Photograph of Native Americans from Southeastern Idaho taken from the Handbook of North American Indians

The Handbook of North American Indians is a series of edited scholarly and reference volumes in Native American studies, published by the Smithsonian Institution beginning in 1978. Planning for the handbook series began in the late 1960s and work was initiated following a special congressional appropriation in fiscal year 1971.[1] To date, 16 volumes have been published. Each volume addresses a subtopic of Americanist research and contains a number of articles or chapters by individual specialists in the field coordinated and edited by a volume editor. The overall series of 20 volumes is planned and coordinated by a general or series editor. Until the series was suspended, mainly due to lack of funds, the series editor was William C. Sturtevant, who died in 2007.[2]

This work documents information about all Indigenous peoples of the Americas north of Mexico, including cultural and physical aspects of the people, language family, history, and worldviews. This series is a reference work for historians, anthropologists, other scholars, and the general reader. The series utilized noted authorities for each topic. The set is illustrated, indexed, and has extensive bibliographies. Volumes may be purchased individually.

Bibliographic information

Handbook of North American Indians / William C. Sturtevant, General Editor. Washington, DC : Smithsonian Institution: For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents., 1978–.

Volume 1: Introduction

Krupnik, Igor (2022), Introduction, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, p. 931, ISBN 978-1-944466-53-4, https://doi.org/10.5479/si.21262173

Native American Histories in the Twenty-First Century

New Cultural Domains

Native American Experiences in the Twenty-First Century

Transitions in Native North American Research

The Smithsonian Handbook Project, 1965–2008

End Matter

Volume 2: Indians in Contemporary Society

Bailey, Garrick A. (2008), Indians In Contemporary Society, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, p. 577, ISBN 978-0-16-080388-8

The Issues in the United States

The Issues in Canada

Demographic and Ethnic Issues

Social and Cultural Revitalization

Volume 3: Environment, Origins, and Population

Ubelaker, Douglas H. (2006), Environment, Origins, and Population, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 1, 146, ISBN 978-0-16-077511-6

Paleo-Indian

Plant and Animal Resources

Skeletal Biology and Population Size

Human Biology

Volume 4: History of Indian-White relations

Washburn, Wilcomb E. (1988), History of Indian-White Relations, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, p. 852, ISBN 978-0-16-004583-7

National Policies

Military Situation

Political Relations

Economic Relations

Religious Relations

Conceptual Relations

Non-Indian Biographies

Volume 5: Arctic

Damas, David (1984), Arctic, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, p. 845, ISBN 978-0-16-004580-6

Western Arctic

Canadian Arctic

Greenland

The 1950-1980 Period

Volume 6: Subarctic

Helm, June (1981), Subarctic, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, p. 853, ISBN 978-0-16-004578-3

Subarctic Shield and Mackenzie Borderlands

Subarctic Cordillera

Alaska Plateau

South of the Alaska Range

Native Settlements

Special Topics

Volume 7: Northwest Coast

Suttles, Wayne (1990), Northwest Coast, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, p. 793, ISBN 978-0-16-020390-9

History of Research

History of Contact

The Peoples

Special Topics

Volume 8: California

Heizer, Robert F. (1978), California, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, p. 816, ISBN 978-0-16-004574-5

Volume 9: Southwest

Ortiz, Alfonso (1979), Southwest, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, p. 701, ISBN 978-0-16-004577-6, OCLC 26140053

Volume 9 covers the Pueblo tribes of the Southwest. Volume 10 covers the non-Pueblo tribes of the Southwest.

Volume 10: Southwest

Ortiz, Alfonso (1983), Southwest, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, p. 884, ISBN 978-0-16-004579-0

Volume 10 covers the non-Pueblo tribes of the Southwest. Volume 9 covers the Pueblo tribes of the Southwest.

Volume 11: Great Basin

d'Azevedo, Warren L. (1986), Great Basin, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, p. 868, ISBN 978-0-16-004581-3

Prehistory

Ethnology

History

Special Topics

Volume 12: Plateau

Walker, Deward E., Jr. (1998), Plateau, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, p. 807, ISBN 978-0-16-049514-4((citation)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

Prehistory

History

The Peoples

Special Topics

Volume 13: Plains

DeMallie, Raymond J. (2001), Plains, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, p. 1376, ISBN 978-0-87474-193-3

Volume 13 is physically bound in two volumes (Part 1 and Part 2), but page numbering is continuous between the two parts. Part 1 ends at "Plains Métis", page 676.

Prehistory

History

Prairie Plains

High Plains

Special Topics

Volume 14: Southeast

Fogelson, Raymond D. (2004), Southeast, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, p. 1058, ISBN 978-0-16-072300-1

Regional Prehistory

History

Florida

Atlantic Coastal Plain

Interior Southeast

Mississippi Valley and Gulf Coastal Plain

Special Topics

Volume 15: Northeast

Trigger, Bruce G. (1978), Northeast, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, p. 924, ISBN 978-0-16-004575-2

General Prehistory

Coastal Region

Saint Lawrence Lowlands Region

Great Lakes-Riverine Region

Volume 17: Languages

Goddard, Ives (1996), Languages, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, p. 958, ISBN 978-0-87474-197-1

The map "Native Languages and Language Families of North America" compiled by Ives Goddard is included in a pocket in the inside cover along with a small photographic reproduction of John Wesley Powell's 1891 map, "Linguistic Stocks of American Indians North of Mexico". A wall size version of the former is available separately (ISBN 978-0-8032-9269-7).

Grammatical Sketches

Planned, but Unpublished Volumes

With the suspension of publication, the following volumes remain unpublished.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Sturtevant, William C. (1971). "Smithsonian Plans New Native American Handbook". The Indian Historian. 4 (4): 5–8.
  2. ^ "Handbook of the North American Indians". National Museum of Natural History. Smithsonian Institution. 2017. Archived from the original on 13 December 2017.