Want to learn more about Native history in and around Arlington Heights? Check out the growing Local Indigenous History Collection in the library's Shackley Room. The purpose of this collection is to provide representative research for Native peoples researching their ancestry and both modern and historical perspectives on Indigenous heritage to the whole community.
Books are selected for their relevance to the Council of Three Fires (Chippewa, Ottawa and Potawatomi), Ojibwe, Kickapoo, Miami, Sioux and Ho-Chunk peoples.
Titles include:
Ojibwa: People of Forests and Prairies by Michael Johnson
Gathering the Potawatomi Nation: Revitalization and Identity by Christopher Wetzel
Indian Metropolis: Native Americans in Chicago, 1945-75 by James B. LaGrand
Chippewa Customs by Frances Densmore
Masters of Empire: Great Lakes Indians and the Making of America by Michael A. McDonnell
Enduring Nations: Native Americans in the Midwest edited by R. David Edmunds
People of the Big Voice: Photographs of Ho-Chunk Families by Charles Van Schaick
If you'd like to suggest a book, film or periodical for the Local Indigenous History Collection, feel free to contact us as we build representation for Native History in and around Arlington Heights.