Scrawled Shortcuts through the Research Maze
Start off with this article from Smithsonian magazine that gives a different take on the First Thanksgiving and the Native American participation:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/squanto.html
Plimoth Plantation
The good researchers at the historical site/museum at Plimoth have published many articles and blog entries on the Puritan colonists, the Wampanoag Native Americans they encountered, and the first Thanksgiving.
http://www.plimoth.org/discover/articles.php
Oxford encyclopedia of food and drink in America
What foods did the Native Americans share with Europeans and what foods did they discover in return? See “Native American Foods” for a handy chart.
Online and in print at REF 641.3003 O98o
Native American Ethnobotany
Remember the “Three Sisters” of Native American food plants? Check out Zea mays (Maize), Phaseolus (Beans), and Curcurbita (Squash) to see how they were used by different tribes.
REF 581.6097 M694n
Encyclopedia of North American Indians
More about Tisquantum, the Wampanoag, and other Native Americans and their tribes---even a contemporary portrait of Pocahantas! Who lived where? Check out the map in “Indian-White relations in North America before 1776.”
REF 970.103 E56e
Archaeology of prehistoric native America : an encyclopedia
So what was America like long before European settlement? Find information about prehistoric pipes, pithouses, the pre-Clovis culture…
REF 970.0103 A669a
American Indian quotations
While there are no quotations from Tisquantum here, learn a lot about Native American history by browsing this chronological list of famous quotes. From King Philip and Powhatan to Louise Erdich; indexed by subject and tribe.
REF 970.1 A5122a