Indian researches, or, facts concerning the North American Indians : including notices of their present state of improvement, in their social, civil, and religious condition; with hints for their future advancement /

Mode of access: Internet.

Letters and notes on the manners, customs, and conditions of the North American Indians /

Mode of access: Internet.

Illustrations of the manners, customs, and condition of the North American Indians:

Mode of access: Internet.

Riding gear of the North American Indians,

Mode of access: Internet.

Life, letters and travels of Father Pierre-Jean de Smet, S.J., 1801-1873; missionary labors and adventures among the wild tribes of the North American Indians ...

Paged continuously; v. 1: xv, 402 p.; v. 2: vii, 403-794 p.; v. 3: vi, 795-1211 p.; v. 4: vi, 1213-1624 p.

Illustrations of the manners, customs and condition of the North American Indians : with letters and notes written during eight years of travel and adventure among the wildest and most remarkable tribes now existing /

"With three hundred and sixty engravings from the author's original paintings."

Handbook of American Indians north of Mexico;

Bibliography: v. 2, p. 1179-1221.

Guide to USDA programs for American Indians and Alaska natives.

"October 1997."

Food plants of the North American Indians /

Includes index.

Treaty between the United States of America and the Chippewas of the Mississippi and the Pillager and Lake Winibigoshish bands of Chippewa Indians in Minnesota. Concluded March 11, 1863. Ratification advised with amendments, by Senate, March 13, 1863. Amendments accepted March 14, 1863. Proclaimed March 19, 1863.

"Concluded at ... Washington ... District of Columbia."

1990 census program for American Indians and Alaska natives.

Mode of access: Internet.

Building the future : a blueprint for change : "By our homes you will know us" : final report of the National Commission on American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Housing.

Mode of access: Internet.

Catlin's notes of eight years' travels and residence in Europe with his North American Indian collection. With anecdotes and incidents of the travels and adventures of three different parties of American Indians whom he introduced to the courts of England, France and Belgium ...

Mode of access: Internet.

History of the Bay Scallop, Argopecten irradians, Fisheries and Habitats in eastern North America, Massachusetts through northeastern Mexico

This is a broad historical overview of the bay scallop, Argopecten irradians, fishery on the East and Gulf Coasts of North America (Fig. 1). For a little over a century, from about the mid 1870’s to the mid 1980’s, bay scallops supported large commercial fisheries mainly in the U.S. states of Massachusetts, New York, and North Carolina and on smaller scales in the states in between and in western Florida. In these states, the annual harvests and dollar value of bay scallops were far smaller than those of the other important commercial mollusks, the eastern oysters, Crassostrea virginica, and northern quahogs, Mercenaria mercenaria, but they were higher than those of softshell clams, Mya arenaria (Table 1). The fishery had considerable economic importance in the states’ coastal towns, because bay scallops are a high-value product and the fishery was active during the winter months when the economies in most towns were otherwise slow. The scallops also had cultural importance as a special food, an ornament owing to its pretty shell design, and an interesting biological component of

Quahogs in Eastern North America: Part II, History by Province and State

The northern quahog, Mercenaria mercenaria, ranges along the Atlantic Coast of North America from the Canadian Maritimes to Florida, while the southern quahog, M. campechiensis, ranges mostly from Florida to southern Mexico. The northern quahog was fished by native North Americans during prehistoric periods. They used the meats as food and the shells as scrapers and as utensils. The European colonists copied the Indians treading method, and they also used short rakes for harvesting quahogs. The Indians of southern New England and Long Island, N.Y., made wampum from quahog shells, used it for ornaments and sold it to the colonists, who, in turn, traded it to other Indians for furs. During the late 1600’s, 1700’s, and 1800’s, wampum was made in small factories for eventual trading with Indians farther west for furs. The quahoging industry has provided people in many coastal communities with a means of earning a livelihood and has given consumers a tasty, wholesome food whether eaten raw, steamed, cooked in chowders, or as stuffed quahogs. More than a dozen methods and types of gear have been used in the last two centuries for harvesting quahogs. They include treading and using various types of rakes and dredges, both of which have undergone continuous improvements in design. Modern dredges are equipped with hydraulic jets and one type has an escalator to bring the quahogs continuously to the boats. In the early 1900’s, most provinces and states established regulations to conserve and maximize yields of their quahog stocks. They include a minimum size, now almost universally a 38-mm shell width, and can include gear limitations and daily quotas. The United States produces far more quahogs than either Canada or Mexico. The leading producer in Canada is Prince Edward Island. In the United States, New York, New Jersey, and Rhode Island lead in quahog production in the north, while Virginia and North Carolina lead in the south. Connecticut and Florida were large producers in the 1990’s. The State of Tabasco leads in Mexican production. In the northeastern United States, the bays with large openings, and thus large exchanges of bay waters with ocean waters, have much larger stocks of quahogs and fisheries than bays with small openings and water exchanges. Quahog stocks in certified beds have been enhanced by transplanting stocks to them from stocks in uncertified waters and by planting seed grown in hatcheries, which grew in number from Massachusetts to Florida in the 1980’s and 1990’s.