Prior to contact with Europeans, Native Americans passed down their history orally rather than by writing it down. This strong oral tradition means that there are virtually no early documents from the Native perspective. There are speeches by Native Americans early in American history that were written down by European observers, however as these were written down by people that were not a part of the culture nor was the language native to them, these documents should always be taken with a grain of salt.
Independent Voices is a digital collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals.
Great Documents in American Indian History by 
The American Indian Intellectual Tradition by Offers full-text searchable letters and diaries of soldiers and noncombatants on both sides of the U.S. Civil War. The database can be searched by U.S. state, topics described, year of writers death, as well as by Union or Confederate loyalty and many other ways.
Provides access to full-text letters & diaries by North American women from colonial times to 1950. This collection includes the immediate experiences of 1,325 women and 150,000 pages of diaries and letters.
Images and full-content access to historic newspapers from the 18th to mid-19th Century, based on the collections of the American Antiquarian Society, the Wisconsin Historical Society, and 90 other institutions, from every region of the United States.
