Streaming access to 1800 documentary films from distributors such as Bullfrog Films, Fanlight, Icarus Films, the BBC, National Film Board of Canada, and other independent filmmakers from around the world. Features issues-based documentaries on environmental studies and sciences, sociology, anthropology, global studies, area studies, women’s studies, history, political science, criminal justice, health, psychology, the arts, and more. Trial access courtesy of the Montana TRAILS consortium.

Over 600,000 pages, one of the highlights of this module is its focus on American Indians in the first half of the 20th Century. The two major collections on the 20th Century in this module are Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and records from the Major Council Meetings of American Indian Tribes. Collections focus on the interaction among white settlers, the U.S. federal government, and Indian tribes. Trial access courtesy of the Montana TRAILS consortium.

Trace the history of Indian claims by Indian Nation, State geography, or case docket number. Includes comprehensive Indian Claims Commission collection 1948-1978, with briefs, docket books, decisions, expert testimony, oral transcripts. Includes content related to pre-1948 claims presented to Congress and/or brought before the Court of Claims; content related to post-1978 claims brought before the US Court of Claims (through 1982) and US Court of Federal Claims (through 2006); and documents related to post-2006 settlement of claims; plus treaties and claims-related statutes. Includes congressional publications directly related to Indian claims, indexed by docket numbers and claims-related maps. Trial access courtesy of the Montana TRAILS consortium.