The following works provide important background information useful for helping you to find American Indian ancestors.
- Preliminary Inventory No. 163: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Services. Available online
- Isaacs. Katherine M., editor. Omni Gazetteer of the United States of America. U.S. Data Sourcebook, Volume 11 Appendices, Bureau of Indian Affairs List of American Indian Reservations, Appendix E, Indian Reservations. Omnigraphics, Inc., 1991.
- Wick R. Miller. Miller, Wick R. 1931. The Wick Miller Papers (1931-1994) contain correspondence, research files, field notes, word lists, notebooks, articles and reprints, pamphlets, maps, class syllabi, tests and assignments, student papers, and manuscripts. Wick Miller (1932-1994) was an anthropological linguist and pioneer in language acquisition studies.WorldCat 447297763 Wick R. Miller Papers
- Weaver, Thomas, and Emil W. Haury. Indians of Arizona: A Contemporary Perspective. Tucson, Ariz: University of Arizona Press, 1974. FS Catalog 970.1 W379i WorldCat 834949
- Dutton, Bertha P. American Indians of the Southwest. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, 1983. WorldCat 424863732
- "Accompanying Pamphlet for Microcopy 1011", National Archives Microfilm Publications, Appendix.
- American Indians: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications. Washington DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, National Archives and Records Administration, 1998.
- Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives; Record Group 75, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
- Hill, Edward E. (comp.). Guide to Records in the National Archives of the United States Relating to American Indians. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1981.
- Hill, Edward E. The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches. New York, New York: Clearwater Publishing Company, Inc., 1974.
- Swanton John R. The Indian Tribes of North America. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #145 Available online. (ISBN 0-8063-1730-2 L of C 2002117802)
- Historical Sketches for Jurisdictional and Subject Headings Used for the Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880. National Archives Microcopy T1105.
- Tiller, Veronica E. Velarde., American Indian Reservations and Trust Areas. C. 1996, Tiller Research Incorporated. FamilySearch Library book 970.1 T463a No ISBN, or LC #
- Confederation of American Indians (New York, New York), Indian Reservations: a State and Federal Handbook. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 1986. WorldCat 14098308; FS Catalog book 970.1 In2
- Surviving Indian Groups in the Eastern United States, by William Harlen Gilbert, Jr. Smithsonian Report, (1948): pps. 407-438. FS Catalog book 970.1 G378s; At various libraries (WorldCat)
- Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, by Frederick Webb Hodge. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #30 1907. FS Library Film 1320577; FS Library Book 970.1 Sm69b; At various repositories (WorldCat); Online at: Internet Archives. This publication lists the 22 states which had reservations in 1908.
- Kappler, Charles J. Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1902. 7 volumes. WorldCat 74490963; FS Catalog book 970.1 K142i. Available online.
- Klein, Barry T., ed. Reference Encyclopedia of the American Indian. Nyack, New York: Todd Publications, 2009. 10th ed. WorldCat 317923332; FS Catalog book 970.1 R259e.
- Malinowski, Sharon and Sheets, Anna, eds. The Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. Detroit: Gale Publishing, 1998. 4 volumes. Includes: (a) Lists of Federally Recognized Tribes for U.S., Alaska, and Canada – pp. 513-529, (b) Alphabetical Listing of Tribes, with reference to volume and page in this series Map of "Historic Locations of U.S. Native Groups", (c) Map of "Historic Locations of Canadian Native Groups", (d) Map of "Historic Locations of Mexican, Hawaiian and Caribbean Native Groups", (e) Maps of "State and Federally Recognized U.S. Indian Reservations". FS Catalog book 970.1 G131g; WorldCat 37475188;
- Vol. 1 -- Northeast, Southeast, Caribbean
Fort Laramie in Wyoming on the Oregon Trail (painting)
- Vol. 2 -- Great Basin, Southwest, Middle America
- Vol. 3 -- Arctic, Subarctic, Great Plains, Plateau
- Vol. 4 -- California, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Islands
- National Archives, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA): (Record Group 75) 1793-1989: Overview of Records Locations in Guide to Federal Records (accessed 1 August 2015).
- Prucha, Francis Paul. Atlas of American Indian Affairs. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 1991 WorldCat 257331735; FS Catalog book 970.1 P95aa
- Prucha, Francis Paul, ed. Documents of United States Indian Policy. 3rd Edition. Lincoln, Nebraska: Univeresity of Nebraska Press, 2000. WorldCat 50416280; FS Catalog book 970.1 P95d.
- Prucha, Francis Paul. Guide to the Military Posts of the United States, 1789-1895. Madison, Wisconsin: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, c1964. WorldCat 522839; FS Catalog book 973 M2pf.
- Redskins Ruffle shirts and Rednecks-Indian Allotments in Alabama and Mississippi 1830-1860, by Mary Elizabeth Young. University of Oklahoma Press: Norman, Oklahoma, 1961. FS Catalog book 970.1 Y86r; At various libraries (WorldCat).
- Schmeckebier, Laurance F. The Office of Indian Affairs: Its History, Activities, and Organization. Service Monographs of the United States Government; no. 48. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1927. Reprint. New York: AMS Press, 1972. WorldCat 257893; FS Catalog book 973 B4b v. 48.
- Sturtevant, William C. Handbook of North American Indians. 20 vols., some not yet published. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1978– .
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