Databases and Research Tools

Lasher’s Native American Research

Here are some things to do at the beginning of your search. World Book Online also gives you a source citation at the bottom of each article, something not as easy to find on Wikipedia.org

Check out this World Book article on the basics of Native Americans.

Here is a map of U.S. Reservations.

Here is an example of an article on a specific tribe, The Nootka Indians.

You can also try to type the name of your tribe in our library’s Online Catalog at the top of the page or look at the prepulled books on the cart.

Sherman’s Photohunt and Caption Quest

Point your browser to http://www.loc.gov/library/libarch-digital.html and grab 3 photographs that pertain to Northwest History.

Save the photos to your server and make sure the file is 300dpi.

Then print the photo and create a caption with what you believe someone would be saying while this photo was taken.

Turn this into your sub.

Site Menu