American Indian and Alaska Native Records: Research Guides
This page lists select guides and presentations about researching American Indian and Alaska Native records found across different record groups and National Archives research facilities.
Last updated on March 28, 2023.
General
Introduction to Research (Video Presentations)
- Accessing Native American Resources from the National Archives (ATALM Conference, 2018)
- Online Resources Relating to American Indians (Know Your Records, 2016)
- Native Americans (Virtual Genealogy Fair, 2013)
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Records
Guides
- Navigating Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Navigating Record Group 75: Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Schools
- Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Photographs Finding Aid
- Bureau of Indian Affairs Records: Correspondence Files
Video Presentations
- From Here to There: Researching Office of Indian Affairs Employees (Genealogy Series, 2021)
- Discovering and Researching Bureau of Indian Affairs School Records (Virtual Genealogy Fair, 2019)
- American Indian Records and Resources on Archives.gov (Virtual Genealogy Fair, 2014)
Census Bureau Records
- The Story of the 1950 P8 Indian Reservation Schedule (Genealogy Series, 2022)
- Stand Up and Be Counted: Native Americans in the Federal Census (National Archives News, 2022)
- Native Americans in the Census, 1860–1890 (Prologue Magazine, Summer 2006)
Treaties
By National Archives Location
National Archives at Atlanta
National Archives at Chicago
National Archives at Denver
National Archives at Fort Worth
National Archives at Kansas City
- Native American Records at the National Archives at Kansas City
- Naturalizations of Indians in Kansas
National Archives at San Francisco
- Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Records at the National Archives at San Francisco
- Records for the Study of Ethnic History at the National Archives at San Francisco (Reference Information Paper 83) (see section for Native Americans)