Handbook of North American Indians

The Handbook of North American Indians is a monographic series of edited scholarly and reference volumes in Americanist studies, published by the Smithsonian Institution beginning in 1978. To date, fifteen volumes are published. Each volume addresses a sub-topic of Americanist research, and contains a number of articles or chapters by individual specialists in the field coordinated and edited by a volume editor. The overall series of twenty volumes is planned and coordinated by a general or series editor.

This work documents information about all Indigenous peoples of the Americas north of Mesoamerica, including cultural and physical aspects of the people, language family, history, and prehistory. This is a reference work for historians, anthropologists, scholars, and the general reader. The series utilized noted authorities for each topic. The set is illustrated, indexed, and has extensive bibliographies. Volumes may be purchased individually.

Bibliographic information

Handbook of North American Indians / William C. Sturtevant, General Editor. Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution : For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents., 1978-.

Volume 2

Bailey, Garrick Alan (2008). Indians in Contemporary Society. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. p. 589. ISBN 047-000-00417-9. OCLC 234303751. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: length (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

46 chapter volume dealing with contemporary indigenous people maintaining their identities in today's societies.

Sections

1. Issues in the United States
2. Issues in Canada
3. Demographic and Ethnic Issues
4. Social and Cultural Revitalization

Volume 3

Ubelaker, Douglas H. (2006). Environment, Origins, and Population. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. pp. 1, 160. ISBN 9780160775116. OCLC 85539615.

72 chapters on the natural environment of the continent to which Indian cultures adapted in prehistoric and historic times, natural resources utilized by these cultures, current knowledge of the earliest Indian occupation (before 9,000 B.C.), and human biology of Indian and Eskimo (Inuit) populations, prehistoric, historic and modern.

Volume 4

History of Indian-white relations / Wilcomb E. Washburn, editor. Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution : For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents., 1988. ISBN 0-16-004583-5

This work provides information on the history of the interactions in North America between the Indigenous peoples of the Americas and those, primarily from Europe and Africa, who arrived after 1492. Chapter topics include national policies, political relations, military interactions, economic aspects affecting the people, religious clashes, and the American Indian in contemporary popular culture through literature and movies.

Volume 5

Arctic / David Damas, editor. Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution : For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents., 1984. ISBN 0-16-004580-0

Included in this sixty chapter volume are Eskimo, Inuit, and Aleut of the United States, Canada, Greenland, and Russia.

Volume 6

Subarctic. June Helm, editor. Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution : For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents., 1981. ISBN 0-87474-186-6

This volume of the series covers languages, culture and history of native peoples from interior Alaska to Labrador. Included are the Athabaskan, Atikamekw, Cree, Ojibwa, Saulteaux, Chipewyan, Dene, and Tli Cho peoples.

Volume 7

Northwest Coast / Wayne Suttles, editor. Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution : For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents., 1990. ISBN 0-87474-187-4

This work chronicles the native peoples of British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon. The Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, Haisla, Haihais, Heiltsuk (Bella Bella), Oowekeeno, Nuxálk Nation (Bella Coola), Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl), Nootkans, Makah, Quileute, Chemakum, Kwalhioqua, Clatskanie, Chinookan, Kalapuyan, Tillamook, Alsean, Siuslawan, Coosan, Athapaskans, and Takelma tribes are covered in this volume of the series.

Volume 8

California / Heizer, R.F.

Volume 9

Ortiz, Alfonso (1979). Southwest. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institute. p. 717. ISBN 047000003610. OCLC 7102564. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: length (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

Volume 9 consists of 59 chapters on the Puebloan peoples and prehistory of the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico.

Volume 10

Southwest / A. Ortiz

Volume 11

Great Basin / Warren L. D'Azevedo, editor

Volume 12

Plateau / Deward E. Walker, Jr., volume editor. Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution : For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents., 1998. ISBN 0-16-049514-8

This volume documents Pacific Northwest and Canadian indigenous peoples in the Columbia River area. Included is information on Salishan, Sahaptin, Kootenai, Cayuse, and Athabaskan tribes.

Volume 13

Plains / Raymond J. DeMallie, volume editor.

Volume 14

Southeast / Raymond D. Fogelson, editor

• Brain, Jeffrey P. (2004), "Tunica, Biloxi, and Ofo", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 586-597 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• Brightman, Robert A. (2004), "Chitimacha", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 642-652 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• Brightman, Robert A. (2004), "Chickasaw", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 478-495 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• Brown, Ian W. (2004), "Prehistory of the Gulf Coast Plain After 500 B.C.", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 574-585 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• Brown, James A. (2004), "Exchange and Interaction Until 1500", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 677-685 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• Campisi, Jack (2004), "Houma", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 632-641 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• DeMallie, Raymond J. (2004), "Tutelo and Neighboring Groups", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 286-300 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• Early, Ann M. (2004), "Prehistory of the Western Interior After 500 B.C.", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 560-573 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• Fogelson, Raymond D. (2004), "Cherokee in the East", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 337-353 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• Galloway, Patricia Kay (2004), "Conchaque", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 178-179 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• Galloway, Patricia Kay (2004), "Napochi", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 181-182 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• Galloway, Patricia Kay (2004), "Chakchiuma", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 496-498 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• Galloway, Patricia Kay (2004), "Choctaw in the East", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 499-519 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• Galloway, Patricia Kay (2004), "Natchez and Neighboring Groups", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 598-615 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• Goddard, Ives (2004), "Koroa", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 180-181 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• Goddard, Ives (2004), "Pakana", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 184 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• Gregory, Hiram F., Jr. (2004), "Survival and Maintenance Among Louisiana Tribes", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 653-658 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

• Gremillion, Kristen J. (2004), "Environment", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 53-67 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• Hally, David J. (2004), "Prehistory of the Eastern Interior After 500 B.C.", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 265-285 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• Harquardt, William H. (2004), "Calusa", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 204-212 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• Jackson, Jason Baird (2004), "Yuchi", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 415-428 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• Jackson, Jason Baird (2004), "Mythology and Folklore", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 707-719 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• Jeffries, Richard W. (2004), "Regional Cultures, 700 B.C.-A.D. 1000", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 115-127 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• Kidder, Tristam R. (2004), "Prehistory of the Lower Mississippi Valley After 800 B.C.", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 545-559 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• King, Duane H. (2004), "Cherokee in the West: History Since 1776", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Handbook of North American Indians, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 354-372 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• Knight, Vernon James (2004), "Ceremonialism Until 1500", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 734-741 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• Lankford, George E. (2004), "Chacato, Pensacola, Tohomé, Naniaba, and Mobila", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 664-668 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• Levine, Victoria Lindsay (2004), "Music", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 720-733 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• Martin, Jack B. (2004), "Languages", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 68-86 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• May, Stephanie Anna (2004), "Alabama and Koasati", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 407-414 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• McEwan, Bonnie (2004), "Apalachee and Neighboring Groups", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 669-676 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• Milanich, Jerald T. (2004), "Timucua", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 219-228 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• Milanich, Jerald T. (2004), "Prehistory of Florida After 500 B.C.", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 191-203 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• Milanich, Jerald T. (2004), "Early Groups of Central and South Florida", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 213-218 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• Milanich, Jerald T. (2004), "Prehistory of the Lower Atlantic Coast After 500 B.C.", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 265-285 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• Newcomb, William W., Jr. (2004), "Atakapans and Neighboring Groups", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 659-663 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

• Rogers, J. Daniel (2004), "Caddo", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 616-631 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• Rolingson, Matha Ann (2004), "Prehistory of the Central Mississippi Valley and the Ozarks After 500 B.C.", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 534-544 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• Rudes, Blair A. (2004), "Catawba and Neighboring Groups", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 301-318 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• Saunt, Claudio (2004), "History Until 1776", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 128-138 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• Sturtevant, William C. (2004), "Florida Seminole and Miccosukee", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 429-449 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• Urban, Greg (2004), "Social Organization", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 697-706 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• Waddell, Gene (2004), "Cusabo", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 254-264 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• Walker, Willard B. (2004), "Creek Confederacy Before Removal", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 373-392 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• Waselkov, Gregory A. (2004), "Pascagoula", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 185 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• Waselkov, Gregory A. (2004), "Tawasa", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 186-187 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• Waselkov, Gregory A. (2004), "Exchange and Interaction Since 1500", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 687-696 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• Worth, John E. (2004), "Chisca", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 176-177 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• Worth, John E. (2004), "Yamasee", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 245-253 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

• Worth, John E. (2004), "Guale", Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 238-244 [unified volume Bibliography, pp. 772-999] {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

Volume 15

Northeast / Bruce G. Trigger

28-43: Tuck, James A. "Regional Cultural Development, 3000 to 300 BC"
70-77: Goddard, Ives "Eastern Algonquian Languages"
78-88: Brasser, Ted E. "Early Indian European Contacts"
89-100: Washburn, Wilcomb E. "Seventeenth-Century Indian Wars"
101-108: Reynolds, Barrie "Beothuk"
109-122: Bock, Philip K. "Micmac"
123-136: Erickson, Vincent O. and Bruce G. Trigger "Maliseet-Passamaquoddy"
160-176: Salwen, Bert "Indians of Southern New England and Long Island: Early Period"
177-189: Conkey, Laura E., Ethel Bolissevian, and Ives Goddard "Indians of Southern New England and Long Island: Late Period"
190-197: Simmons, William S. "Narragansett"
198-212: Brasser, Ted J. "Mahican"
240-252: Feest, Christian F. "Nanticoke and Neighboring Tribes"
271-281: Feest, Christian F. "North Carolina Algonquians"
282-289: Boyce, Douglas W. "Iroquoian Tribes of the Virginia - North Carolina Coastal Plain"
296-321: Fenton, William N. "Northern Iroquoian Culture Patterns"
322-333: Tuck, James A. "Northern Iroquoian Prehistory"
334-356: Trigger, Bruce G. "Early Iroquois Contact with Europeans"
357-361: Trigger, Bruce G. and James F. Pendergast "Saint Lawrence Iroquoians"
362-367: Jennings, Francis "Susquehannock"
368-388: Heidenreich, Conrad E. "Huron"
398-406: Tooker, Elisabeth "Wyandot"
418-441: Tooker, Elisabeth "The League of the Iroquois: Its History, Politics, and Ritual"
442-448: Wallance, Anthony F.C. "Origins of the Longhouse Religion"
449-465: Tooker, Elisabeth "Iroquois Since 1820"
466-480: Fenton, William N. and Elisabeth Tooker "Mohawk"
547-559: Griffin, James B. "Late Prehistory in the Ohio Valley"
583-587: Goddard, Ives "Central Algonquian Languages"
588-593: Hunter, William A. "History of the Ohio Valley"
610-621: Callender, Charles "Great Lakes Riverine Sociopolitical Organization"
636-647: Callender, Charles "Fox"
648-655: Callender, Charles "Sauk"
681-689: Callender, Charles "Miami"
792-797: Day, Gordon M. and Bruce G. Trigger "Algonquian"
Clifton, J.A. "Pattawomi"
Feest, Johanna E. and Christian F. Feest "Ottawa"

Volume 17

Languages / Ives Goddard, volume editor