A newly acquired ProQuest History Vault module, American Indians and the American West, 1809-1971, includes collections from the U.S. National Archives, the Chicago History Museum, and selected first-hand accounts on Indian Wars and westward migration. While a significant amount of 19th century material is included, this resource also provides access to records from the first half of the 20th century. For more detail about each of the collections listed below, see the ProQuest guide.
- American Indians and the U.S. Army: Department of Columbia, 1876-April 1878
- American Indians and the U.S. Army: Department of New Mexico, 1853-1866
- American Indians and the U.S. Army: Department of Oregon, 1858-1860
- American Indians and the U.S. Army: Department of the Northwest, 1862-1865
- American Indians and the U.S. Army: Records of the Yellowstone Expedition, and U.S. Army District of Yellowstone and Yellowstone Command, 1872-1881
- American West: Overland Journeys, 1841-1880
- Apache Campaign of 1886: Records of the U.S. Army Continental Commands, Department of Arizona
- Chicago History Museum Collections on American Indians and the American West
- Indian Removal to the West, 1832-1840: Files of the Office of the Commissary General of Subsistence
- Indian Wars of the West and Frontier Army Life, 1862-1898: Official Histories and Personal Narratives
- Lake Mohonk Conference of Friends of the Indian
- Letters Received by the Attorney General, 1809-1870: Western Law and Order
- Letters Received by the Attorney General, 1871-1884: Western Law and Order
- Major Council Meetings of American Indian Tribes, Part 1, Section 1: Navajo, Five Civilized Tribes, Pueblo, Cheyenne and Arapaho, and Ute, 1914-1956
- Major Council Meetings of American Indian Tribes, Part 1, Section 2: Chippewa, Klamath, and Sioux (Standing Rock, Rosebud, Pine Ridge, and Cheyenne River), 1911-1956
- Major Council Meetings of American Indian Tribes, Part 2, Section 1: Navajo, Five Civilized Tribes, Ute, Pueblo, and Cheyenne and Arapaho, 1957-1971
- Major Council Meetings of American Indian Tribes, Part 2, Section 2: Sioux (Standing Rock, Rosebud, Pine Ridge, and Cheyenne River), Chippewa, and Klamath, 1957-1971
- Native Americans and the New Deal: The Office Files of John Collier, 1933-1945
- Native Americans Reference Collection: Documents Collected by the Office of Indian Affairs, Part 1: 1840-1900
- Native Americans Reference Collection: Documents Collected by the Office of Indian Affairs, Part 2: 1901-1948
- Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Central Classified Files, 1907-1939, Series A: Indian Delegations to Washington
- Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Central Classified Files, 1907-1939, Series B: Indian Customs and Social Relations
- Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Central Classified Files, 1907-1939, Series C: Indian Health and Medical Affairs, Part 1: Reports on Medical and Nursing Activities
- Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Central Classified Files, 1907-1939, Series C: Indian Health and Medical Affairs, Part 2: Diseases
- Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Central Classified Files, 1907-1939, Series D: Education, Part 1: General Organization, Regulations, and Types of Schools
- Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Central Classified Files, 1907-1939, Series D: Education, Part 2: Correspondence and Reports on Reservation Day and Boarding Schools, Section A: Albuquerque through Pima
- Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Central Classified Files, 1907-1939, Series D: Education, Part 2: Correspondence and Reports on Reservation Day and Boarding Schools, Section B: Pine Ridge through Zuni
- Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Law and Order Section: Alcohol and Peyote Use by American Indians, 1908-1933
- Records of the Indian Division, Office of the Secretary of the Interior: Special Files, 1848-1907
- Records of the U.S. Army Continental Commands: Department of the West, 1853-1861
- Records of the U.S. Army Continental Commands: Division of West Mississippi, 1864-1865
- Reports of the Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes
- Survey of Conditions of the Indians in the United States
- Survey of Indian Reservations
- U.S. Army in the Era of Indian Removal: Case Files of Military Courts and Commissions
- U.S. Army in the Era of Indian Removal: Papers of Quartermaster General Thomas S. Jesup, 1818-1852