and religious phases.
Publications of the Bureau of
American Ethnology, The
series of Bulletins was first
authorized by Congress in 1886.
Today virtually all the researches
published by the Bureau are included
in this series.
Sign Language Among North American
Indians, The present writer
has devoted the intervals between
official duties to collecting and
collating materials for the study of
sign language.
The Apache Indian, No
scholar has been able to trace
satisfactorily the exact origins of
this spectacular people or to say
just when they made their appearance
in the Southwest
Arapaho Indians
Among the
Arapaho, Lt. Lemly recounts a day spent living with the Arapaho.
Notes on the
Caddo, The following data were recorded in New York City in the
winter of 1921-22 with the cooperation of White Moon, a recent Caddo
graduate of Carlisle who in New York shrewdly called himself Chief Silver
Moon.
Traditions of the Caddo, The
Caddo, numbering 530 in 1903, are of
Caddoan stock, and since 1859 have
lived in western Oklahoma between
the Washita and Canadian rivers,
where they have been closely
associated with the Wichita.
Old Mission Stories of California,
In these quiet, unpretending stories
the writer has attempted to give a
faithful picture of life among the
Indians and Spaniards in Nueva
California during the early days of
the past century.
Missions of California and the Old
Southwest, Through their
work was confined to a few heathen
tribes, its pure and unselfish
purpose and beneficent results
cannot be questioned, for these are
attested in the annals of those
days.
Cherokee of the Smokey Mountains, The Cherokees are of Iroquoian
stock or affinity, and apparently of
northern origin. At some remote
period they migrated southwestward
along a route long afterward
followed by the first white settlers
of western Virginia and Carolina.
Letterbooks of William Henry
Lyttleton, 1756-1760, This
collection contains correspondence
relating to Lyttelton's career as
governor of South Carolina, provides
valuable information on the
Cherokees, Creeks, and Chickasaws.
Dictionary of Chinook Jargon,
The arrival of Astor's party,
however, that the Jargon received
its principal impulse.
Chippewa Indians
History of the Ottawa and Chippewa
Indians of Michigan, There
were many other tribes of Indians in
this region prior to the occupancy
of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians
of this State, who have long ago
gone out of existence.
Life Among the Choctaw Indians,
The Indian tribes of the southwest
are the largest and most hopeful on
the continent; and yet not a single
volume has been written, setting
forth their history.
Delaware Indians of Kansas, The name Delaware is of English origin,
coming from the voyage of Lord
Delaware to the Delaware River
region. The true name of the
Delaware—what he calls himself—is
Lenape.
Story of
Oshkosh, Interesting Historical
Sketch of the Menomonee Chieftain, After Whom the City of Oshkosh Was
Named
Miami Indians
The Home of Little Turtle,
The purpose of this booklet,
however, is not to revive a
forgotten Indian name but to remind
the readers of much history and many
events of their own communities.
Battle of the Big Hole, The
Nez Percé Indians are a powerful and
populous tribe, who, for centuries,
have made their home in the Snake,
Salmon, and Clear Water Valleys in
Washington
History of the Ottawa and Chippewa
Indians of Michigan, There
were many other tribes of Indians in
this region prior to the occupancy
of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians
of this State, who have long ago
gone out of existence.
Passamaquoddy Indians
Passamaquoddy Folklore, In
observations on the traditions of
the Indian tribes, the tendency of
the listener to add his own thoughts
or interpretations is very great.
Moreover, no two Indians tell the
same story alike.
Pocahontas, Alias Matoaka and her
Descendants, Through her
marriage at Jamestown, Virginia, in
April, 1614 With John Rolfe,
Gentleman--By Wyndham Robertson and
Illustrative Historical Notes by B.
A. Brock
Seminole Indians of Florida,
I have endeavored to present a
faithful portraiture of their
appearance and personal
characteristics, and have enlarged
upon their manners and customs
Traditions of the Seneca,
The Seneca and Huron, or Wyandot,
originated along the St. Lawrence,
where they lived peaceably for a
great many years
Sioux Indians
Dahcotah, Or Life and Legends of the
Sioux around Ft. Snelling,
The materials for the following
pages were gathered during a
residence of seven years in the
immediate neighborhood nay in the
very midst of the once powerful but
now nearly extinct tribe.
Official Relations Between
the United States and the Sioux
Indians Details the history of the
relations between the Sioux and
United States. Is often quoted as
being one of the better examples of
accurate portrayal of this history
in print.
A Treatise of the Six Nation Indians,
As knowledge of the traditions,
manners, and national traits of the
Indians, composing, originally, the
six distinct and independent tribes
of the Mohawks, Tuscarora,
Onondagas, Seneca, Oneidas, and
Cayuga.
Massasoit of the Wampanoags, With a brief commentary on Indian
character; and sketches of other great chiefs, tribes and nations' also a
chapter on Samoset, Squanto and Hobamock, three early native friends of the
Plymouth colonists.
