ON THE REFERENCE SHELVES

• The Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes.  Detroit: Gale, 1998. 
  • Thorough articles for Chickahominy, Mattaponi, Nansemond, Pamunkey, Rappahannock tribes; “Current Tribal Issues” included
  • Article on Powhatan Confederacy
• Encyclopedia of North American Indians.  Frederick E. Hoxie, ed.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1996. 
  • General articles on Indian history, culture
  • Articles on Powhatan, Powhatan Confederacy

ONLINE

TIP: See individual tribe websites for pow-wow information.

·        Book recommendations: http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/ or www.oyate.org/ (all tribes)

·        American Indian Resource Center, College of William & Mary: www.wm.edu/AIRC/#projects

o       Oral history project

o       Links to more resources

·        Monacan Indian Nation: www.monacannation.com/

·        Mattaponi Indian Reservation: www.baylink.org/mattaponi/

·        Nansemond Tribe: www.nansemond.org/

·        Pamunkey Tribe: www.baylink.org/pamunkey/

·        Upper Mattaponi Tribe: www.uppermattaponi.com

·        Werowocomoco site: http://powhatan.wm.edu

·        United Indians of Virginia: www.unitedindiansva.org/home.htm

o       Some pow-wows and events listed

·        Virginia Council on Indians: www.unitedindiansva.org/home.htm

o       Genealogy tips

o       Tribe locations, brief details, contact address, current chief’s name

BOOKS TO CHECK OUT

Start with these:

• The True Story of Pocahontas: The Other Side of History: From the Sacred History of the Mattaponi Reservation People. Linwood Custalow. Golden, CO.: Fulcrum Publishing, 2007.
• First People: The Early Indians of Virginia. Keith Egloff and Deborah Woodward. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1992. Brief descriptions of Chickahominy, Eastern Chickahominy, Mattaponi, Monacan, Nansemond, Pamunkey, United Rappahannock, and Upper Mattaponi Tribes.
• Pocahontas, Powhatan, Opechancanough: Three Indian Lives Changed By Jamestown. Helen C. Rountree. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2005.
• Pocahontas’s People: The Powhatan Indians of Virginia Through Four Centuries.  Helen C. Rountree. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1990.
• Love and Hate in Jamestown: John Smith, Pocahontas, and the Heart of a New Nation. David Price. New York: Knopf, 2003.

OR use the online catalog and type in the words in quotation marks and choose subject search:

·        For Virginia tribes, type “Powhatan Indians”

·        For all American Indians, type “Indians of North America”

BEYOND OUR WALLS: Places for Further Research & to Visit

TIP:  Call or e-mail before going to confirm hours.

County of Henrico Public Library, North Park Branch rev.7.07/la