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Potawatomi Indian Resources

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Books and Pamphlets

I 970.3 P886p
Title: The Potawatomi.
Author: Powell, Suzanne I.
Published: New York : F. Watts, c1997.

Ip 970.3 no. 11
Title: Trail of Death rendezvous, Sept. 4 and 5, 1976.
Author: [Fulton County Historical Society (Ind.)].
Published: [Rochester, Ind.], 1976.

I 970.1 W769p
Title: The Potawatomie Indians...
Author: Winger, Otho, 1877-1946.
Published: Elgin, Ill. : Elgin press, 1939.

I 970.1 W769p 1961
Title: The Potawatomie Indians... .
Author: Winger, Otho, 1877-1946.
Published: [Reprinted 1961].

Ip 970.1 no. 23
Title: Memorial of certain Indians residing in Michigan and Indiana, for relief.
Author: U.S.--Congress--House--Commiittee on Indian affairs.
Published: 1878.

I 970.1 Un58c Title: Claims against the Pottawatomie Indians.
Author: U.S.--Congress--House--Commiittee on Indian affairs.
Published: 1842.

Ip 970.1 no. 29
Title: Pottawatomie claims.
Author: U.S.--Commission Appointed to Examine the Claims of the Pottawatomie Indians.
Published: 1869.

I 970.1 S924i
Title: The Indian tribes of the Chicago region, with special reference to the Illinois and the Potawatomi.
Author: Strong, William Duncan, 1899-.
Published: Chicago : Field Museum of natural history, 1926.

I 970.3 S628m
Title: Mascoutens or prairie Potawatomi Indians.
Author: Skinner, Alanson Buck.
Published: Milwaukee, Wis., 1924.

Ip 970.1 no. 44
Title: In the Supreme Court of the United States. October term, 1892. Term no. 1125. Phineas Pam-To-Pee and 1371 other Potowatomie Indians of Michigan and Indiana, vs. the United States, appellee. Appeal from the court of claims. Brief for Appellants.
Author: Shipman, John B.
Published: Coldwater, Michigan : The Sun Office, 1892.

Ip 970.1 no. 14
Title: Memorial of the Legislature of Indiana to obtain the extinguishment of the title of the Potawatamie and Miami Indians to lands in that state, and the removal of said Indians from that state; April 23, 1836 ... .
Author: Indiana--Legislature.
Published: Gales & Seaton, 1836.

Ip 977.2 I385i v. 14 no. 1
Title: The trail of death; letters of Benjamin Marie Petit.
Author: Petit, Benjamin Marie, 1811-1839.
Published: Indianapolis : Indiana historical society, 1941.

Ip 970.1 no. 43
Title: In the Supreme Court of the United States. October term, 1892. Phineas Pam-To-Pee et al vs. the United States, no. 1125. The Potowatomie Indians, etc., vs. the United States, no. 1133. Appeals from the court of claims. Brief for the United States.
Author: Parker, A. X.
Published: 1892.

Ip 977.2 no. 52
Title: [Scrapbooks].
Author: McDonald, Daniel, 1833-1916.
Published: [Plymouth, Ind., 1902?-1909?].

Ip 815 M135 no. 2
Title: Address of ... of Plymouth, delivered in the House of Representatives, Indianapolis, Friday, February 3, 1905, on the bill to erect a monument to the Potawattomie Indians at Twin Lakes, Marshall county.
Author: McDonald, Daniel, 1833-1916.
Published: Indpls., 1905.

I 970.3 T766dc
Title: Trail of Death commemorative caravan, 1998.
Published: Rochester, IN : Fulton County Historical Society, [1998?].

Ip 634.9 no. 16
Title: Pokagon state park, with beautiful Lake James, once hunting grounds of Potawatomi Indians, popular for variety of its vacation activities.
Author: Indiana--Conservation, Dept. of.
Published: [Indpls., Ind., 1931].

Ip 970.1 no. 2Title: Claims against the  Potawatomi nation of Indians; secured by national obligations, executed in open council, on the same days and together with the treaty of 5th and 17th June, 1846.
Author: Ewing, William Griffith and Ewing, George Washington.
Published: n.p., 1847?

Ip 970.1 no. 42
Title: In the Supreme Court of the United States. The Potowatomie Indians of Michigan and Indiana, Appellants, vs. the United States. Term no. 1133. Phineas Pam-To-Pee and 1371 other Potowatomie Indians of Michigan and Indiana, vs. the United States. Term no. 1125.
Author: Critcher, John.
Published: n.p. : n.p., [1892].

I 970.5 Un58p
Title: Report of J.W. Edmonds, U.S. Commissioner, upon the disturbance at the Potawatomie payment, September, 1836.
Author: Edmonds, J[ohn] W[orth]
Published: N.Y., 1837.

I 970.5 Un58p
Title: Report of John W. Edmonds, U.S. commissioner, on the claims of creditors of the Potawatomie Indians of the Wabash; presented under the treaties made with them ... 1836 and 1837.
Author: Edmonds, John W[orth], 1799-1874.
Published: N.Y., 1837.

I 970.5 Un58p
Title: Report of John W. Edmonds, U.S. commissioner, on the claims of creditors of the Potawatomie Indians of the Wabash presented under the treaties made with them ... 1836 and 1837.
Author: Edmonds, John W[orth], 1799-1874.
Published: N.Y., 1837.

I 970.5 Un58pTitle: Report of J.W. Edmonds, U.S. commissioner, upon the disturbance at the Potawatomie payment, September, 1836.
Author: Edmonds, J[ohn] W[orth].
Published: N.Y., 1837.

I 378 968ct
Title: The totem of the beaver.
Author: [Corwin, E. R.].
Published: Culver military academy, c1931.

I 970.1 B242p
Title: The land of Potawatomi.
Author: Barce, Elmore, 1872-1945.
Published: Fowler, Ind. : [Benton Review Shop], 1919.

I 977.201 N561b
Title: Beaver lake -- A land of enchantment.
Author: Barce, Elmore, 1872-1945.
Published: Kentland, Ind. : The Kentland Democrat, 1938.

I 970.3 T766w
Title: Trail of death, 1838 diary.
Published: Rochester, IN : Fulton County Historical Society, 1988.

I 970.3 Z53w
Title: Wabansi : fiend or friend?
Author: Zeman, Alice Fitch.
Published: [Illinois?] : A.F. Zeman, c1991 (Henry, Ill. : M. and D. Printers).

I 970.3 T766h
Title: Trail of death regional historic trail.
[Compiled by Shirley Willard for the] Fulton County Historical Society, Inc.
Published: Rochester, Ind. : Fulton County Historical Society, Inc., [1995?].

Ip 977.201 E43, no. 23
Title: Bonneyville Mill.
Author: Roose, J. Earle.
Published: [Indiana] : The Board, 1996.

I 970.3 L664p
Title: Potawatomi birthright : education as promised by Catholics at Notre Dame.
Author: Levier, Patricia E.
Published: 1989.

I 970.3 S628m
Title: The Mascoutens or Prairie Potawatomi Indians.
Author: Skinner, Alanson, 1886-1925.
Published: Milwaukee, Wis., Pub. by order of the Board of Trustees [1924-27].

HD 234.P6 M8
Title: Appraisal of Potawatomi tracts in Iowa and Kansas, 1846 : Cases 15-J, 71-A and 29-H before the Indiana Claims Commission.
Author: Murray, William Gordon, 1903-.
Published: Ames, Iowa ; 1953.

I 970.1 W769p
Title: Potawatomi Indians.
Author: Winger, Otho, 1877-1946.

I 970.1 C639po
Title: The Pokagons, 1683-1983 : Catholic Potawatomi Indians of the St. Joseph River valley.
Author: Clifton, James A.
Published: Lanham : University Press of America, c1984.

I 977.2 M135
Title: Removal of the Potawattomie Indians from northern Indiana; embracing also a brief statement of the Indian policy of the government, and other historical matter relating to the Indian question.
Author: McDonald, Daniel, 1833-1916.
Published: Plymouth, Ind., D. McDonald & Co., Printers, 1899.

I 970.1 E24p
Title: The Potawatomis, keepers of the fire.
Author: Edmunds, R. David (Russell David), 1939-
Published: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c1978.

I 970.1 C639p
Title: The prairie people : continuity and change in Potawatomi Indian culture, 1665-1965
Author: Clifton, James A.
Published: Lawrence : Regents Press of Kansas, c1977.

Microforms:

Microfilm I 266 M996p
Title: Potawatomi transformation [microform] : Potawatomi responses to Catholic and Baptist mission strategy and competition, 1822-1872.
Author: Myhre, Paul Odell.
Published: 1998.

Microfiche LH5483
Title: The last of the Illinois and a sketch of the Potawatomies microform
Author: Caton, John Dean, 1812-1895.
Published: Chicago : Fergus Print. Co., 1876.

Microfilm I 970.5 O18p
Title: Potawatomie land cessions in the "old Northwest".
Author: O'Connor, Mary Helen, 1920-.
Published: 1942.

Microfilm I 970.3 E23h
Title: A history of the Potawatomi Indians, 1615-1795 microform.
Author: Edmunds, R. David (Russell David), 1939-.
Published: 1972.

Videorecording

I 970.3 T766d
Title: Trail of death [videorecording].
Produced, directed & filmed by Wayne Harvey.
Published: [South Bend, Ind.] : Wayne Harvey Productions, [c1992].
Note: VHS format.

Manuscripts Section

L323, L316, V48Title: [Papers]
Author: Ewing, George Washington and William Griffith

L127, V91Title: [Papers]
Author: Lasselle Family

L160Title: [Papers]
Author: Tipton, John

S3141
Title: [Potawatomi Indians -- muster rolls], 1838.

L443
Title: [Letters], 1815-1821.
Author: United States. Office of Indian Affairs.

S1821
Title: [Letters], 1814-1841.
Author: Polke, William.

S1820Title: [Papers], 1819-1823.
Author: Hays, John, fl. 1820.

B162
Title: [Research materials], ca. 1905.
Author: Dunn, Jacob Piatt, 1855-1924.

S370
Title: [Journal], 1838.
Author: Douglass, Jesse C.

Indexes

  • Supplementary Index (card file):  Indians
  • Indianapolis Newspapers Index, 1898-1979:  Indians

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