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• Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Early works to 1800

• Voyage de Jaques Cartier au Canada en 1534 (Tross, 1865), by Jacques Cartier, Alfred Ramé, and Henri-Victor Michelant (page images at HathiTrust)

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• The first annual report of the American Society for promoting the civilization and general improvement of the Indian tribes in the United States. Communicated to the society, in the city of Washington, with the documents in the appendix, at their meeting, Feb. 6, 1824. (Printed for the Society, by S. Converse, 1824), by American Society for Promoting the Civilization and General Improvement of the Indian Tribes within the United States and Jedidiah Mores (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les indiens du Texas et les expeditions françaises de 1720 et 1721 à la "Baie Sant--Bernard" (Au siège de la Société, 1919), by Marc de Villiers du Terrage and Paul Rivet (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Pueblo Indian world; studies on the natural history of the Rio Grande Valley in relation to Pueblo Indian culture (University of New Mexico Press, 1945), by Edgar L. Hewett, John Peabody Harrington, and Bertha P. Dutton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Voyage de Jaqves Cartier av Canada en 1534. (Librairie Tross, 1865), by Jacques Cartier, Alfred Ramé, and Henri-Victor Michelant (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reise in das innere Nord-Amerika in den jahren 1832 bis 1834 (J. Hœlscher, 1839), by Maximilian Wied and Karl Bodmer (page images at HathiTrust)
• A narrative of the captivity and adventures of John Tanner (U.S. interpreter at the Saut de Ste. Marie) during thirty years residence among the Indians in the interior of North America (Ross & Haines, 1956), by John Tanner and Edwin James (page images at HathiTrust)
• On the ethnography and philology of the Indian tribes of the Missouri Valley : with a map and plates (The Society, 1862), by F. V. Hayden (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tribes of California (Government Printing Office, 1877), by Stephen Powers, John Wesley Powell, Inc. Heckman Bindery, and Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handbook of American Indian languages (Govt. print. off., 1911), by Franz Boas (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ueber die indianischen Sprachen Amerikas : aus dem Englischen des Nordamerikaners Herrn John Pickering (F.C.W. Vogel, 1834), by John Pickering and Talvi (page images at HathiTrust)
• Alaska Indian dictionary (Published by Lowman & Hanford Stationary & Printing Co., 1896), by Charles A. Lee and Lowman & Hanford Stationery & Printing Co (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report upon United States Geographical surveys west of the one hundredth meridian (Washington, D.C. : Goverment Printing Office, 1875-89., 1875), by Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.), Horatio Gouverneur Wright, A. A. Humphreys, and George M. Wheeler (page images at HathiTrust)
• A narrative of the captivity and adventures of John Tanner (U.S. interpreter at the Saut de Ste. Marie) during thirty years residence among the Indians in the interior of North America (Ross & Haines, 1956), by John Tanner and Edwin James (page images at HathiTrust)

• Indians--languages : [book list]. (U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs :, 1975), by United States Bureau of Indian Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)

• Voyages from Montreal : on the river St. Laurence, through the continent of North America, to the Frozen and Pacific oceans, in the years 1789 and 1793, with a preliminary account of the rise, progress, and present state of the fur trade of that country (T. Cadell, jun. and W. Davies, 1927), by Alexander Mackenzie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Journal of an exploring tour beyond the Rocky Mountains. (The author, Mack, Andrus & Woodruff, printers, 1840), by Samuel Parker and American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (page images at HathiTrust)
• Linguistic material from the tribes of southern Texas and northeastern Mexico (U.S. Govt. print. off., 1940), by John Reed Swanton (page images at HathiTrust)

• Mémoire sur le système grammatical des langues de quelques nations indiennes de l'Amérique du Nord ... (A. Pihan de La Forest [etc.], 1838), by Peter Stephen Du Ponceau (page images at HathiTrust)

• Anichinabek Amisinahikaniwa, Kicheanameatchik, Catonik, Otawak Wakanakesssi. (Geo. L. Whitney Manda Mesenahiken Hauseton, 1830), by August Dejean and George Lewis Whitney (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wen kedwi pakabuguet, deli annkidagit (Edward Dunigen & Brother. (James B. Kirker.) 371 Broadway, 1858), by Eugene Vetromile, Thomas W. Strong, and Edward Dunigan & Brother (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prayer song (Published by Edward Dunigan & Brother, (James B. Kirker,) no. 371 Broadway, 1858), by Eugene Vetromile, William L. Clements, Thomas W. Strong, and Edward Dunigan & Brother (page images at HathiTrust)
• [The Epistles of John in the Cherokee language]. ([American Bible Society], 1860), by S. A. Worcester, Elias Boudinot, and American Bible Society (page images at HathiTrust)

• Catalogue des manuscrits et des imprimés en langues sauvages ainsi que des reliques indiennes, exposés à Québec à l'occasion du XVe Congrès international des Américanistes, Sept. 1906. (Dussault & Proulx, 1906), by International Congress of Americanists (15th : 1906 : Quebec) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Catalogue des manuscrits et des imprimés en langues sauvages ainsi que des reliques indiennes, exposés à Québec à l'occasion du XVe Congrès international des Américanistes, Sept. 1906. (Dussault & Proulx, 1906), by International Congress of Americanists (15th : 1906 : Quebec) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• When our words return : writing, hearing, and remembering oral traditions of Alaska and the Yukon (Utah State University Press, 1995), by William Schneider and Phyllis Morrow (page images at HathiTrust)

• When our words return : writing, hearing, and remembering oral traditions of Alaska and the Yukon (Utah State University Press, 1995), by William Schneider and Phyllis Morrow (page images at HathiTrust)

• Fifth Report of the Committee Appointed for the Purpose of Investigating and Publishing Reports on the Physical Characters, Languages, and Industrial and Social Condition of the North-western Tribes of the Dominion of Canada (ca.1889), by British Association for the Advancement of Science (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Sixth Report on the North-western Tribes of Canada (ca. 1890), by British Association for the Advancement of Science (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Vocabulary English-Wood Indian (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1898), by Thomas Henry Canham (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Aryan element in Indian dialects, 1 (s.n., 1891), by A. F. Chamberlain (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rand and the Micmacs (s.n.], 1899), by Jeremiah S. Clark and Silas Tertius Rand (page images at HathiTrust)
• New familiar Abenakis and English dialogues the first ever published on the grammatical system (s.n.], 1884), by Jos. Laurent (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fifth report of the committee appointed for the purpose of investigating and publishing reports on the physical characters, languages, and industrial and social condition of the north-western tribes of the Dominion of Canada (The Association, 1889), by British Association for the Advancement of Science. Committee on North-Western Tribes of the Dominion of Canada, Horatio Hale, and Franz Boas (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sixth report on the north-western tribes of Canada (The Association, 1890), by British Association for the Advancement of Science. Committee on North-Western Tribes of the Dominion of Canada, Horatio Hale, and Franz Boas (page images at HathiTrust)
• Canadian savage folk the native tribes of Canada (W. Briggs;, 1896), by John MacLean (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Ojebway language a manual for missionaries and others employed among the Ojebway Indians (Printed by Rowsell and Hutchison for the Venerable Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London, 1874), by Edward F. Wilson (page images at HathiTrust)

• Voyages From Montreal on the River St. Laurence, Through the Continent of North America, to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans, in the Years 1789 and 1793 : With a Preliminary Account of the Rise, Progress and Present State of the Fur Trade of That Country (London, 1801), by Alexander Mackenzie (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Voyages from Montreal through the continent of North America to the frozen and Pacific oceans in 1789 and 1793, with an account of the rise and state of the fur trade. (The Courier press, ltd., 1911), by Alexander Mackenzie and W. L. Grant (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nouveaux voyages de Mr. le baron de Lahontan, dans l'Amerique septentrionale qui contient une relation des differens peuples qui y habitent, la nature de leur gouvernement, leur commerce, leur coûtume, leur religion, & leur manière de faire la guerre, l'intérêt des François & des Anglois dans le commerce qu'ils font avec ces nations, l'avantage que l'Angleterre peut retirer dans ce païs, étant en guerre avec la France : le tout enrichi de cartes & de figures. (Chez les freres l'Honoré ..., 1715), by Louis Armand de Lom d'Arce Lahontan (page images at HathiTrust)
• La suite des voyages de Mr. le baron de Lahontan (Chez les fréres [sic] l'Honoré, marchands libraires, 1703), by Louis Armand de Lom d'Arce Lahontan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793. Vol. II, by Alexander Mackenzie (Gutenberg ebook)
• Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793. Vol. I, by Alexander Mackenzie (Gutenberg ebook)

• Cinq langues de la Colombie britannique : haïda, tshimshian, kwagiutl, nootka et tlinkit; grammaires, vocabulaires, textes (J. Maisonneuve, 1902), by Raoul de La Grasserie (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Indians of British Columbia (s.n., 1888), by Franz Boas and Royal Society of Canada (page images at HathiTrust)
• The language of the Bilhoola in British Columbia (s.n., 1886), by Franz Boas (page images at HathiTrust)
• Notes on the ethnology of British Columbia (s.n., 1887), by Franz Boas and American Philosophical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sketch of the Kwakiutl language (s.n., 1900), by Franz Boas (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sprache der Bella-Coola-Indianer (s.n., 1886), by Franz Boas (page images at HathiTrust)
• Zur Ethnologie Britisch-Kolumbiens (s.n., 1887), by Franz Boas (page images at HathiTrust)
• The origin of the Haidahs of the Queen Charlotte Islands (s.n., 1897), by John Campbell and Royal Society of Canada (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sulle significazioni nella lingua degli indigeni americani detti Kitonaqa (Kootenay) dei termini che denotano gli stati e le condizioni del corpo e dell'animo saggio di psicologia filologica (s.n., 1893), by A. F. Chamberlain (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Völker und Sprachen Neu-Mexico's und der Westseite des britischen Nordamerika's (F. Dümmler, 1858), by Johann Carl Eduard Buschmann (page images at HathiTrust)

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