Regarding Websites:

Web research can be very useful and lead to much useful and important information. While every effort has been made to list only "reliable" sites, researchers should be aware that control of sites change (often without notice) from time to time and, thus, the reliability and point of view of the website may change (for better or worse). One of the best uses of web information is to locate good primary and secondary sources that should be directly examined. Websites also go out of existence, so, for scholarly work, they are not reliable sources, like a published work which, presumably, will always be available in some library (Library of Congress) for examination. Beware especially of quoting or otherwise relying upon unidentified opinions found on websites.

Basic guide to web research:

1. Use your library BEFORE you start your web research. You will learn many terms that will be useful in your web research. You should read at least one good, broad secondary source on the subject before starting your research.

2. Learn how to do web research. Google has a very good set of instructions. USE THEM!

3. Know the site you are using. Find out who is responsible for it. An example of a very good site is the Avalon Project at the Yale Law School (use Google to find it.)

4. Find the original printed source of the information given on the site. You may have to use your library sources or a research librarian to help you. Cite both the internet source and the printed source.

Research Guides and Resources - African American History in the West

General - go to:

• African American History - Research Guides and Websites

• University of Washington Web Gateway to African American Studies

• Black Oral History Collection at WSU 

• Western Journal of Black Studies
  Online index to this well-known literary research journal; includes links to the reference sections of articles from 1977-present. Some sections are available to online subscribers only; subscriptions available to individuals for a fee. Copies of this journal, 1997-present, are available

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The African American West (General)  

• African Americans - Black Indians
  
  
• Indivisible: African-Native American Lives in the Americas

• National Park Service Research and Education: Bibliographic Essay on the American West

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African Americans in the West, 1861-1900

• Buffalo Soldiers and Black Cowboys

• Buffalo Soldiers & Indian Wars - Excellent comprehensive site with many links - real player video of 25th Infantry in the Spanish American War

• Cathy Williams - The Only Female Buffalo Soldier,1866

• Indian Scout Cemetery Kinney County Texas

• Indian War Medal of Honor Recipients - African Americans & Indian Scouts

• Other Buffalo Soldier Website Links

• Seminole-Negro Indian Scouts: Revised with Photos

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African Americans in Arizona

• Tucson's African American Heritage

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African Americans in California

• African Americans in Monterey County: A Brief Demographic History

• African Americans in Northern California

• African Americans in the Mother Lode

• Charlotta Bass and the California Eagle

• The Huey P. Newton Foundation

• Tom Bradley's Impossible Dream

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African Americans in Montana

• African-Americans in Montana

• The 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps

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African Americans in Nevada

• Our Story: African American History in Northern Nevada

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African Americans in Oklahoma

•  Civil War in Indian Territory

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African Americans in Oregon

• African American History in Portland, Oregon (List)
  
  
• The Golden West Hotel Exhibit, Portland, Oregon The Oregon Northwest Black Pioneers

• The Other Black Pacific Northwest

• The State of Black Oregon

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African Americans in Texas

• African-Americans in Texas

• Afro-Mexicans

• Correspondence Concerning Slavery in Texas

• Democracy and Diversity in Walker County Texas

• Juneteenth

• Partial Listing of African-Americans Lynched in Texas

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African Americans in Washington State

• Kitsap County (Wa) Black History

• R.O.Y.A.L. Project

• Seattle Times - Martin Luther King, Jr.

• The Corner: 23rd and Union (Seattle)

• Vancouver, Washington NAACP

• Washington State Commission on African American Affairs