American Indian Archives and Libraries

United States Archives and Libraries  American Indians  Archives and Libraries

Most archives and libraries collect records about local residents (biographies, family histories, and local histories) and about nearby places (maps, gazetteers, and place-finding aids). They often compile reference helps and special indexes to important local sources. In many communities they serve as a meeting place for local historical and genealogical societies, and may be able to provide referrals to people who are willing to look up information in local records. Before you visit an archive or a library, contact them and ask for information on their collection, hours, services, and fees.

When one of these institutions is referred to elsewhere in this Wiki, return to this page for the address.

The Family History Library has copies of many of the records found in archives and libraries, but most repositories will have additional sources.

Wiki Articles on American Indian Repositories
Bancroft Library • California State Library •  Family History Library •  Library of Michigan •  National Archives I •  National Archives at Fort Worth •  National Archives Regional Branches •  National Museum of the American Indian •  Oklahoma Historical Society •  Southwest Museum Braun Research Library •  Tennessee State Library and Archives

Online Records of American Indians
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Family History Library
Family History Library 35 N. West Temple St. Salt Lake City, Utah 84150-3400 Local Telephone: 801-240-2331 Toll Free: 1-800-346-6044 (Inside United States and Canada) Toll Free: 1-801-240-1000 (Outside United States and Canada) E-mail: [mailto:https://familysearch.org/ask/help Ask help (Send a message)] Website: FamilySearch
 * Holds 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, and Mormon records. Includes a good collection for American Indians.



National Archives I
National Archives I 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington DC Telephone: 1-866-272-6272 Fax: 301-837-0483 E-mail: National Archives inquiry form Website: National Archives
 * Their American Indian records include the Bureau of Indian Affiars (BIA), federal and special Indian censuses, employment records, military records, photographs, tribal enrollments, school records, and Indian treaties. They also have the federal courts and prisons, and records of Congress.


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Naitonal Archives at Fort Worth
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 * for Microfilm research and public access computers: 2600 West 7th Street Suite 162 Fort Worth, TX, 76107 Telephone: 817-831-5620 Fax: 817-334-5621
 * for Archival research using textual records by appointment: 1400 John Burgess Drive Fort Worth, Texas 76140 Telephone: 817-551-2051 Fax: 817-551-2034

Website for both: The National Archives at Fort Worth
 * This regional archives has more American Indian sources than the other regional archives. Subject specialties include censuses, westward expansion into the Southwest and settlement of Native Americans (especially Cherokees, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Creeks, and Seminoles), slavery, bankruptcy court, ethnology, genealogy, military service records, pension and bounty land warrant applications, passenger lists and Dawes census cards and enrollment jackets for the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma.

National Archives Regional Branches
National Archives Regional Branches Website: Locations Nationwide

National Museum of the Amer Indian

 * National Museum of the American Indian[[Image:Museum of the American Indian DC 2007.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Museum of the American Indian in DC]] 4th Street and Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20560 Telephone: 202-633-1000 Website: Visit (the National Museum of the American Indian)
 * National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center Cultural Resources Center 4220 Silver Hill Road Suitland, MD 20746-2863 Telephone: 301-238-1400 E-mail: [mailto:nmaiarchives@si.edu nmaiarchives@si.edu] Website: NMAI Archives Center
 * Open to researchers by appointment only. Provides reference services to Native American community members, scholars, researchers, journalists, museum staff, and the general public.


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Central Council Tlingit Haida Tribes
Paul G. Allen Library 3239 Hospital Drive Juneau, Alaska 99801-7809 Telephone: 907-463-7375 Fax: 907-463-7321 Website: Central ouncil Tlingit and Haida Tribes of Alaska

Hisagvik College
Tuzzy Consortium Library P.O. Box 749 Barrow, Alaska 99723-0749 Telephone: 907-852-1720 Fax: 907-852-1729 Website: Tuzzy Consortium Library Barrow Alaska

Arizona
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Diné College Tsaile Campus
Diné College Libraries P.O. box 1000-F Tsaile, Arizona 86556-1301 Telephone: 928-724-6757 Fax: 928-724-6759 Website: Diné College Libraries
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Labriola Nat'l Amer. Indian Data Center
Arizona State University Libraries P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, Arizona 85287-1006 Telephone: 480-965-6490 Fax: 480-965-0776 Website: ASU Libraries: American Indian Studies

Tohono O'odham Comm. College Libr
P.O. Box 3129 Sells, Arizona 85634 Telephone: 520-383-0032 Fax: 520-383-8403 Website: Tohono O'odham Community College Library

Bancroft Library
Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000 Telephone: 510-642-6481 Reference desk Fax: 510-642-7589 E-mail: Reference inquiries about collections and use of materials. Website: The Bancroft Library


 * Premier Western Americana, and Latin Americana collections, including Native Americans, Spanish encounter and colonial settlement, exploration of western America, westward migration, and ethnic communities. This library has more about western North America than any other site.  See their Images of Native Americans exhibition.

California State Library
California State Library 914 Capitol Mall Sacramento, CA 95814 Mailing address: P. O. Box 942837 Sacramento, CA 94237-0001 Telephone: 916-654-0261 Fax: 916-654-0241 E-Mail: [mailto:cslsirc@library.ca.gov cslsirc@library.ca.gov] Website: California State Library


 * The California Room has a composite set of the California Indian Library Collections--sound recordings, photos, books, journal articles, unpublished manuscripts and field notes (many from Berkeley researchers in the early 1900s) which have been duplicated and installed in twenty-one northern and central California libraries. Each county collection contains materials specific to the tribes within that county. Also, they have published 43 tribal bibliographies online.

Kuumeyaay Community College
5477 Dehesa Road #9 El Cajon, California 92019 Telephone: 619-445-6914 Fax: 619-445-5176 Email: [mailto:jbathke@sycuan.org jbathke@sycuan.org] Website: Kuumeyaay Community College: Introduction

Southwest Museum Braun Res. Library
Southwest Museum Braun Research Library PO Box 41558 234 Museum Dr Highland Park, CA 90065-5030 Telephone: 323-221-2164 ext. 256 E-mail: [mailto:rroom@theautry.org rroom@theautry.org] Website: The Autrey in Griffith Park: Visit


 * Includes the Monk Library of Arizoniana, California and Arizona history, and records of southwest American Indians especially in Arizona.

Ute Mountain Tribal Library
Education Center 450 Sunset P.O. Box CC Towaoc, Colorado 81334-0048 Telephone: 970-564-5348 Fax: 970/564-5342 Email: [mailto:ute@fone.net ute@fone.net] Website: Ute Mountain Tribal Library

Institute for Amer. Indian Studies Libr
38 Curtis Road PO Box 1260 Washington, CT 06793 Telephone: 860-868-0518; Fax: 860-868-1649 Website: Institute for American Indian Studies


 * Open by appointment to students, educators, researchers and members.

Mashantucket Pequot Mus Res Ctr
110 Pequot Trail P.O. Box 3180 Mashantucket, CT 06338-3180 Website: Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center


 * Research Library Reference Desk: Telephone: 860-396-6897 Email: [mailto:reference@mptn-nsn.gov reference@mptn-nsn.gov]


 * Archives and Special Collections Reference Desk: Telephone: 860-396-6872 Email: [mailto:archive@mptn-nsn.gov archive@mptn-nsn.gov]

Billy Osceola Memorial Library
Route 6 Box 668 Okeechobee, Florida 34974 Telephone: 863-763-4236 Fax: 863-763-0679 Email: [mailto:libbrsem@okeechobee.com libbrsem@okeechobee.com] Website: (Seminole) Tribal Library System

Dorothy Scott Osceola Mem Library
3200 NW 63rd Avenue Hollywood, Florida 33024 Telephone: 954-989-6840 Fax: 954-967-2395 Email: [mailto:libho@semtribe.com libho@semtribe.com] Website: (Seminole) Tribal Library System

Willie Frank Library
HC 61 Box 46A Big Cypress Reservation Clewiston, Florida 33440 Telephone: 863-983-6724 Fax: 863-983-3539 Email: [mailto:libho@semtribe.com libho@semtribe.com] Website: (Seminole) Tribal Library System

Immokalee Reservation Library
303 Lena Frank Drive Suite 3 Immokalee, Florida 33934 Telephone: 863-657-3400 Website: (Seminole) Tribal Library System

Haskell Indian Nations University
Tommaney Hall Library 155 Indian Avenue P.O. Box 5013 Lawrence, Kansas 66046-4800 Telephone: 785-832-6686 Fax: 785-832-6687 Email: [mailto:ltapahonso@haskell.edu ltapahonso@haskell.edu] Website: Haskell Indian Nations University Academic Support Center (aka Library)

Michigan
There are three major tribal groups in Michigan today: the Chippewa (Ojibwe), the Ottawa, and the Potawatomi. They comprise what is called the Three Fires Council. Although these three tribes have similar cultures and share the same territory, there are still some differences.

Bay Mills Community College Library
12214 West Lakeshore Drive Route 1 Box 315A Brimley, Michigan 49715 Telephone 906-248-3354 Ext 4220 Fax: 906-248-3351 Email: [mailto:relder@bmcc.edu relder@bmcc.edu] Website: Bay Mills Community College Library

Chippewa River District Library
301 S. University Mt. Pleasant, Michigan Telephone: 989-773-3242 Website: Chippewa River District Library

Drummond Island Historical Society
P. O. Box 293 Drummond Island, MI 49726 Telephone: 906-493-5746
 * A museum on the early settlers of Drummond Island, Native American history, Fort Drummond history and lumbering. There are some genealogy resources but very limited.

Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Comm Coll
Ojibwa Community Library 409 Superior Avenue P.O. box 399 Baraga, Michigan 49908-0399 Telephone: 906-353-8163 Website: Library and Migizi Cultural Center

Library of Michigan
702 W. Kalamazoo St. P.O. Box 30007 Lansing, MI 48909-7507 Telephone: 517-373-1300 Email: librarian@michigan.gov Website: Native American Genealogy: Abrams Collection Genealogy Highlights Hours: Monday - Friday 10 am - 5 pm

Luce-Mackinac County Geneal. Soc
P.O. Box 113 Engadine, MI 49827-0113 Website: Luce-Mackinac Genealogical Society
 * Holdings at either Engadine, Newberry or Curtis include: Durant Roll 1870, Ottawa Chippewa Indian Roll; 1910 Census of Mackinac Co, MI, 1920 Census of Mackinac Co, MI, 1920 Census of Chippewa Co, MI, 1920 Census of Emmet Co, MI (also parts of Eaton &amp; Gratiot); Mackinac Co Cemeteries Index, Allenville, Gross Cap Cemeteries, Mackinac Island Cemetery, Sandtown and Woodlawn Cemeteries, Newton Twp Cemeteries, Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery – Engadine Index to the 11th US Census (1890) Mackinaw Co - Civil War Veterans &amp; Widows; Luce-Mackinac Genealogical Society Surname Index; Publications: “100 Years of Luce County History,” “The Les Cheneaux Chronicles,” “Tahquamenon Country: A Look at Its Past,” “The Land of Indian Elik,” “History of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan,” “Ripples from the Breezes;” Newspaper Scrapbooks: Marriages, Anniversaries, School Reunions, "Looking Back", etc; Obituary File.

Munising School Public Library
810 State Hwy. M-28 West, Ste. A Munising, MI 49862 Telephone: 906-387-2152 Website: Munising School Public Library
 * Michigan Indian Census: Bay Mills [Chippewa] Great Lakes 1935-1937; Great Lakes [Chippewa  Potawatomi] 1938-1940

Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College
2274 Enterprise Drive Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48858 Telephone: 989-775-4123 Fax: 989-775-4528 Website: Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College Library

Fond du Lac Tribal Comm Coll Libr
2101 14th Street Cloquet, Minnesota 55720 Telephone: 218-879-0800 Fax (218) 879-0814 Toll Toll Free: 1-800-657-3712 Fax: 218-879-0814 Website: Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College

Leech Lake Tribal College Library
6945 Littlewolf Road NW Cass Lake, Minnesota 56633-6945 Telephone: 218-335-4241 Fax: 218-335-4209 Website: Leech Lake Tribal College Library

Red Lake Nation College
Highway 1 East P.O. box 550 Red Lake, Minnesota 56671-0550 Telephone: 218-679-2860 Website: Red Lake Nation College Medweganoonind Library

White Earth Tribal Comm College
(WETCC Library) 202 Main Street S P.O. Box 478 Mahnomen, Minnesota 56557 Telephone: 218-935-0417 Fax: 218-936-5614 Website: White Earth Tribal and Community College Library

Blackfeet Community College
Medicine Spring Library P.O. Box 819 Browning, Montana 59417-0891 Telephone: 406-338-5441 Ext 700 Fax: 406-338-5454 Website: Medicine Spring Library

Chief Dull Knife College
Dr. John Woodenlegs Memorial Library 1 College Drive P.O. Box 98 Lame Deer, Montana 59043-0098 Telephone: 406-477-6215 Website: Dr. John Woodenlegs Memorial Library

Fort Belknap College Library
P.O. Box 159 Harlem, Montana 59526 Telephone: 406-353-2607 Fax: 406-353-2898 Website: Aaniiih Nakoda College Library

Fort Peck Community College Library
US Highway 2 E Poplar, Montana 59255 Telephone: 406-768-5453 Website: James E. Shanley Tribal Library

Little Big Horn College Library
1 Forestry Lane P.O. Box 370 Crow Agency, Montana 59022-0370 Telephone: 406-638-3104 Fax: 406-638-3170 Website: [http://lib.lbhc.edu/index.php? Little Big Horn College Library]

Salish Kootenai College
D'arcy McNickle Library 5200 Hwy 93 P.O. Box 70 Pablo, Montana 59855 Telephone: 406-275-4875 Fax: 406-275-4812 Website: SKC D'Arcy McNickle Library

Stone Child College
Route 1 Box 1082 Box Elder, Montana 59521-9796 Telephone: 406-395-5313 Ext 124 Fax: 406-395-4836 Website: SCC Library

Little Priest Tribal College Library
601 East College Drive P.O. Box 270 Winnebago, Nebraska 68071-0270 Telephone: 402-878-2380     Fax: 402-878-2319  Website: Little Priest Tribal College Library

Nebraska Indian Community College
Virtual Library 1 College Hill Rd P.O. Box 428 Macy, Nebraska 68039-0428 Telephone: 402-837-5078 Fax: 402-837-4183 Website: NICC Library

Institute of American Indian Arts
IAIA Library 83 A Van Nu Po Road Santa Fe, New Mexico 87508-1300 Telephone: 505-424-2397 Fax: 505-424-3131 Website: Institute of American Indian Arts Library

Navajo Technical University Library
(Formerly Crownpoint Institute of Technology) Domenici Library P.O. Box 849 Crownpoint, New Mexico 87313-0849 Telephone: 505-786-4130 Fax: 505-786-5644 Website: Navajo Techncal University Library

Southwstrn Indian Polytech Inst Libr
9169 Coors Road NW P.O. Box 10146 Albuquerque, New Mexico 87196 Telephone: 505-346-2352 Toll Free: 1-800-586-7474 Fax: 505-346-2381 Website: Southwestern Indian Polytechnical Institute Library

Seneca Nations of Indians Library
Allegany Branch Broad Street Extension P.O. Box 231 Salamanca, New York 14779-0231 Telephone: 716-945-3157 Fax: 716-945-9770 Website: Seneca Nation Libraries Allegany & Cattaraugus Branches

Cattaraugus Branch
3 Thomas Indian School Drive Irving, New York 14081 Telephone: 716-532-9449 Fax: 716-532-6115 Website: Seneca Nation Libraries Allegany & Cattaraugus Branches

St. Regis Mohawk Akwesasne Libr
321 State Route 37 Hogansburg, New York 13655-3114 Telephone: 518-358-2240 Fax: 518-358-2649 Email: [mailto:akwlibr@nc3r.org akwlibr@nc3r.org] Website: Akwesasne Cultural Center Library

Cankdeska Cikana Comm College
Valerie Merrick Memorial Library 214 1st Avenue P.O. Box 479 Fort Totten, North Dakota 58335-0479 Telephone: 701-766-1353 Fax: 701-766-1307 Website: Cankdeska Cikana Community College Valerie Merrick Memorial Library

Sitting Bull College Library
1341 92nd Street Fort Yates, North Dakota 58538-9701 Telephone: 701-854-8024 Fax: 701-854-3403 Website: Sitting Bull College Library

Turtle Mtn Chippewa Heritage Ctr
P.O. Box 257 Belcourt, North Dakota 58316 Telephone: 701-477-6140 Website: Turtle Mountain Chippewa Heritage Center

Turtle Mtn Comm College Library
P.O. Box 340 Belcourt, North Dakota 58316-0340 Telephone: 701-477-7862 Ext 2084 Fax: 701-477-7805 Website: Turtle Mountain Community College Library

United Tribes Tech College Library
3315 University Drive Bismarck, North Dakota 58504-7596 Telephone: 701-255-3285 Ext 282 Toll Free: 1-888-643-8882 Fax: 701-255-530-0625 Website: United Tribes Technical College Library

Oklahoma
See the article Oklahoma Indian Tribes in this wiki for further information on the many tribes located in the Oklahoma Indian Territory. Also see the article Native American Research in Oklahoma in this wiki for written resources helpful in doing Native American research.

Oklahoma Historical Society
Oklahoma Historical Society Research Center  800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive Oklahoma City, OK 73105 Telephone: 405-522-5225 Email: [mailto:research@okhistory.org research@okhistory.org] Website: OHS Research Center
 * See their Finding Your American Indian Ancestors Research Guide.

Bristow Public Library
111 West Seventh Avenue Bristow, Oklahoma 74010-2401 Telephone: 918-367-6562 Fax: 918-367-1156 Website: Bristow Library

Bristow Genealogical Society
612 West 6th Bristow, Oklahoma 74010

Cherokee Heritage Center
P.O.Box 515 Tahlequah, Oklahoma 74465-0515 Telephone: 918-456-6007 Fax: 918-456-6165 Website: Cherokee Heritage Center

Choctaw County Public Library
208 E Jackson Hugo, Oklahoma 74743 Website: Choctaw County Public Library

Chickasaw Nation Tribal Library
P. O. Box 1548 1003 Chamber Loop Ada, Oklahoma 74820 Telephone: 580-310-6477 Website: Chickasaw Nation Tribal Library

Comanche Nation College Library
1608 SW 9th Street Lawton, Oklahoma 73501-7434 Telephone: 580-591-0203 Website: Comanche Nation College Library

Konawa Genealogy Society
Route 1 Box 3 Konawa, Oklahoma 74849 Email: [mailto:konawa_genealogy@yahoo.com konawa_genealogy@yahoo.com] Website: The Konawa Genealogy Society of the Kennedy Library

Miami Tribal Library/Archives
202 South Eight Tribes Trail P.O. Box 1326 Miami, Oklahoma 74355 Telephone: 918-542-4505 Fax: 918-542-7260 Website: Miami Tribal Library/Archives

Osage Tribal Museum, Arch Libr
819 Grandview P.O. Box 779 Pawhuska, OK 74056 Website: Osage Tribal Museum

Sapulpa Public Library
27 W Dewey Ave Sapulpa, Oklahoma 74066-3909 Telephone: 918-224-5624 Email: [mailto:sapulpapublic@yahoo.com sapulpapublic@yahoo.com] Website: Sapulpa Public Library

Sapulpa Historical Soc Museum
100 East Lee Sapulpa, Oklahma 74066 Telephone: 918-224-4871 Email: [mailto:doris.yocham@juno.com doris.yocham@juno.com] Website: Sapulpa Historical Society

Seminole Historical Society
1800 West Wrangler Blvd Seminole, Oklahoma 74868 Telephone: 405-382-1500

Seminole Nation Historical Society
524 S. Wewoka Avenue Wewoka, OK 74884-3239 Phone: (405) 257-5580

Seminole Public Library
424 N. Main Seminole, Oklahoma 74868 Telephone: 405-382-4221 Website: Seminole Public Library

Talbot Library and Museum
500 South Colcord Avenue Colcord, Oklahoma 74338 Telephone: 918-326-4532 Email: [mailto:talbotlibrary@earthlink.net talbotlibrary@earthlink.net] Website: Talbot Library and Museum
 * The Talbot Library and Museum (TLM) is one of the best genealogical libraries in the United States. Their library focuses on Northeast Oklahoma, Northwest Arkansas, and Cherokee genealogy research.

Tulsa City-County Libr Gen. Center
Hardesty Regional Library 8316 E. 93rd St. Tulsa, OK 74133 Telephone: 918.549.7691 E-mail: [mailto:genaskus@tulsalibrary.org genaskus@tulsalibrary.org] Website: Genealogy Center
 * The Genealogy Center of the Tulsa City-County Library is one of the largest genealogy collections in Oklahoma. Their focus is on Tulsa and Oklahoma, but they also have strengths in Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. A limited amount of research, including Indian roll look-ups, can be conducted by email and letters. See their American Indian Research guide.

Coquille Indian Tribe
3050 Tremont P.O. Box 783 North Bend, OR 97459 Telephone: 541-756-0904 Fax: 541-756-0847 Website: Coquille Indian Tribe Library

Tamástslikt Cultural Institute
2789 Highway 331 Pendleton, Oregon 97801 Telephone: 541-966-9748 Fax: 541-966-9927 Email: [mailto:tci.visitors@tanstalikt.org tci.visitors@tanstalikt.org] Website: Tamástslikt Cultural Institute

American Philosophical Soc Library
105 South Fifth Street Philadelphia, PA 19106-3386 Telephone: 215-440-3400 Website: Guide to Native American Collections at the Society

Oglala Lakota College
Woksape Tipi Learning Resource Center 490 Piya Wiconi Road P.O. Box 310 Kyle, South Dakota 57752-0310 Telephone: 605-455-6064 Fax: 605-455-6070 Website: [http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED418818&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=eric_accno&accno=ED418818 Ikopesni Ihanbla Po: Dare To Dream. Oglala Lakota College: 25 Years]

SiTanka Huron University
Ella McIntire Library 435 North Elm Street Eagle Butte, South Dakota 57625-0220 Telephone: 605-964-8011 Ext 3127 Fax: 605-964-4511 Website: Huron University Technical Institute Facebook

Sinte Gleska University Library
101 Antelope Lake Circle P.O. Box 107 Mission, South Dakota 57555-0107 Telephone: 605-856-8195 Fax: 605-856-2011 Website: SGU Library

Sisseton-Wahpton Comm Coll Libr
Virtual Library Old Agency Box 689 Sisseton, South Dakota 57262-0689 Telephone: 605-698-3966 Ext 702 Fax: 605-698-3132 Website: Sisseton Wahpton College Public Library

Tennessee State Library Archives
Tennessee State Library and Archives 403 Seventh Avenue North Nashville, TN 37243-0312 Telephone: 1-615-741-2764 Fax: 1-615-532-2472 E-mail: [mailto:reference.tsla@tn.gov reference.tsla@tn.gov] Website: Tennessee State Library and Archives
 * Collection includes Cherokee records. See the guide: Native American Research (Cherokee) at TSLA

Texas
See the article "Texas Indian Tribes" in this outline for further information on the many tribes located in Texas.

Institute of Texan Cultures Library
801 S. Bowie Street P.O. Box 1226 San Antonio, Texas 78294 Telephone: 512-226-7651 Fax: 512-222-8564 Website: Visit Institute of Texan Cultures Library

North Texas State Univ Archives
Box 5188, North Texas Station Denton, Texas 76203 Telephone: 817-565-2766 Website: UNT Libraries

Sul Ross State University
Box C-149 Alpine, Texas 79832 Telephone: 915-837-8127 Fax: 915-837-8400 Website: Sul Ross State University Library

University of Texas at Austin
Perry-Castañeda Library 101 East 21st St. Austin, TX 78705 Telephone: 512-495-4300 Website: University of Texas Libraries

University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso Folklore Archive El Paso, Texas 79968 Telephone: 915-747-5731 Website: UTEP University Library

University of Texas - Pan American
Rio Grande Folklore Archive Edinburgh, Texas 78539-2999 Telephone: 512-381-3551 Fax: 512-381-2177 Email: [mailto:MG6BE8@PANAM.BITNET MG6BE8@PANAM.BITNET] Website: UTRGV University Library

Makah Tribal Council
PO Box 115 Neah Bay, Washington 98357 Telephone: 360-645-2201 Email: [mailto:makah@centurytel.net makah@centurytel.net]

Makah Cultural and Research Center
P.O. Box 160 Neah Bay, Washington 98357 Telephone: 360-645-2711 Fax: 360-645-2656 Email: [mailto:makahmuseum@centurytel.net makahmuseum@centurytel.net] Website: Makah Museum Cultural and Research Center

King County Library System
Muckleshoot Library 38811 172nd Avenue SE Auburn, Washington 98092 Telephone: 253-931-6779 Website: KCLS Muckleshoot

Medicine Creek Tribal College
2002 East 28th Street, Bldg 18 Tacoma, Washington 98404-4949 Telephone: 253-573-7950 Website: Medicine Creek Tribal College

Muckleshoot Tribal College
5602 Auburn Way South Auburn, Washington 98092-7347 Telephone: 253-735-6647 Ext 116 Website: Muckleshoot Tribal College

Northwest Indian College
Lummi Virtual Library 2920 Kwina Road Bellingham, Washington 98226-9278 Telephone: 360-392-4214 Toll free: 1-866-676-2772 Ext 4204 Fax: 360-733-3358 Website: NIC Lummi Library

Northwest Indian College
Nisqually Satellite Campus 4814 She-Nah-Num Drive SE Olympia, Washington 98513-9105 Telephone: 360-456-5221 Ext 679

Spokane Tribal College Library
6232 Old School Road P.O. Box 97 Wellpinit, Washington 99040-0097 Telephone: 509-258-9202 Fax: 509-258-7789 Website: Spokane Tribal College

Suquamish Museum: Tribal Archives
15838 Sandy Hook Road Suquamish, Washington 98392 Telephone: 360-598-3311 Website: Suquamish Museum

Bad River Public Tribal Library
P.O. box 39 Odanah, Wisconsin 54861 Telephone 715-682-711 Ext 116 Email: [mailto:bilzhew@ncis.net bilzhew@ncis.net] Website: Bad River Public Tribal Library

College of the Menominee Nation
P.O. Box 1179 Keshena, Wisconsin 54135-1179 Telephone: 715-799-6226 Ext 3001 Fax: 715-799-1336 Email: [mailto:mescalante@menominee.edu mescalante@menominee.edu]

Lac du Flambeau Public Library
Peace Pipe Road P.O. box 368 Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin 54538 Telephone: 715-588-7001 Email: [mailto:ldflib@ldf.nwls.lib.wi.us ldflib@ldf.nwls.lib.wi.us] Website: Ben Guthrie--Lac Du Flambeau Public Library

Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Com Clg
LCO Virtual Library 13466 West Trepania Road Hayward, Wisconsin 54843-9419 Telephone: 715-634-4790 Ext 108 Fax: 715-634-5049 Website: Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College

Marquette Univ Raynor Mem Libraries
1355 W. Wisconsin Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53233 Information Desk: (414) 288-7556 E-mail: Ask an Archivist
 * The Native America Collections preserve the history of Catholic evangelization of the Americas' aboriginal Indian peoples. This includes directories, genealogies, photos, and Saint Kateri Tekakwitha. Their Guides to Catholic-Related Records about Native Americans in the United States (and Canada) contain over 1,000 repository entries which provide contact information on the churches and repositories that hold these records, brief descriptions about records, and identification of the Native groups represented and the related Catholic organizations involved.

Wind River Tribal College
533 Ethete Road P.O. Box 8300 Ethete, Wyoming 82520 Telephone: 307-335-8243 Fax: 307-335-8148 Website: Wind River Tribal College

For Further Reading
Other libraries and archives not found on the above list also have sources and information about American Indian ancestors. For a list significant genealogical repositories which may have additional American Indian sources see


 * United States Archives and Libraries

Further, individual state or local repositories often have sources about nearby Indian tribes and bands. To identify such libraries or archives, search this Wiki for each [state]  (where an ancestor lived) followed by the phrase Archives and Libraries, for example:


 * Oklahoma Archives and Libraries
 * Arizona Archives and Libraries

The following two directories show additional repositories with sources about individual American Indian tribes and ancestors:


 * Alyce Sadongei, Tribal Archive, Library, and Museum Directory (Tucson, AZ : American Indian Program, Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, (2005)).
 * Tribal Museums in America