Reference and Instruction Librarian
Emily Reed
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Contact:
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Indigenous Peoples' Day
Indigenous Peoples' Day will be celebrated this year in the U.S. on October 9, 2023.
Learn about what Indigenous Peoples' Day is in this New York Times article.
Library Resources
Library Resources about Indigenous Peoples
Library Resources about Indigenous Peoples' Day (the holiday)
Library Databases
- Indigenous Peoples of North America This link opens in a new windowPrimary sources including newspapers, photographs, maps, reports, legal materials, and census records. Includes records created by two key indigenous civil rights organizations - the Association on American Indian Affairs, founded in 1922, and the Indian Rights Association, founded in 1882. The collection also features some indigenous-language materials including dictionaries, bibles, and primers.
- Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America (formerly American Indian Histories and Culture) This link opens in a new windowAmerican Indian Histories and Cultures is a digital collection providing insight into American Indians and European/American relations from first contact through the civil rights movement of the twentieth century. Users can explore primary source materials including: manuscripts, artwork, photographs, interactive maps, printed materials and newspapers.
- Indigenous Newspapers in North America (formerly American Indian Newspapers) This link opens in a new window45 titles including bi-lingual and indigenous language publications from the United States and Canada. Includes some key 19th century titles, but most publications were founded in the 1970s reflecting the rise of the American Indian movement and the proliferation of Indigenous journalism.
- Frontier Life: Borderlands, Settlement and Colonial Encounters This link opens in a new windowThis digital collection of primary source documents helps us to understand existence on the edges of the anglophone world from 1650-1920. Discover the various European and colonial frontier regions of North America, Africa and Australasia through documents that reveal the lives of settlers and indigenous peoples in these areas.
Finding Indigenous Author Perspectives and Research
Penn State University Libraries Guides
Penn State University Libraries Journals
- AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples"AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples is an internationally peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal. We aim to present scholarly research on Indigenous worldviews and experiences of decolonization from Indigenous perspectives from around the world."
- IK: Other Ways of Knowing"IK: Other Ways of Knowing is an electronic, multidisciplinary peer-reviewed open access journal that published original research articles as well as review articles in all areas of indigenous knowledge from a global perspective."
- Indigenous: Jurnal Ilmiah Psikologi"Indigenous: Jurnal Ilmiah Psikologi is a media for Psychology and other related disciplines which focus on the finding of indigenous research."
- Indigenous Peoples' Journal of Law, Culture and Resistance"We are the Indigenous Peoples’ Journal of Law, Culture & Resistance and we are here to serve as a law journal that publishes writings concerning Native Peoples’ cultures, traditions, and histories. We publish with the goal of bettering and advancing Native Nations and Indian People. Our Journal is here to actively resist against the insidious effects of colonialism, racism, and the subjugation of Native Peoples."
- Indigenous Studies and Cultural Diversity"Published by Hokkaido University Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education Global Station for Indigenous Studies and Cultural Diversity."
- Indigenous World"The Indigenous World is the unique result of a collaborative effort between Indigenous and non-indigenous activists and scholars who voluntarily document and report on the situation of Indigenous Peoples’ rights."
- International indigenous policy journal"IIPJ is a peer-reviewed, policy-relevant research journal addressing issues pertaining to Indigenous Peoples throughout the world."
- Native American and Indigenous Studies"As the journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS) is based in North America but seeks to bridge the distances across the Indigenous world."
- Native South"Focuses on the investigation of Southeastern Indian history with the goals of encouraging study and exposing the influences of Indian people on the wider South."
- Native Sun NewsNewspaper published in Rapid City, SD.
- Native Title Newsletter"The Native Title Newsletter is published twice a year and provides organisations, practitioners and individuals involved in native title with up-to-date news, resources and developments in native title."
Library Information
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