Center's Resource Room

The Center for Native American Studies Resource Room is available for NMU faculty, staff, students and community members.  We have books, dvds, cds, cassette recordings, and other miscellaneous documents.  The list of available items can be found below along with links to other resources.  

Books can be checked out for up to two weeks.

All DVD, VHS and audio compact disc and cassette resources are to be used at the Center.  A TV, VCR, and DVD player are available for use. 

NMU faculty can check out these materials for class purposes.

Available Books 

• Book collection by title

• Book collection by author/editor

 

 

Available Videos/DVDs

• Video collection by title

• Video collection by category

 

 

Available Audio

• Audio collection [CD collection  /  cassette collection]

 

 

Other Resources 

• Miscellaneous documents

• Olson Library on-line Native American government documents (updated April. 2009)

• Olson Library new Native American Book listings

• Olson Library Native American film list

• Olson Library Native American movie search instructions

• Native American census records

 

 

Available for Purchase at the Center Store 

• Helen Roy and David Fuhst CDs

• Earl's Wigwam video

• Cherokee History video series (Please note that CNAS is not endorsing this information for sales, but we do get questions regarding Cherokee ancestry)

 

 

Language Resources

• The ANA (Administration for Native Americans) Messenger: Special edition on Native languages

 

 

Educational Resources

• Native American Educational Series
• Walking a Mile: A First Step Toward Mutual Understanding [A Qualitative Study Exploring How Indians & Non-Indians Think of Each Other
• Understanding Michigan Indian Sovereignty and Treaties Curriculum
• University of Minnesota Duluth Center for Indigenous Knowledge Revitalization
• Minnesota Department of Education K-12 Curriculum

 

 

Census Information

• American Indian Focus Groups

• American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States

• The American Indian and Alaska Native Population: 2002

• American Indian, Alaska Native Tables from the Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2004-2005

• Current information for American Indians and Alaska Natives

• American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) Data and Links

 

 

Bureau of Indian Affairs Information

• Tribal Leaders Directory: Spring/Summer 2005

• Federal Register of Tribes: March 2007