Indigenous Peoples of the United States Biography

United States American Indian Research  Biography   Click this button for links to databases, indexes, or sites that help you find an American Indian ancestor by topic or tribe.

There are hundreds, if not thousands, of biographical works regarding individual Indian leading men and women. The references listed below are a beginning of the larger compiled works of biographical dictionaries, indexes, and other works covering more than a single person. It needs many more references added.


 * An article of interest: Circular of Information Regarding Indian Popular Names. Originally Published by: Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. March 1915. (Personal Indian Names with English translation listed by tribes) The Journal of American Indian Family Research. Vol.8 No. 1 1987 FHL 970.1 J825j pages 52-56.

Bataille, Gretchen M., ed. Native American Women: A Biographical Dictionary. New York, New York:Garland, 1993.

Biographical Dictionary of Indians of the Americas. Newport Beach, California: American Indian Publishers, Inc., 1991. WorldCat 24870795;

United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Biographical and Historical Index of American Indians and Persons Involved in Indian Affairs. 8 v. Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1966.

Waldman, Carl. Biographical Dictionary of American Indian History to 1900. rev. ed. New York, New York: Facts on File, c2001.

Indian Pioneer Papers, 1860-1935. Millwod, NY: Kraus microform, 1989. These papers contain interviews of people married to Indians, those living on or near a reservation. (Indexed) FHL fiche 6,016,865-981 [set of 1012].