Library Researcher Series: Indigenous Studies Resources

A collection of current journals, monographs, conference proceedings and reports. Material comes from Australia and New Zealand as well as from Indonesia, Malaysia, North America and the Pacific.

When you click on the link for Informit, you will be taken to two database options. Please note that only the Indigenous Collection database content is available to U Sask users; this is the content included in our subscription.  The Humanities and Social Sciences Collection database available through Informit is only available as an Index, which means that access to articles, etc. is only available for a fee by individual users.

For free content to U Sask users, check off the Indigenous Collection database only when you start your search. [details]

More than 8000 journals on a broad range of subject areas. Includes many entries related to Native Studies. [details]

History, anthropology and culture of the United States and Canada from pre-contact to the present. Excellent database for academic resources [details]

Bibliographic database covering all aspects of native culture, history and life in North America, Greenland, and eastern Siberia, including: archaeology, multicultural relations, gaming, governance, legend, and literacy. [details]

Online full text resources for indigenous studies in all the disciplines, including articles, books, book reviews, websites, archival materials, and theses and dissertations.

SEE Our Legacy [details]

Excellent library and archival resources on the western Canadian prairies, in particular

Excellent resource for information on the human and natural history of western and northern Canada and the western USA.

A database of high-resolution, digitized archival documents, photographs, and other resources, primarily from Library and Archives Canada. Intended for community members and academics who work toward constructing genealogies of the Metis people. Use the "Search" tab to locate documents by family name, date, and location or to browse them alphabetically or by date range.

A database of descriptions of archival material held in Saskatchewan archives.

An excellent resource from the National Archives of Canada for government information about Aboriginal people and related issues [details]

Collection of the annual reports created by the various Government of Canada departments responsible for the portfolio of Indian Affairs from 1864 to 1990. The Schedules of Indian Bands, Reserves and Settlements 1902-1992 is also included. [details]

Includes database which provides item-level descriptions on approximately 1,500 maps, with approximately 1,200 digitized items, now in the public domain

Searchable database of over 15,000 images of selected parts of original scrip (Record Group 15) documents from the Government of Canada. Provides access to the affidavits and applications only. [details]

Search Record Group 10 (Dep't of Indian Affairs) and Record Group 15 (Dep't of the Interior, includes Metis Scrip) record descriptions from Library and Archives Canada