A guide to research resources from Duquesne Univeristy

An essay from the Encyclopedia of Philadelphia. Includes links to related topics and resources

Essay with accompanying primary source documents and bibliography.

A Historical Society of Pennsylvania digital history project exploring how Americans have interpreted and fought for their freedoms from the 1600s to the present.

Edward E. Ayer (1841-1927) collected materials on relations between American Indians and Europeans. The free wsbiste features a selection of images and texts.
Additional materials from the Ayer collection are available through the library database, American Indian Histories and Cultures

This student-produced digital media project was created as part of the Public Humanities Fellows Program at the Humanities Institute at Penn State and expands on the 2019 Indigenous Roots/Routes Special Collections exhibition, which encompassed a wide swath of history, geographic range, and varied Indigenous people and cultures and explores the processes of social, religious, and political adaptation. The site includes interviews with Indigenous Penn State students.

A multi-institutional collaborative effort to create a comprehensive searchable database of Carlisle Indian School resources. Includes school records, photographs, newspapers and magazines reflecting the activities of the Carlisle Indian School and its students.