History - Native American

Read President Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Policy, congressional debate on the Indian Removal Act and more at this Library of Congress primary documents website.

Treaties

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:27:47 -0700

Treaties Between the United States and Native Americans

Read the texts of various treaties, including the 1778 Treaty with the Delawares, the 1791 Treaty with the Cherokee, and the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty. Provided by the Avalon Project at Yale Law School.

About Primary Sources

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:09:23 -0800

Letters, interviews, photographs, and diary/blog entries are all examples of primary sources. Primary sources provide first-hand evidence of an event or subject, and they can be unpublished or published. PCC Library's collection incudes published primary sources including autobiographies and personal journals. The Internet provides a wealth of access to primary sources through websites of historical societies, museums, organizations, educational institutions, and governmental entities. Consult Using Primary Sources on the Web, published by the American Library Association.

American Memory

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:39:39 -0700

Sponsored by the Library of Congress, American Memory presents thousands of primary sources, including photographs, recordings, pamphlets, and personal papers, that document the history of the United States.

Native American History on the Web

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:00:19 -0700

Native American History on the Web, provided by the University of Washington Library, provides links to dozens of websites related to Native American History.

National Museum of the American Indian

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 11:59:22 -0800

The National Museum of the American Indian is the first national museum dedicated to the preservation, study, and exhibition of the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of Native Americans.

National Museum of the American Indian Podcasts

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Mon, 18 May 2009 11:07:23 -0700

How Hollywood Stereotyped the Native Americans

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Mon, 18 May 2009 11:13:22 -0700

We Shall Remain

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Tue, 19 May 2009 17:12:38 -0700

Watch this 5-part television series, from PBS American Experience, that shows how Native peoples bravely resisted expulsion from their lands and fought extinction of their cultures. Episodes include After the Mayflower, Tecumseh's Vision, Trail of Tears, Geronimo, and Wounded Knee.

Native American History Films at PCC Library

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:33:55 -0700

indians of north america history

Films on Demand

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 20:49:44 -0800

Watch From Bitter Earth: Artists of the Holocaust
This BBC production pays tribute to the Jewish artists who created work that vividly documented the horror of Hitler's reign, from the despair of the Polish ghettos to the unprecedented misery of the death camps.

Browse the History film collection in Films on Demand, a streaming video database.

Get Help in Person or by Phone

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:34:41 -0700

You can ask our librarians a question during open hours at any PCC Library.

Need the phone number for your campus? Contact us! If you'd rather come by in person, check the PCC Library locations and hours.

Email Us

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:34:58 -0700

Need to ask a question by email? That's easy too. Use Ask a Librarian, or find your favorite librarian's email address on Library Staff.

Help from Tutors

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:35:15 -0700

Tutors are available to you both in person and online, and the service is free! Cascade, Sylvania, Rock Creek and Southeast Center each have a tutoring center with excellent in-person tutors in most subjects. If you're working on a paper, the writing tutors are popular (so don't wait until the last minute)! You can get more information about each campuses hours and locations at the links below:

Cascade Campus Learning Center

Rock Creek Student Learning Center

Tutoring at Southeast Center

Tutoring at Sylvania

Or get started working with PCC's online tutors:

eTutoring at PCC

Chat or Text a Librarian for Help

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:35:30 -0700

You can chat with a PCC librarian any time you see the PCC Ask A Librarian chat widget on any of the library's pages (like the PCC Library home page) or in a subject guide like this one. You can also get to us through AIM, Yahoo!, or Google Talk.

AIM/Y!: pcclib
Google Talk: pcclib@gmail

You can also text a librarian for help at:
971-259-TEXT (8398)

Need help when the library isn't open? Chat with an L-Net librarian 24-7.

Helping Yourself!

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:35:44 -0700

PCC Library has lots of resources that you can use on your own. You may already know that about the quiet study spaces as well as study rooms you can reserve.

Citing sources is another way you can help yourself! PCC Library has all the information you need on Cite Sources. The library also has video tutorials on everything from how to develop a topic for your paper to figuring out how to incorporate those citations. You'll find those videos, as well as information about using e-resources, at Tutorials and Handouts.