Read the full text of The Greenville Treaty, a treaty of peace and friendship between the United States and a coalition of Native American tribes.

The front page and synopsis of the Declaration of Allegiance that was signed by all 189 tribes in the United States.

The Corps of Discovery stayed with the Mandan tribe for the first winter of their epic trip to the Pacific Coast. Read the entries in the Journals of Lewis and Clark to get first impressions and descriptions of the Native Americans who...

Read a letter through which Sam Houston recruits Indian tribes "to act in the policing of" Texas. This site includes images of the original letter, as well as line-by-line transcription of the handwritten text.

Read about the importance of the support of various Indian tribes in the success of the Texas Revolution. See primary sources that explore this topic.

The Battle of Little Bighorn made an immense impression on American society and culture. Americans became obsessed with this battle and created artworks, shows, postcards, and dime novels. View primary sources from this era to understand...

Contains the full text of the Treaty of Greenville which was a treaty of peace and friendship between the United States of America and the tribes of Native Americans called the Wyandots, Delawares, Shawanees, Senacas, Miamies, Ottawas,...

At first, the Trail of Tears only described the Cherokee removal of 1838. Later it included the removals of all southeastern Native nations. Take a close look at these primary sources from the Smithsonian which include a reproduction of...

Before the European settlers almost wiped out the buffalo, there were huge herds roaming the Plains.The buffalo hunts by Native Americans were essential for the survival of the tribes, and were fine tuned challenges between man and...

Read a portion of the document adopted by the Native American representatives from over sixty tribes in 1961 setting forth their political agenda.

An argument by the Michigan Territorial governor, Lewis Cass, that claimed state laws superseded the rights claimed by Native American tribes like the Cherokee.

Read and view a copy of the complete text of the treaty of Fort Laramie which recognized the Black Hills as part of the Sioux Reservation. Accompanying documentary explains how the treaty was broken as a result of the discovery of gold...

This 1993 speech by Cherokee Chief Wilma Mankiller, in which she calls for Native Americans to rebuild the Cherokee Nation, also thoroughly describes the history of her tribe in America.

A copy of the treaty and letters written by William Richard Davie between the US and the Tuscarora Nation of Indians in 1803.

Read about the development, purpose, and effect of the Dawes Act, which was also known as the General Allotment Act. This site has images of the original document.

Side-by-side English translation of The Walam Olum, which purports to be a pictographic record of the Delaware or Lenni Lenape Indians.

The Walam Olum purports to be a pictographic record of the Delaware or Lenni Lenape Indians. Linked to second page showing the side-by-side pictographs and English translation rendered in 1833.