Search Help

How does this work?
There are many ways to search the collections of the Freedom Archives. Below is a brief guide that will help you conduct effective searches. Note, anytime you search for anything in the Freedom Archives, the first results that appear will be our digitized items. Information for items that have yet to be scanned or yet to be digitized can still be viewed, but only by clicking on the show link that will display the hidden (non-digitized) items. If you are interested in accessing these non-digitized materials, please email info@freedomarchives.org.
Exploring the Collections without the Search Bar
Under the heading Browse By Collection, you’ll notice most of the Freedom Archives’ major collections. These collections have an image as well as a short description of what you’ll find in that collection. Click on that image to instantly explore that specific collection.
Basic Searching
You can always type what you’re looking for into the search bar. Certain searches may generate hundreds of results, so sometimes it will help to use quotation marks to help narrow down your results. For instance, searching for the phrase Black Liberation will generate all of our holdings that contain the words Black and Liberation, while searching for “Black Liberation” (in quotation marks) will only generate our records that have those two words next to each other.
Advanced Searching
The Freedom Archives search site also understands Boolean search logic. Click on this link for a brief tutorial on how to use Boolean search logic. Our search function also understands “fuzzy searches.” Fuzzy searches utilize the (*) and will find matches even when users misspell words or enter in only partial words for the search. For example, searching for liber* will produce results for liberation/liberate/liberates/etc.
Keyword Searches
You’ll notice that under the heading KEYWORDS, there are a number of words, phrases or names that describe content. Sometimes these are also called “tags.” Clicking on these words is essentially the same as conducting a basic search.

Search Results

Free P.O.W Leonard Peltier/Gwarth-ee-Lass (Leads the People) Free P.O.W Leonard Peltier/Gwarth-ee-Lass (Leads the People)
Publisher: New York Prairie Fire Organizing CommitteeFormat: StatementCollection: Leonard Peltier
Discusses the arrest of Leonard Peltier, and attaining justice for Native Americans.
Leonard Peltier Convicted Leonard Peltier Convicted
Publisher: Leonard Peltier Defense CommitteeFormat: PamphletCollection: Leonard Peltier
Information about Leonard Peltier's trail, events leading up to the trial, and the struggle of Native Americans.
Free Leonard Peltier! Free Leonard Peltier!
Publisher: Leonard Peltier Defense CommitteeFormat: PamphletCollection: Leonard Peltier
Information on Leonard Peltier's background as well as an update on his conviction.
Crazy Horse Spirit Crazy Horse Spirit
Publisher: Leonard Peltier Defense CommitteeFormat: MonographCollection: Leonard Peltier
The struggle of Native Political Prisoners in the USA.
Crazy Horse Spirit Crazy Horse Spirit
Publisher: National Leonard Peltier Defense CommitteeYear: 1979Volume Number: Vol.2 AugustFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Leonard Peltier
the background of Leonard Peltier's trail, and the resistence of Native movements to demand his and other political prisoners rights.
The Conquest and it's Impact The Conquest and it's Impact
Format: CompilationCollection: Native Americans
Articles include: The Conquest and its Consequences; Silver and Money Capitalism; Culture; Columbus and the Orgins of Racism in the Americas; Tribal Warfare; Scalping, Rethinking Terminology, and Maps: Taking Euroupe off Center Stage; Newsweek Meets the 500 Years of Resistance, Excerpt from Newsweek Special Issue, When Worlds Collide: How Columbus's Voyages Transformed Both East and West; Whose America?
Report on the International Indian Treaty Conference Report on the International Indian Treaty Conference
Author: Miles PustinPublisher: Native American Committee SolidarityFormat: ReportCollection: Native Americans
Reports talks about ceremonies and celebrations of various Native American Tribes. It also addresses issues that Natives are facing today. The major thrust of the the conference was internationalism.
The Geneva Conference The Geneva Conference
Publisher: International Indian Treaty CouncilDate: 9/1977Volume Number: SeptemberFormat: ReportCollection: Native Americans
International Indigenous Conference to address the needs and the issues of Natives that are oppressed by the system in the USA.
Wounding the Spirit: Discrimination and Traditional American Indian Belief Systems Wounding the Spirit: Discrimination and Traditional American Indian Belief Systems
Author: Carol LocustPublisher: Harvard Education ReviewYear: 1988Volume Number: Vol. 58-3 AugustFormat: ArticleCollection: Native Americans
Articles explores the issue of misunderstanding Indian beliefs in our society.
Mount Currie Road Block Mount Currie Road Block
Publisher: Native Study GroupFormat: PamphletCollection: Native Americans
Information on the battle between the logging industry and the Native community of Mount Currie. Their blockage, resistance and the trials of the 52 arrested are focuses.