Indian Scripture Library
In 2007 we heard from Wil Carter of his search for scriptures which had been translated into his tribal language of Cheyenne. After much prayer and searching we located a copy on the shelves of an Antiquarian Bookseller in Indiana. This was used to produce copies of John, Romans and Ephesians in parallel Cheyenne and English (KJV).
Thus the Indian Scripture Library was born and now houses many tribal scriptures (see the list for how many and which). We search, locate, obtain, evaluate, and have them available for study and evangelism. We would welcome aid in adding to this collection. As of October 2010, we have been consulted on helping in 4-5 other tribes.
Indian Scriptures Currently in Our Library
Languages | NT/Complete/Gospels | Author/Publisher | Year | Copies |
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Algonquin | New Testament | Canadian Bible Society | 1998 | |
Algonquin | Mistaken Notions of Algonkin Grammar | J. Mammond Trumbull | 2 | |
Apache (English) | New Testament | American Bible Society | ||
Apache (Western) | The Gospel of John | American Bible Society | 1966 | |
Arapahoe | Luke | American Bible Society | 1903 | 2 |
Arkiaria (Caddo, Wichita) | Bible Translations and Hymns | Fort Berthold Mission Yale-Beinecke Library | 1900 | |
Blackfoot | Matthew | Rev. John William Tims | 1890 | |
Blackfoot | Readings from the Holy Scriptures | London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge Hathitrust | 1890 | |
Cherokee | Genesis | Mission Press/archive.org | 1856 | |
Cherokee | Complete | Global Bible Society | 1860 | 2 |
Cherokee-English | New Testament | |||
Cheyenne | The Four Gospels | American Bible Society | 1934 | |
Cheyenne(Northern)-English | John and Romans | 2 | ||
Chinook (Alkomaylum) | Indian Methodist Hymn Book | Thos. Crosby, Chas. Tate, Wm. H. Baraclough | 1898 | 2 |
Chippewa | New Testament | 1833 | ||
Choctaw | New Testament | Global Bible Society | ||
Choctaw | The Books of Joshua, Judges, and Ruth | New York American Bible Society | 1913 | 2 |
Choctaw | The Book of Psalms | New York American Bible Society | 1918 | 2 |
English- Choctaw | Complete | Global Bible Society | 2009 | |
Comanche and English | The Gospel of Mark | American Bible Society 1958/ Global Bible Society 2015 | 1958/2015 | 2 |
Cree | New Testament | British and Foreign Bible Society | 1876 | 2 |
Cree | Psalms | British and Foreign Bible Society/Bro Gil Hathitrust | 1876 | |
Coastal Cree | John | Canadian Bible Society | 1979 | |
James Bay Cree | New Testament | Canadian Bible Society | 2001 | 2 |
Moose Cree | New Testament | Canadian Bible Society | 1991 | 2 |
OjiCree | Mark | Canadian Bible Society | 1994, 2007 | |
Western Cree | New Testament | Canadian Bible Society | 2000 | |
Creek | The Gospel of John | The Domestic and Indian Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention | 1860 | 2 |
Creek (Muskogee) | New Testament | American Bible Society | 1892 | |
Dakota | The Gospel of John | |||
Dakota | New Testament | American Bible Society | 1871 | |
Dakota | Psalter | The New York Bible and Common Prayer Book Society The Indian Commision of the Protestant Episcopal Church | 1891 | 2 |
Dakota | Holy Bible (printed Old Testament) | American Bible Society | 1883 | |
Delaware | Forty-six Select Scripture Narrtives from the Old Testament | Daniel Fanshaw | 1838 | |
Delaware | Harmony of the Gospels | Daniel Fanshaw | 1821 | |
Eskimo | Joshua - Esther | British and Foreign Bible Society | 1869 | |
Artic Eskimo | Ruth | Canadian Bible Society | 1976 | |
Copper Eskimo | The Four Gospels and Acts | Canadian Bible Society | 1972 | |
Eskimo (Inuit) (Labrador) | New Testament | British and Foreign Bible Society/Bro Gil | 1876, 1878 | |
Hopi | New Testament | American Bible Society, Wycliffe | 1972, 2012 | |
Eastern Artic Inuktitut | New Testament and Psalms | Canadian Bible Society | 1992, 2008 | |
Inuktitut (Labrador) | Matthew, Mark, Luke (same as above?) | British and Foreign Bible Society/Bro Gil | 1813 | |
Inuktitut (Labrador) | Isaiah | British and Foreign Bible Society/Bro Gil | 1903 | |
Maliseet | Ten Commandments and the Lord's Prayer | Micmac Missionary Society | 1863 | 2 |
Maliseet | John | British and Foreign Bible Society | 1870 | |
Mikmak | Acts of the Apostles | British and Foreign Bible Society | 1803 | 2 |
Mikmak | The Book of Psalms | British and Foreign Bible Society | 1859 | 2 |
Mikmak | Luke | British and Foreign Bible Society | 1856 | |
Mikmak | New Testament (w/o John, Acts) | Halifax/Google | 1871 | |
Mikmak? | John | Halifax/ Bro Gil Hathitrust | 1854 | |
Mikmak? | Acts | British and Foreign Bible Society/Bro Gil Hathitrust | 1863 | |
Mohawk | The Book of Ruth | Canadian Bible Society | ||
Mohawk | Psalms and Hymns | New England Corporation/Bro Gil Hathitrust | 1839 | |
Mohawk | Isaiah | American Bible Society | 1839 | |
Mohawk/Iroquois | Gospels | John Lovell & Son, British and Foreign Bible Society | 1880 | |
Mohawk | Acts-Revelation | Young Men's Bible Society of New York | 1835, 1836 | |
Mohawk | 1&2 Corinthians | Young Men's Bible Society of New York/ Bro Gil Hathitrust | 1836 | |
Naskapi | New Testament | 2007 | ||
Navajo | New Testament, Psalms and Proverbs | American Bible Society | 1975 | |
Navajo | Complete | American Bible Society | 1985 | |
Nez Perces | Matthew | American Bible Society | 1871 | |
Nez Perces | Life of Jesus Christ | archive.org | 1914 | |
Northern Cheyenne/English | John and Romans | 2 | ||
Northern Ojibwe/Saulteaux | Genesis | Canadian Bible Society | 2000 | |
Northern Ojibwe/Saulteaux | New Testament | Canadian Bible Society | 1994 | |
Northern Paiute | New Testament | Bible League International, Wycliffe | 1985, 2012 | |
Ojibwe (Ojibbeway) | Acts | The Diocese of Moosonee, Rev J. Sanders | 1900 | 2 |
Ojibwe (Ojibbeway) | Mattthew (syllabic) | Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge/Bro Gil Hathitrust | 1880 | |
Ojibwe | New Testament | American Bible Society | 1844, 1856, 1875 | |
Ojibwe (2 copies) | Psalms | Canada Bible Society/ bro Gil Hathitrust | 1856 | |
OjiCree | Mark | |||
Onieda | Hymnal | |||
O'odham (Papago, Pima) | New Testament | 1975, 2010 | ||
Osage | Selections from Scriptures | 1834 | ||
Putawatomie | Matthew, Acts | 1844 | ||
Seneca | The Gospel of John | American Bible Society | 1878 | |
Seneca | 4 Gospels | American Bible Society | 1878 | |
Slave | Four Gospels (syllabic) | British and Foreign Bible Society/Bro Gil Hathitrust | 1886 | |
Slave (Tenni) | Acts + Epistles (syllabic) | British and Foreign Bible Society/Bro Gil Hathitrust | 1891 | |
Slavi | Four Gospels | British and Foreign Bible Society/Bro Gil Hathitrust | 1905 | |
Teni (Slave) | Acts | British and Foreign Bible Society/Bro Gil Hathitrust | 1898 | |
Teni (Slave) | Epistles | British and Foreign Bible Society/Bro Gil Hathitrust | 1891 | |
Shawnee | Matthew | Thomas W. Alford | 1881 | 2 |
Shawnee | Four Gospels | Thomas W. Alford | 1881 | 2 |
Tewa (Kiowa-Tenoan) | Selected Books of the New Testament | Bible League International | 1984, 2012 | |
Winnebago | Four Gospels | |||
Winnebago | Four Gospels, Acts, Genesis and Exodus 19 & 20 | John Stacy and J. Stucki/ American Bible Society | 1907 | 4 |
Winnebago-English | John | |||
Various | Ethnologue Vol 1 Languages of the World | Barbara J. Grimes, Editor | 2000 | |
The Book of A Thousand Tongues | United Bible Societies | |||
The Book of Common Prayer | The New York Bible and Common Prayer Book Society The Indian Commision of the Protestant Episcopal Church | 1891 | 2 | |
The Bible in the Life of the Indians of the United States | Thomas C. Moffett, D.D. American Bible Society | 1916 | 2 | |
Analysis of Indian Scriptures | ||||
Evaluating Versions of the New Testament | Everett W.Fowler | |||
The Eliot Indian Bible | Samuel Green and Marmaduke Johnson | 1663 | ||
Bibles of the American Indians: An Initial Survey | J. Paul Reno | 2008 | ||
Bibles of the American Indians Scriptures 2nd Edition | J. Paul Reno | 2009 |