Digital Resources
This page is dedicated to providing online access to resources and learning tools related to Indigenous history. The focus is on the eastern half of what is today the United States, with special attention given to the rich history and culture of the Native South
Cherokee Riverkeepers is the product of collaboration with the Digital Humanities Institute at the University of Sheffield and community partners.
Indian Country Today
OsiyoTV
"The Race to Save Cherokee," from the Language and Life Project
Indigenous Languages: News and Resources
Saving an Endangered Language
Teaching Indigenous Languages
Providing Language Infrastructure to Indian Country
The Endangered Language Fund
The Native Language Immersion Initiative
10 Ways to Boost Tribal Language Programs, from Indian Country Today
Digital Library of Appalachia
Oral & Written Resources
The Duke Collection of American Indian Oral History
Theodore de Bry Engravings
American Journeys - Eyewitness Accounts of Early American Exploration and Settlement
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents
After Columbus - digital collections from the New York Public Library
James Glen Papers
Treaties with the United States
Charles J. Kappler, Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties
The American State Papers - Library of Congress
Edward Curtis and The North American Indian
The First American West: The Ohio River Valley - Filson Historical Society
Pioneering the Upper Midwest - Library of Congress
Great Lakes and Ohio Valley Ethnohistory Collection - Indiana University's Glen A Black Laboratory of Archaeology
Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections - from Clarke Historical Library at CMU
Papers of the War Department, 1784-1800 - George Mason University
Jacksonian America - Digital Public Library of America
Southeastern Native American Documents - Digital Library of Georgia
The Removal Crisis
Andrew Jackson's Statement on Removal
Family Stories from the Trail of Tears - Sequoyah Research Center
Stories of the Trail of Tears - Fort Smith National Historic Site
The Samuel Proctor Oral History Program
The Doris Duke American Indian Oral History Project
The Smithsonian Institution
Images of Indians of North America - Library of Congress
Images of Native Americans - Bancroft Library
American Indian Records at the National Archives
Experience Appalachia
Mapping Native America
Rebecca Onion and Claudio Saunt, "Interactive Time-Laps Map Shows how the U.S. Took More than 1.5 Billion Acres from Native Americans," Slate, June 17, 2014
Historical Maps
"Proclamation Line" (1763)
"A New and Accurate Map of the Provence of Georgia" (1779)
"Map showing the location of the Indian Tribes within the United States" (1868)
"Aboriginal Map of Tennessee" (1886)
"Indian Territory" (1889)
John Wesley Powell's ""Map of Linguistic Stocks of American Indians" (1890)
"Map of the Former Territorial Limits of The Cherokee Nation of Indians" (1884)
"National Atlas: Indian Tribes, Cultures, and Languages" (1967)
"Eastern Cherokee Reservation, North Carolina" (2003)
"Proclamation Line" (1763)
"A New and Accurate Map of the Provence of Georgia" (1779)
"Map showing the location of the Indian Tribes within the United States" (1868)
"Aboriginal Map of Tennessee" (1886)
"Indian Territory" (1889)
John Wesley Powell's ""Map of Linguistic Stocks of American Indians" (1890)
"Map of the Former Territorial Limits of The Cherokee Nation of Indians" (1884)
"National Atlas: Indian Tribes, Cultures, and Languages" (1967)
"Eastern Cherokee Reservation, North Carolina" (2003)
Catawba Deerskin Map ca. 1724 - Library of Congress
Environment & Climate History Resources
American Society for Environmental History aseh.org
Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide www.globalchange.gov/indicators/atmospheric-carbon-dioxide
Environmental History: The Inclusive Historian's Handbook inclusivehistorian.com/environmental-history/
Environmental History (Gale) www.gale.com/primary-sources/environmental-history
Environmental History Resources www.eh-resources.org
Environmental History at Yale environmentalhistory.yale.edu
Forest History Society foresthistory.org/research-explore/archives-library/environmental-history-archives-north-america/
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change www.ipcc.ch
NASA - Climate Change science.nasa.gov/climate-change/
State of the Planet news.climate.columbia.edu/2023/12/07/a-new-66-million-year-history-of-carbon-dioxide-offers-little-comfort-for-today/
United Nations Climate Action www.un.org/en/climatechange
Waterkeeper Alliance waterkeeper.org
Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide www.globalchange.gov/indicators/atmospheric-carbon-dioxide
Environmental History: The Inclusive Historian's Handbook inclusivehistorian.com/environmental-history/
Environmental History (Gale) www.gale.com/primary-sources/environmental-history
Environmental History Resources www.eh-resources.org
Environmental History at Yale environmentalhistory.yale.edu
Forest History Society foresthistory.org/research-explore/archives-library/environmental-history-archives-north-america/
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change www.ipcc.ch
NASA - Climate Change science.nasa.gov/climate-change/
State of the Planet news.climate.columbia.edu/2023/12/07/a-new-66-million-year-history-of-carbon-dioxide-offers-little-comfort-for-today/
United Nations Climate Action www.un.org/en/climatechange
Waterkeeper Alliance waterkeeper.org