Native American Heritage Month

ATALM is an international non-profit organization that maintains a network of support for indigenous programs, provides culturally relevant programming and services, encourages collaboration among tribal and non-tribal cultural institutions, and articulates contemporary issues related to developing and sustaining the cultural sovereignty of Native Nations.

Place to start to explore the vast resources held by National Archives of primary resources relating to American Indian and Alaska Native research.

The National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) Archive Center at the Smithsonian actively acquires and serves as a repository for the records of contemporary Native and Indigenous artists, writers, activists, and organizations. In addition, the Archive Center holds the records of the NMAI’s predecessor institution, the Museum of the American Indian (MAI), Heye Foundation.

Primary sources from the New York State Museum's Exhibitions.

While treaties between Indigenous peoples and the United States affect virtually every area in the USA, there is as yet no official list of all the treaties. The US National Archives holds 374 of the treaties, where they are known as the Ratified Indian Treaties.

Here you can view them for the first time with key historic works that provide context to the agreements made and the histories of our shared lands.