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Native Americans of the New York Metropolitan Area

Encyclopedia of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy). Edited by Bruce Johansen and Barbara Mann. Westport: Greenwood, 2000.
*R- RMRR E99.17 E53 2000
Key reference tool on major Native group in New York State.

Encyclopedia of New York Indians: Tribes, Nations and Peoples of the Woodlands Areas. St. Clair Shores, MI: Somerset Publ., 1998. 2 vol. *R- USLHG IR 07-3285
Useful tool that describes the diversity of Native life in old New York and the peoples of today.

Grumet, Robert Steven. Native American Place Names in New York City. New York: Museum of the City of New York, 1981. HBPP 83-1938

Hauptman, Laurence M. Formulating American Indian Policy in New York State, 1970-1986. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1988.  HBC 88-2091
Highlights the ongoing disputes about tribal sovereignty, Indian gaming, and sales taxes.

Neighbors and Intruders: An Ethnohistorical Exploration of the Indians of Hudson’s River. Edited by Laurence M. Hauptman and Jack Campisi. Ottawa: National Museums of Canada, 1978.  HBC 81-392
Superb local history from the age of exploration to modern times.

Ritchie, William A. The Archaeology of New York State. Garden City: Natural History Press, 1969.  HBC 75-1494
Still relevant book about pre-contact Native societies and historical era settlements.

Salomon, Julian Harris. Indians of the Lower Hudson Region: the Munsee. New York: Historical Society of Rockland County, 1982.  HBC 83-1449

Skinner, Alanson. Indians of Greater New York. Cedar Rapids, IA: Torch Press, 1915.
7-HBC

Trelease, Allen W. Indian Affairs in Colonial New York: The Seventeenth Century. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1960.  HBC

Recounts activities in a critical period in Indian-white relations, including captivity stories, warfare, early treaties, and general history.