COMPOSITION I Native American Resources Frederic Murray Assistant Professor MLIS, University of British Columbia BA, Political Science, University of Iowa Instructional Services Librarian Al Harris Library
Native American Nations Our Own Names & Locations
Tribal Nations Map
Oklahoma 39 Tribes More languages spoken in Oklahoma than Western Europe Oklahoma State Question 75: 2010 – English: Official Language of Oklahoma – Author: Representative Randy Terrill
Oklahoma: Choctaw Reverend Isaac McCoy (1830’s) –Indian Territory –Aboriginia Reverend Allen Wright (1866) –okla means "people” –homma or humma means "red“ –Oklahoma Territory (1890)
Hmmmm…… Oklahoma State Question 75 Do we rename our State?
Oklahoma Literature?
Rainy Mountain, Oklahoma
Momaday How do you see Oklahoma? How do you see the cultures around you?
American Indian Cultural Center & Museum
American Indian Cultural Center and Museum $150 million center will be a world- class facility Based on Smithsonian standards Attract visitors from throughout the world Projected Opening in 2017
“This will be one of the most significant cultural institutions to open in the next decade.” -Kevin Gover, Pawnee (Director, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian)
American Indian Cultural Center & Museum
Native American Times The Native American Times is a national newspaper which provides American Indian coverage, based in Oklahoma.
Google News Google News is a computer-generated news site that aggregates headlines from news sources worldwide, groups similar stories together and displays them according to search commands. Search: Native American
Traditional Library Resources Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes –970.1 W146e 1999 (Reference 1 st Floor) Encyclopedia of American Indian Issues Today – E56 (Reference 1st Floor) Native peoples A to Z – N278 (Reference 1st Floor)
Traditional Library Resources America: History and Life with Full Text North American Indian Thought and CultureNorth American Indian Thought and Culture JSTOR Journal Archive
E-Books: Ebrary/eBooks 24/7 Full Text Searching* Highlight Markup Note Taking Changeable Font Size Online Bookshelf Search Native American
Class Exercise Select an Oklahoma Tribe –Use links from American Indian Cultural Center and Museum –Locate Tribal Office Address (Record) –Locate current Tribal Chairman (Record) Visit Native American Times website –Locate a News story on your selected Tribe (Record Title of News Story)
Class Exercise Use Ebrary to locate a book about the Tribe you selected ( Record Title) Use one of the three encyclopedias to locate an entry about the Tribe you selected. Record which encyclopedia used and one fact about the Tribe
Questions? Contact me: Frederic Murray
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