This document provides an overview of government publications and resources for studying South Dakota's Native American tribes. It describes how federal depository libraries around South Dakota, including South Dakota State University, provide free public access to a wealth of government documents and digital collections on this topic. Specific resources highlighted include annual reports, census data, laws and treaties, and the extensive collections at SDSU focusing on the Department of the Interior and Bureau of Indian Affairs.

1. Digging Deeper:
Primary Resources for the
Study of South Dakota's
First Peoples
Vickie Mix, Associate Professor
Government Documents Librarian
South Dakota State University
March 6, 2015

2. Government Publications:
Rich and Free
 Most government publications are available freely and in the public
domain
 Federal Depository Libraries provide free access to physical and online
materials
 Approximately 97% of modern federal documents distributed through the
Federal Depository Library Program are available online
 Numerous digital depositories provide free online access to federal
documents

3. Federal Depository Libraries in South
Dakota
 Oglala Lakota College, Woksape Tipi Library
 South Dakota State Library
 South Dakota State University, Hilton M. Briggs Library
 South Dakota Supreme Court, Law Library
 South Dakota School of Mines & Technology/Devereaux Library
 Augustana College, Mikkelsen Library
 University of South Dakota, I.D. Weeks Library
 Northern State University, Williams Library
 Black Hills State University, E.Y. Berry Library Learning Center

4. South Dakota State University
125 Years in the Federal Depository Library
Program!
 Government Documents: Federal Depository Library since 1889
 77% Selective, largest depository library in South Dakota
 Featured resources for American Indian Research:
 United States Congressional Serial Set
 Department of Interior Annual Reports 1853-
 Finding aids
 Adler, J.B., ed. (1975). CIS U.S. Serial Set Index. Washington, DC: Congressional Information
Service, Inc.
 Superintendent of Documents. (1911). Checklist of United States Public Documents. 1789-
1909, 3rd ed., Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office.

5. What Can Your Federal Depository
Libraries Do for You and Your Students?
The Government Publishing Office, formerly the Government Printing Office
(GPO) is the largest publisher in the world
 FDLP libraries provide expert research assistance with federal government
publications
 FDLP libraries provide free public access to federal document collections
 FDLP libraries may loan materials to libraries through interlibrary loan
 FDLP information specialists are available to educate individuals onsite and
online

6. Finding tools and Digital Collections for
Government Publications
 ERIC Institute of Education Sciences. http://eric.ed.gov/
 Fdsys: Federal Digital System produced by the Government Publishing
Office. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/
 Superintendent of Documents (1911) Checklist of United States Public
Documents 1789-1909. https://archive.org/details/checklistofunite01unitrich
 Hathi Trust. http://www.hathitrust.org/
 Digital Public Library of America. http://dp.la/
 South Dakota State Library Digital Collections.
http://library.sd.gov/ACS/DIG/index.aspx#ContentDM

12. Featured Collections
 Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution. Internet Archive https://archive.org/ and the
Biodiversity Heritage Library http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org (search
“bureau of ethnology”)
 Library of Congress www.loc.gov
 A Century of Lawmaking.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.html
 Library of Congress Digital Collections. http://loc.gov/library/libarch-
digital.html

17. Additional Internet Resources
 American Indian and Alaska Native Data (AIAN) U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/aian/
 Annual Reports of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. University of
Wisconsin. http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/History/History-
idx?type=browse&scope=HISTORY.COMMREP
 Bureau of Indian Affairs. http://www.bia.gov
 First Nations Collection. Southern Oregon Digital Archives.
http://soda.sou.edu/tribal.html
 Indian Affairs Laws & Treaties compiled by Charles J. Kappler
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/
 Indian Claims Commission Decisions
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/icc/index.html

18. And there’s more!
 Lakota Dakota Bibliography. Creighton University.
http://puffin.creighton.edu/lakota/biblio.html
 National Archives and Records Administration.
http://www.archives.gov/research/native-americans/index.html
 National Museum of the American Indian. Smithsonian Institution.
http://www.nmai.si.edu/
 USA.gov Native American and Tribal Cultural Resources.
http://www.usa.gov/Government/Tribal/cultural.shtml
 U.S. Department of the Interior. http://www.doi.gov/index.cfm

20. Library Research Guides
 Brandon Burnette. Southeastern Oklahoma State University Native
American Historical Resources http://www.se.edu/library/government-
information/native-american-historical-resources/
 Daniel Dailey. Resources for Native American History. University of South
Dakota. http://libguides.usd.edu/content.php?pid=175071
 Jon Harrison. Native American Studies Research Guide. Michigan State
University. http://libguides.lib.msu.edu/nativeamericans
 Michele Christian. South Dakota State University American Indian Studies
Research Guide. http://libguides.sdstate.edu/AIS

21. Jewels in the Hilton M. Briggs
Collection
 Department of the Interior Publications
 Annual Reports I 1.1:yr.
 Bureau of Indian Affairs I 20.
 Geographical & Geological Survey I 17.5:
 Smithsonian Bureau of American Ethnology
SI 2.1:

25. Use Your Librarians: We’re Here to Help!
 Federal Depository Libraries provide free public access and expert
information specialists
 South Dakota has nine selective depository libraries
 South Dakota is also served by the Regional Library at the University of
Minnesota
 Services from the Regional Library can enhance South Dakota access to
Native American materials in federal documents collections or databases
Vickie Mix
vickie.mix@sdstate.edu