The links to online information related to topics in the First People gallery provide further resources for your study. We hope you find them useful and informative. We check them periodically, but we cannot be responsible for their availability or content. If you see problems with response or content at any of these sites, please notify that site's webmaster.

Online

• American Indian Resource Directory American Indian Heritage Foundation
  www.indians.org/Resource/resource.html
• Great Lakes Virtual Museum
  http://www.hannahvilleschool.net/GLVM/
• Index of Native American History Resources on the Internet, WWW Virtual Library
  www.hanksville.org/NAresources/indices/NAhistory.html
• Michigan History for Kids from Michigan History magazine provides downloads (PDF) of "The Mitten," including Native American themed issues, at this web page on its site:
  http://www.michiganhistorymagazine.com/kids/mitten_topics.html>
• National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution
  www.nmai.si.edu/
• Native American History and Culture, Encyclopedia Smithsonian
  http://www.si.edu/encyclopedia_si/History_and_Culture/AmericanIndian_History.htm
• Native Languages of the Americas: Native American Cultures
  www.native-languages.org/
• Native Peoples of the Great Lakes Region, T.E.A.C.H. Great Lakes, Great Lakes Information Network (GLIN)
  www.great-lakes.net/teach/history/native/native_1.html
• NativeTech
  www.nativetech.org/
• Native Web
  www.nativeweb.org/

Books

• Archaeological Institute of America. Archaeology in the Classroom: A Resource Guide for Teachers and Parents. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1996.
• Clifton, James A., George L. Cornell and James M. McClurken. People of the Three Fires: The Ottawa, Potawatomi and Ojibway Of Michigan. Grand Rapids, MI: The Michigan Indian Press, Grand Rapids Inter-Tribal Council, 1986.
• Bernstein, Bonnie, and Leigh Blair. Native American Crafts Workshop. Carthage, IL: Fearon Teacher Aids, 1982. (activities)
• Conway, Thor, and Julie Conway. Spirits on Stone: The Agawa Pictographs. San Luis Obispo, CA: Heritage Discoveries, 1990.
• Deur, Lynn. Nishnawbe: A Story of Indians in Michigan. Spring Lake, MI: River Road Publications, Inc., 1989.
• Editors of Time-Life Books, The. People of the Lakes. Alexandria, VA: 1994.
• Frazier, Jean. Kah-wam-da-meh: A Study of Michigan's Major Indian Tribes. Grand Ledge, MI: The Herman E. Cameron Memorial Foundation, Inc., 1989.
• Gibson, Karen Bush. The Potawatomi (Native Peoples series). Mankato, MN: Bridgestone Books, 2003. (ages 9-12)
• Halsey, John. R. (Editor). Retrieving Michigan's Buried Past: The Archaeology of the Great Lakes State. Bloomfield Hills, MI: Cranbrook Institute of Science, 1999.
• Judson, Katharine B. Native American Legends of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi Valley. DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois University Press, 2000.
• Kubiak, William J. Great Lakes Indians: A Pictorial Guide (2nd edition). Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1999.
• Michigan History Magazine. Father Marquette's Journal: Exploring the Mississippi River for New France, 1673-75 (2nd edition). Lansing, MI: Michigan Historical Center, 2001.
• Sanna, Ellyn. Potawatomi (North American Indians Today series). Philadelphia, PA: Mason Crest Publishers, 2004.
• Sivertson, Howard. The Illustrated Voyageur. Mount Horeb, WI: Midwest Traditions, 1994. (ages 9-12)
• Tanner, Helen Hornbeck (Editor). Atlas of Great Lakes Indian History. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987.
• Weldman, Carl. Atlas of the North American Indian (rev. ed.). NY: Checkmark Books, 2000.

Updated 06/08/2009

Michigan Historical Center, Department of History, Arts and Libraries
Use and Reproduction Information [PDF]
Contact us with your question or comment about this page.