Digging Deeper:Primary Resources for

the Study of South Dakota's First Peoples

Vickie Mix, Associate ProfessorGovernment Documents Librarian

South Dakota State UniversityMarch 6, 2015

Government Publications: Rich and Free

Most government publications are available freely and in the public domain

Federal Depository Libraries provide free access to physical and online materials

Approximately 97% of modern federal documents distributed through the Federal Depository Library Program are available online

Numerous digital depositories provide free online access to federal documents

Federal Depository Libraries in South Dakota

Oglala Lakota College, Woksape Tipi Library

South Dakota State Library

South Dakota State University, Hilton M. Briggs Library

South Dakota Supreme Court, Law Library

South Dakota School of Mines & Technology/Devereaux Library

Augustana College, Mikkelsen Library

University of South Dakota, I.D. Weeks Library

Northern State University, Williams Library

Black Hills State University, E.Y. Berry Library Learning Center

South Dakota State University125 Years in the Federal Depository

Library Program! Government Documents: Federal Depository Library since 1889

77% Selective, largest depository library in South Dakota

Featured resources for American Indian Research:

United States Congressional Serial Set

Department of Interior Annual Reports 1853-

Finding aids

Adler, J.B., ed. (1975). CIS U.S. Serial Set Index. Washington, DC: Congressional Information Service, Inc.

Superintendent of Documents. (1911). Checklist of United States Public Documents. 1789-1909, 3rd ed., Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office.

What Can Your Federal Depository Libraries Do for You and Your Students?The Government Publishing Office, formerly the Government Printing Office (GPO) is the largest publisher in the world

FDLP libraries provide expert research assistance with federal government publications

FDLP libraries provide free public access to federal document collections

FDLP libraries may loan materials to libraries through interlibrary loan

FDLP information specialists are available to educate individuals onsite and online

Finding tools and Digital Collections for Government Publications

ERIC Institute of Education Sciences. http://eric.ed.gov/

Fdsys: Federal Digital System produced by the Government Publishing Office. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/

Superintendent of Documents (1911) Checklist of United States Public Documents 1789-1909. https://archive.org/details/checklistofunite01unitrich

Hathi Trust. http://www.hathitrust.org/

Digital Public Library of America. http://dp.la/

South Dakota State Library Digital Collections. http://library.sd.gov/ACS/DIG/index.aspx#ContentDM

Featured Collections

Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Internet Archive https://archive.org/ and the Biodiversity Heritage Library http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org (search “bureau of ethnology”)

Library of Congress www.loc.gov

A Century of Lawmaking. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.html

Library of Congress Digital Collections. http://loc.gov/library/libarch-digital.html

Additional Internet Resources American Indian and Alaska Native Data (AIAN) U.S. Census Bureau

http://www.census.gov/aian/

Annual Reports of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. University of Wisconsin. http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/History/History-idx?type=browse&scope=HISTORY.COMMREP

Bureau of Indian Affairs. http://www.bia.gov

First Nations Collection. Southern Oregon Digital Archives. http://soda.sou.edu/tribal.html

Indian Affairs Laws & Treaties compiled by Charles J. Kappler http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/

Indian Claims Commission Decisions http://digital.library.okstate.edu/icc/index.html

And there’s more! Lakota Dakota Bibliography. Creighton University. http://

puffin.creighton.edu/lakota/biblio.html

National Archives and Records Administration. http://www.archives.gov/research/native-americans/index.html

National Museum of the American Indian. Smithsonian Institution. http://www.nmai.si.edu/

USA.gov Native American and Tribal Cultural Resources. http://www.usa.gov/Government/Tribal/cultural.shtml

U.S. Department of the Interior. http://www.doi.gov/index.cfm

Library Research Guides

Brandon Burnette. Southeastern Oklahoma State University Native American Historical Resources http://www.se.edu/library/government-information/native-american-historical-resources/

Daniel Dailey. Resources for Native American History. University of South Dakota. http://libguides.usd.edu/content.php?pid=175071

Jon Harrison. Native American Studies Research Guide. Michigan State University. http://libguides.lib.msu.edu/nativeamericans

Michele Christian. South Dakota State University American Indian Studies Research Guide. http://libguides.sdstate.edu/AIS

Jewels in the Hilton M. Briggs Collection

Department of the Interior Publications

Annual Reports I 1.1:yr.

Bureau of Indian Affairs I 20.

Geographical & Geological Survey I 17.5:

Smithsonian Bureau of American Ethnology

SI 2.1:

Use Your Librarians: We’re Here to Help!

Federal Depository Libraries provide free public access and expert information specialists

South Dakota has nine selective depository libraries

South Dakota is also served by the Regional Library at the University of Minnesota

Services from the Regional Library can enhance South Dakota access to Native American materials in federal documents collections or databases

Vickie Mix

vickie.mix@sdstate.edu