Native American Heritage Month Resources
November is Native American Heritage Month. Come explore the many resources available from the Library of Michigan for exploring the story of our state's indigenous people.
 Sample titles of Native-American Authors in the Great Lakes Region
Native-American Authors in the Great Lakes Region
Native-American authors have long been expressing their histories and narratives in both spoken word and print. The Library of Michigan has a broad collection of their works. A sample of these titles include:
Benz, Charmaine M.
Diba Jimooyung: Telling Our Story
MICHIGAN 2N E99.C6 D52 2005
Blackbird, Andrew J.
Complete Both Early and Late History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan: a Grammar of their Language, Personal and Family History of Author.
RARE E99.O9 B6 1897
Boulley, Angeline
Firekeeper’s Daughter
MICHIGAN 2N PS3602.O88955 F57 2021
Chanillier, Grace and Tavernini, Rebecca, et al.
Voice on the Water: Great Lakes Native America Now
MICHIGAN 2N E 78.M6 V65 2011
Erdrich, Louise.
The Birchbark House
MICHIGAN 2N PS3555.R42 B57 1999
Ettawageshik, Fred; Ettawageshik, Jane; and Kurath, Gertrude
The Art of Tradition: sacred music, dance, and myth of Michigan's Anishinaabe, 1946-1955
MICHIGAN 2N E99.C6 K87 2009
Henry, Gordon
Sovereign Traces, Volume 1 - Not (just) (an)other
MICHIGAN 2N PS508.I5 N68 2018
Johnston, Basil
The Manitous
MICHIGAN 2N E99.C6 J636 1995
Kawbawgam, Charles and Charlotte, and LePique, Jacques
Ojibwa Narratives
MICHIGAN 2N E99.C6 K38 1994
Keewaydinoquay
Stories From my Youth and Cedar Songs
MICHIGAN 2N E99.C6 K425 2006
Kegg, Maude
Portage Lake: Memories of an Ojibwe Childhood
MICHIGAN 2N E99.C6 K445 1991
Otto, Simon
Aube Na Bing : a Pictorial History of Michigan Indians
MICHIGAN E78.M6 A8 1989
Treuer, Anton
Living Our Language
MICHIGAN 2N E99.C6 L535 2001
Wright, J. C. (John Couchois)
The Crooked Tree : Indian Legends and a Short History of the Little Traverse Bay Region
MICHIGAN 2N MICHIGAN 2N F572.L7 W88 1917
 Screenshot of ProQuest Indian Claims Insight Database
ProQuest Indian Claims Insight Database
Indian Claims Insight is a one-of-a-kind research tool available to Library of Michigan Library Cardholders that provides researchers with the opportunity to understand and analyze Native American migration and resettlement throughout U.S. history, as well as U.S. Government Indian removal policies and subsequent actions to address Native American claims.
Indian Claims Insight allows researchers to search Indian claims content in unprecedented ways including keyword, full text, docket number, and more. Content includes decisions, transcripts, docket books, journals of the Indian Claims Commission (a judicial panel for relations between the U.S. Government and Native American tribes), and related statutes and congressional publications. Learn more about this resource by visiting the entry on the ProQuest Libguides site.
ProQuest Indian Claims Insight is accessible by Library of Michigan Library Cardholders at: www.Michigan.gov/LMdatabases. Don't have a Library of Michigan Library Card? Apply for one at: www.Michigan.gov/LibraryCard.
Michigan Newspapers at the Library of Michigan
The 2022 series of Library of Michigan Programs for the Public will come to a close in December with a virtual session about Michigan Newspapers
Michigan Newspapers
December 1, 2022 6:30PM - 7:30PM, Zoom
Register For This Program
The Library of Michigan has one of the most comprehensive collections of Michigan newspapers. See examples of unique periodicals published in our state and learn strategies for navigating the various online collections of digitized Michigan news publications.
The 2023 schedule of Programs for the Public will soon be finalized. Look for it in a future edition of the Special Collections Update and on our Programs for the Public page: www.Michigan.gov/LMPublicPrograms.
A Visit From Dr. Perry Moree of ZB Bibliotheek van Zeeland
On Monday, November 14 the Library of Michigan had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Perry Moree, Chief Executive of ZB Bibliotheek van Zeeland. Located in Middelburg, Netherlands, the ZB Bibliotheek van Zeeland (translation: Library of Zeeland) has a variety of different roles, including:
It is the largest cultural institution in Zeeland and one of the Netherlands major libraries. As the provincial library of Zeeland, ZB Bibliotheek van Zeeland has many responsibilities that are similar to those of the Library of Michigan.
Dr. Moree had the opportunity to tour the vast collections of the Library of Michigan as well as meet with several Library of Michigan staff. His trip also included a stop at the Joint Archives of Holland at Hope College in Holland MI. A key reason for Dr. Moree's visit to Michigan is that ZB Bibliotheek van Zeeland is identifying collections of Dutch immigrant newspapers and letters held by American libraries/archives. Many Dutch immigrants from the province of Zeeland settled in areas of the American Midwest, including Michigan. The publications and correspondence of these immigrants provides great insight into their experiences in the United States as well as documents the stories of those who stayed behind in the Netherlands. The goal of the project is to work with institutions in the United States to develop a digitized collection that preserves this portion of the story of Zeeland.
Thank you Dr. Moree for visiting us at the Library of Michigan! Learn more about ZB Bibliotheek van Zeeland by checking out their website: https://www.dezb.nl/
 State Librarian Randy Riley and Dr. Perry Moree, Chief Executive of ZB Bibliotheek van Zeeland.
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