Library Research Guides: Native American &amp; Indigenous Studies: Research Centers, Organizations, Funding, and Guides

Local Research Centers

American Indian Studies Research Institute (AISRI) The American Indian Studies Research Institute (AISRI) at Indiana University Bloomington (IUB) carries out research projects that involve the languages, cultures, and histories of Native American and Indigenous nations of the United States and Canada. As a physical and digital hub of research activity, AISRI is a center for scholars on the IUB campus and in Native American and Indigenous communities and prepares the next generation of scholars through education and mentorship. We advance knowledge and understandings for and with collaborating Nations through print and digital resources that are vital to current and future efforts to sustain and revitalize Native American and Indigenous languages and cultures.
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) CLACS also sponsors a wide range of lectures, conferences, and events highlighting aspects of the region’s cultures, societies, and languages, in addition to providing information on Latin American and the Caribbean to local, regional, and national constituencies.
Center for Research on Race & Ethnicity in Society (CRRESS) The Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society (CRRES) at Indiana University in Bloomington is an interdisciplinary, academic research center. Our mission is to promote research on race and ethnicity, bring together scholars across disciplines for dialogue and collaboration, and train the next generation of scholars here on the IUB campus.
First Nations Educational & Cultural Center (FNECC) We host many cultural events and programs throughout the academic year that strive to build an inclusive and supportive community for Native and Indigenous students on campus. These initiatives also aim to educate the broader IU Bloomington community about the diversity of Native American cultural life and issues within contemporary Native communities.

National/International Research Centers & Organizations

American Society for Ethnohistory
The American Society for Ethnohistory is the preeminent international organization in the field and sponsors the journal Ethnohistory. In membership and purpose, it represents the interests of communities as well as academics from a variety of disciplines – cultural anthropology, history, american indian studies, archaeology, ecology, linguistics, and other related disciplines. The unifying factor is a commitment to the mission of our association – professionals from a variety of backgrounds who are helping to to create a more inclusive picture of the histories of native groups in the Americas.
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
We are at the forefront of research led by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, who are involved as researchers, partners and drivers of our research priorities and projects. We lead by example in conducting research to the highest ethical standards and we have a genuine commitment to building pathways for knowledge exchange.
Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR)
The Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR) at the APS Library & Museum works with Indigenous communities throughout the Americas and with campus- and community-based scholars in many disciplines and traditions. Its goal is to assist people in finding and utilizing the extensive archival collections at the Library and Museum of the APS in innovative ways that honor Indigenous knowledge, cultivate scholarship, and strengthen languages and cultural traditions.
Center for World Indigenous Studies (CWIS)
CWIS is global community of Indigenous studies activists and scholars advancing the rights of indigenous peoples through the application of traditional knowledge.
Centre for Global Indigenous Futures
The Centre for Global Indigenous Futures explores the complexities of Indigenous life, ingenuity and identity in order to imagine futures in which Indigenous people are thriving. We consider Indigenous love, joy, intimacy, sexuality, identity, care, relationality, representation and digital life and how these might emerge and evolve in the future. Global Indigenous research conducted through this Centre opens up possibilities and opportunities for Indigenous futures.
Center for Indigenous Health Research and Policy
The Center for Indigenous Health Research and Policy was established by Dr. Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan in January 2019. The CIHRP supports health equity for Indigenous people by conducting population health research, implementing culturally-appropriate interventions, developing and launching health sciences training specializing in Indigenous health using culturally-grounded frameworks, and fostering long-term relationships with university and community partners.
Centre for Indigenous and Settler Colonial Studies
The Centre for Indigenous and Settler Colonial Studies at the University of Kent brings together scholars in the Humanities and Social Sciences with individual interests in the Americas, Oceania, Western Asia, Southern Africa, and northern Europe, and with a collective interest in the global frameworks of Critical Indigenous Studies (CIS). While we place Indigenous Studies and Settler Colonial Studies in critical dialogue in bringing together scholars engaged in each, and through conversations around mutual practical and discursive attempts to analyse and disrupt the colonial structures of settler states, we understand these fields to be discrete, and emerging out of different systems of knowledge production.
Collaboratory for Indigenous Data Governance
The Collaboratory for Indigenous Data Governance develops research, policy, and practice innovations for Indigenous data sovereignty. Indigenous data sovereignty draws on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples that reaffirms the rights of Indigenous nations to control data about their peoples, lands, and resources.
D’Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies
Founded in 1972, the D'Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies brings together scholars, teachers, students, tribal historians, and Native community members to promote research and improve the representation of Native peoples and histories in education and writing.
Indigenous Peoples' Centre for Documentation, Research and Information (DOCIP)
Docip makes available to its users and visitors an online database that contains thousands of documents on indigenous issues (e.g., historical documents, statements of indigenous delegates and other international actors at conferences, international legal instruments, etc.).
Indigenous Research Center of the Americas (IRCA)
Since its founding in 1991, the Indigenous Research Center of the Americas (IRCA) has served as a forum for sharing knowledge and reflections on indigenous cultures and the inherent decolonial struggles for higher levels of autonomy, sovereignty, and self-determination in Native nations across the hemisphere.
Indigenous Wellness Research Institute National Center of Excellence (IWRI NCoE)
The mission of the Indigenous Wellness Research Institute is to marshal community, tribal, academic, and governmental resources toward innovative, culture-centered interdisciplinary, collaborative social and behavioral research and education.
National Indian Law Library (NILL)
The National Indian Law Library (NILL) of the Native American Rights Fund is a law library devoted to federal Indian and tribal law. NILL maintains a unique and valuable collection of Indian law resources and assists people with their Indian law-related research needs.
Sequoyah National Research Center
The collections of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Sequoyah National Research Center constitute the largest assemblage of Native American expression in the world. Our mission, to acquire and preserve the writings and ideas of Native North Americans, is accomplished through collecting the written word and art of Native Americans and creating a research atmosphere that invites indigenous peoples to make the Center an archival home for their creative work.
Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas (SSILA)
The Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas (SSILA) was founded in December 1981 as the international scholarly organization representing the linguistic study of the Indigenous languages of the Americas. SSILA was incorporated in 1997. Membership in SSILA is open to all those who are interested in the linguistic study of the languages of the Indigenous peoples of North, Central, and South America.
Troth Yeddha' Indigenous Studies Center
The Troth Yeddha’ Indigenous Studies Center will serve as a central Alaska Native gathering place with classes, services and activities as a breathtaking tribute that affirms Alaska Native culture and contributions across Alaska. The Center will be built at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) . With growing enrollment of Indigenous students and a history steeped in culture, the Troth Yeddha’ Indigenous Studies Center champions a path forward to honor Alaska’s First Peoples, to meet the current and future campus demands and to prepare the University for academic growth.

Networks, Communities, and Organizations

American Indian and Indigenous Collective (AIIC)
The American Indian and Indigenous Collective Research Focus Group has been created by graduate students, faculty members, and community members who want to build research relationships between different disciplines and research projects interested in issues within indigenous communities nationally and internationally. The purpose of this group is to foster the development of interdisciplinary research agendas that focus on an Indigenous research paradigm that would require new visions of ontology, epistemology, methodology, and axiology in their respective fields.
American Indian Studies Association
The American Indian Studies Association (AISA) began on January 1, 1999 and is comprised of scholars and students from throughout the United States.
Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA)
The Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA) is an interdisciplinary, international membership-based organization comprised of scholars working in the fields of Native American and Indigenous Studies broadly defined. NAISA hosts an annual meeting that welcomes faculty and students in colleges, universities, and tribal colleges, community-based scholars and elders, and independent professionals working in the field.
Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures (ASAIL)
The purpose of the organization shall be to promote study, criticism, and research on the oral traditions and written literatures of Native Americans; to promote the teaching of such traditions and literatures; and to support and encourage contemporary Native American writers and the continuity of Native oral traditions.
Indigenous Literary Studies Association
Welcome to ILSA, the Indigenous Literary Studies Association. ILSA is a scholarly body based in lands claimed by Canada that focuses on the teaching and study of Indigenous peoples' literatures. ILSA helps bring established and new scholars and writers together, to provide resources for teaching, studying, research, conferences, and publishing in a diverse range of Indigenous literary activities.
Indigenous Nations Poets (In-Na-Po)
Founded in 2020, In-Na-Po—Indigenous Nations Poets—is a national Indigenous poetry community committed to mentoring emerging writers, nurturing the growth of Indigenous poetic practices, and raising the visibility of all Native Writers past, present, and future. In-Na-Po recognizes the role of poetry in sustaining tribal sovereign nations and Native languages.
American Indian Library Association (AILA)
AILA was founded in 1979 in conjunction with the White House Pre-Conference on Indian Library and Information Services on or near Reservations. At the time, there was increasing awareness that library services for Native Americans were inadequate. Individuals as well as the government began to organize to remedy the situation.

Health

Aboriginal Sexual Health Canada
Run by the SOGC's Aboriginal Health Initiative (AHI), this site aims to be a unique and evolving source of information and materials supporting improved health among First Nations, Inuit and Métis women. Our goal is to present an online space through which we can better interact with health care professionals, our partners, and Aboriginal women, their families and communities.
Center for American Indian and Rural Health Equity (CAIRHE)
Based at Montana State University, the Center for American Indian and Rural Health Equity (CAIRHE) (“Care”) is an official state of Montana research center designated by the Montana University System Board of Regents. CAIRHE's mission is to reduce significant health disparities in Native and rural communities through community-based participatory research (CBPR) that is considerate of and consistent with their cultural beliefs.
Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health Equity (CIIHE)
The HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH) supports the Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health Equity (CIIHE) to advance sustainable solutions to address health disparities and advance health equity among American Indian and Alaska Native (Al/AN) and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) populations.
The National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health (NCCIH)
The National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health (NCCIH) is a national Indigenous organization established in 2005 by the Government of Canada and funded through the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) to support First Nations, Inuit, and Métis public health renewal and health equity through knowledge translation and exchange. The NCCIH is hosted by the University of Northern BC (UNBC) in Prince George, BC.
National Council of Urban Indian Health (NCUIH)
The National Council of Urban Indian Health (NCUIH) serves as a resource center for individuals and organizations dedicated to improving the health of American Indians and Alaska Natives living in urban areas. NCUIH provides advocacy, education, technical assistance, training, leadership, and connections to Urban Indian Organizations and others who share our important mission.
Seven Directions: A Center for Indigenous Public Health
We are the first national public health institute in the United States to focus solely on improving Indigenous health and wellness. We are committed to cultivating and sharing knowledge, connecting communities and resources, and working to achieve shared goals for future generations.
StrongHearts Native Helpline
The StrongHearts Native Helpline is a 24/7 safe, confidential and anonymous domestic, dating and sexual violence helpline for Native Americans and Alaska Natives, offering culturally-appropriate support and advocacy.
Urban Indian Health Institute
The Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI) conducts research and evaluation on data for urban American Indian and Alaska Native communities. UIHI is one of 12 Tribal Epidemiology Centers in the US and the only one that serves Urban Indian Health Programs nationwide.
We R Native
We R Native is a comprehensive health resource for Native youth, by Native youth, providing content and stories about the topics that matter most to them. They strive to promote holistic health and positive growth in their local communities and nation at large. We R Native is supported, in part, with funds from the Indian Health Service and the Minority AIDS Initiative Fund, and by a GLS suicide prevention grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration.

Science & Technology

Organizations Supporting Native Americans in STEM (Native America Today)

American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES)
The American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) is a national nonprofit organization focused on substantially increasing the representation of Indigenous peoples of North America and the Pacific Islands in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) studies and careers. Founded in 1977, AISES supports 230 affiliated pre-college schools, 196 chartered college and university chapters, 3 tribal chapters, and 18 professional chapters in the U.S. and Canada.
Center for Indigenous Research, Science, and Technology (CFIRST)
The goal of the Center for Indigenous Research, Science, and Technology is to bridge Indigenous and Western sciences, through appropriate principles, protocols, and practices, in order to better understand the conditions of place-based vulnerability and the best strategies to achieve resilience by facilitating Indigenous-led research initiatives. Their vision is to establish an Indigenous science network that emphasizes research activities that contain integrated theory, practice and dissemination through mentoring and community-based partnerships.
Worldwide Indigenous Science Network (WISN)
For 30+ years, Worldwide Indigenous Science Network (WISN), 501(c)(3), has brought Indigenous and Western science together to preserve and protect Indigenous Knowledge Systems and the carriers of this wisdom for future generations, to protect sacred sites and species, and to help students remember their indigenosity and connection to life. Their innovative educational programs, networking of Elders and Indigenous Cultural Practitioners, dreamwork and the revival of origin stories, cutting-edge, blended Indigenous / Western research, and an Indigenous regranting program have impacted programs at the United Nations, global conservation efforts, Indigenous research, and higher education.
Center for Indigenous Science
The Center for Indigenous Science is a partnership between the American Indian Studies program and the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB). The Center also works closely with the Associate Vice Chancellor for Native Affairs Office. This partnership and multi-unit approach allow the Center to fully utilize campus resources to complete its goals and have transformative impacts. The Center brings together Indigenous Nations and UIUC expertise for the co-production of knowledge and solutions that support tribal sovereignty and Indigenous needs in areas such as health, history and the environment. The Center also provides a university sponsored space that allows citizens of Indigenous Nations to work in partnership with university faculty on projects of interest. Importantly, the Center for Indigenous Science is a place to participate in cutting-edge science with and by Indigenous scholars and communities on local, regional, and global scales.
Indigenous Mathematicians
“This website seeks to put together all the known information about Indigenous Mathematicians. We recognize that Native People have been doing mathematics (and hence have been mathematicians) for millennia. However here, we use “mathematician” to mean someone formally trained in mathematics in the Western academic system and/or someone who practices mathematics in their profession. Thus we may potentially include those with non-terminal mathematics degrees. The overarching goal of this website is to build community both with those living in the present and those in the past. Learning about others who have walked the same roads as we have will help us to find firmer footing on our own paths and, most importantly, to help those seeking to follow in our footsteps.”
Native Skywatchers
Designed by Annette S. Lee (2007), the Native Skywatchers initiative seeks to remember and revitalize Indigenous star and earth knowledge. The overarching goal of Native Skywatchers is to communicate the knowledge that Indigenous people traditionally practiced a sustainable way of living and sustainable engineering through a living and participatory relationship with the above and below, sky and earth.

American Indian Center of Indiana (AICI)
The American Indian Center of Indiana (AICI) Inc. is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization that promotes the empowerment of American Indians/Alaska Natives and Native Hawai'ians in Indiana to achieve personal, social, cultural, and economic growth that enhances their quality of life; also, AICI promotes the strengthening of mutual understanding and respect among Indian and non-Indian people in Indiana. In striving to accomplish this, AICI provides culturally appropriate and high-quality workforce development, health outreach, and cultural education services.
American Indian Higher Education Consortium
AIHEC is the collective spirit and unifying voice of our nation’s Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs). AIHEC provides leadership and influences public policy on American Indian higher education issues through advocacy, research, and program initiatives; promotes and strengthens indigenous languages, cultures, communities, and tribal nations; and through its unique position, serves member institutions and emerging TCUs.
First Nations Information Governance Center (FNIGC/CGIPN)
The First Nations Information Governance Centre is an independent, apolitical, and technical non-profit organization committed to providing quality information that contributes to improving the health and well-being of First Nations people in Canada. The FNIGC supports First Nations communities by contributing directly to building data and statistical capacities at national, regional, and community levels, including the provision of credible and relevant information on First Nations.
Indigenous Governance Database
The Indigenous Governance Toolkit is an online resource developed for Indigenous nations, communities, individuals and organisations searching for information to build their governance. It covers all the basics — your rules, values, culture, membership, leadership, and decision making — and has many examples of ideas that work from other groups, tools to help you get started, and useful guidance to sustain your efforts.
National Congress of American Indians (NCAI)
Founded in 1944, the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) is the oldest, largest, and most representative American Indian and Alaska Native organization serving the broad interests of tribal governments and communities.
Nation Building Toolboxes
Nation Building Toolboxes are online, mixed media, learning tools which can assist in meeting the needs of Indigenous leaders and decision makers. Assembled from the real-world experiences of hundreds of Native nations, the toolboxes serve as a central resource of information on how to implement and sustain best practices in community self-governance. They are hosted and curated by the Native Nations Institute (NNI) at the University of Arizona and the Project on Indigenous Governance and Development (Harvard Project) at Harvard University, and feature contributions of partners with valuable knowledge to share.
Native Governance Center
Native Governance Center is a Native-led nonprofit dedicated to assisting Native nations in strengthening their governance systems and capacity to exercise sovereignty.
Redbud Resource Group
Redbud Resource Group is a non-profit organization dedicated to Native advocacy by building bridges between Native and non-native communities through education, research, and community partnership.

United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)
The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues is the UN's central coordinating body for matters relating to the concerns and rights of the world's indigenous peoples. The Forum was established in 2000 with the mandate to deal with indigenous issues related to economic and social development, culture, the environment, education, health and human rights.
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA)
IWGIA - International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs - is a global human rights organisation dedicated to promoting and defending Indigenous Peoples’ rights. To achieve our mission we provide documentation, and support the advocacy and empowerment of Indigenous Peoples’ organisations and institutions via global partnerships.
National Native American Bar Associaation
Advancing Justice for Native Americans. NNABA shares many of the same goals of diversity and increased understanding of our communities’ unique cultural and legal issues with minority bar associations. However, most of our lawyers are both U.S. citizens and citizens of their respective Tribal nations. Our members, therefore, also share the communal responsibility, either directly or indirectly, of protecting the governmental sovereignty of the more than 560 independent Native American Tribal governments in the United States.
National Native American Law Students Association
The National Native American Law Students Association (“National NALSA”) was founded in 1970 to support law students who are interested in the study of Federal Indian Law, Tribal Law, and traditional forms of governance. Through NNALSA, we increase the Native American law student population and promote indigenous legal issues that affect Native communities. We encourage Native Americans to pursue a legal education and advocate for Tribal communities.
Tribal In-house Counsel Association (TICA)
Geared toward providing service and resources to attorneys who provide legal services directly to Tribes and Tribal Governments, the Tribal In-house Counsel Association (TICA) connects members and provides both a forum and community for Tribal Government legal issues.

Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums (ATALM)
Incorporated in 2010, the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums is a non-profit organization that is building on the foundation of earlier efforts that began in 2022 with the first National Conference of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums held in Mesa, Arizona sponsored by the Arizona State Museum and the Arizona State Library, Archives, and Public Records.
Collaboratory for Indigenous Data Governance
The Collaboratory for Indigenous Data Governance develops research, policy, and practice innovations for Indigenous data sovereignty. Indigenous data sovereignty draws on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples that reaffirms the rights of Indigenous nations to control data about their peoples, lands, and resources.
Global Indigenous Data Alliance (GIDA)
The Global Indigenous Data Alliance (GIDA) is a network of Indigenous researchers, data practitioners, and policy activists advocating for Indigenous Data Sovereignty within their nation-states and at an international level. GIDA welcomes the participation of Indigenous data users, networks, community groups, information and communications technologies providers, researchers, policymakers, planners and businesses that share their aim.
International Indigenous Data Sovereignty Interest Group
The International Indigenous Data Sovereignty Interest Group of the Research Data Alliance is a global community exploring the intersections of Indigenous data sovereignty, Indigenous data governance, and research. They seek to provide a highly visible international platform for ID-Sov that integrates and leverages existing ID-sov groups to create new opportunities for research and outreach.
Local Contexts
Local Contexts is a global initiative that supports Indigenous communities with tools that attribute cultural authority of heritage and data. By focusing on Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property and Indigenous Data Sovereignty, Local Contexts helps Indigenous communities repatriate knowledge and gain control over how their data is collected, managed, displayed, accessed, and used in the future.
Maiam nayri Wingara Indigenous Data Sovereignty Collective
The Maiam nayri Wingara Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Data Sovereignty Group in Australia was formed in early 2017[3] to develop Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander data sovereignty principles and to identify Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander strategic data assets. The intent of these groups is to advocate for rights (informed by UNDRIP) using data to inform development.
Mukurtu Showcase
Directory of projects and collections using the Mukurtu CMS. Mukurtu (MOOK-oo-too) is a grassroots project aiming to empower communities to manage, share, narrate, and exchange their digital heritage in culturally relevant and ethically-minded ways.
Native BioData Consortium (NBDC)
The Native BioData Consortium (NBDC) is comprised of Indigenous scientific and bioethics experts in latest scientific techniques and administration functions. Furthermore, the samples will be stored on sovereign Native American land, on the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, which will provide additional protections for the participants’ samples from exploitation.
Reciprocal Research Network
The RRN lets you research cultural items held at 29 institutions, all from the same convenient interface. Create a project to conduct your research, then invite other people to work with you.
Sustainable Heritage Network (SHN)
The Sustainable Heritage Network (SHN) is an answer to the pressing need for comprehensive workshops, online tutorials, and web resources dedicated to the lifecycle of digital stewardship. The SHN is a collaborative project that complements the work of Indigenous peoples globally to preserve, share, and manage cultural heritage and knowledge. The SHN, along with their Partners, organize and offer face-to-face workshops, produce educational resources, and link people and resources through our digital workbenches. The SHN is part of a network of individuals, communities, and institutions who work together to provide each other with digital tools and preservation assistance.
Te Mana Raraunga – The Māori Data Sovereignty Network
The Te Mana Raraunga Māori Data Sovereignty Network advocates for Māori rights and interests in data to be protected as the world moves into an increasingly open data environment. Māori data sovereignty supports tribal sovereignty and the realisation of Maori and Iwi aspirations.
Te Rōpū Whakahau
Te Rōpū Whakahau is the leading national body that represents Māori engaged in Libraries, Culture, Knowledge, Information, Communication and Systems Technology in Aotearoa New Zealand. Te Rōpū Whakahau is a Māori association guided by the whakataukī waiho i te toipoto, kaua i te toiroa and is founded on four core values: Whanaungatanga, Manaakitanga, Kaitiakitanga and Te Reo Māori. Te Rōpū Whakahau supports practitioners and their organisations to empower whānau, hapū and iwi by providing development opportunities, indigenous and multicultural partnerships, and championing best practice around services, cultural responsiveness and accountability within the profession.
Tribal Libraries, Archives, and Museums (TLAM) Project (UW-Madison)
The TLAM Project is an effort at SLIS, the iSchool at UW-Madison to bring indigenous information to LIS education through coursework, service-learning, continuing education, community-building, networking, resource sharing, and long term partnerships with American Indian cultural institutions.
United States Indigenous Data Sovereignty Network (USIDSN)
The United States Indigenous Data Sovereignty Network (USIDSN) ensures that data for and about Indigenous Peoples in the US are utilized to advance Indigenous aspirations for collective and individual wellbeing. USIDSN’s primary function is to provide research information, training opportunities, and policy advocacy to safeguard the rights and promote the interests of Indigenous Peoples in relation to their data.

American Indian Film Institute (AIFI)
The American Indian Film Institute (AIFI) is a non-profit media arts organization founded in 1979 to foster understanding of the culture, traditions and issues of contemporary Native Americans. American Indians have had an uneasy relationship with the media industry since the origins of film over 100 years ago.
COUSIN
COUSIN is a collective supporting Indigenous artists expanding the form of film. COUSIN creates and supports work that is personal, proudly provocative and driven by strong, artistic voices. We celebrate this work and get it made, seen and shared.
Indigenous Game Devs
Indigenous Game Devs is an independent and self-determined, grassroots community of Indigenous people working in video game development and academia from around the world.
Institute of American Indian Arts
Through the concept of art as a traditional path of creativity, IAIA excels at skill building, provoking thought and providing exceptional educational opportunities. IAIA is a place to embrace the past, enrich the present, and create the future, moving ahead to paths yet unexplored and undiscovered. At IAIA, the spirit and vision of Native American and Alaska Native people is our first priority. Founded on October 1, 1962, the Institute of American Indian Arts offers academic excellence to both Native and non-Native populations. Our goal is empowerment through education, economic self-sufficiency, and expression and enhancement of artistic and cultural traditions.
Native American Media Alliance
The Native American Media Alliance is a community based organization that provides the genuine voice of Native Americans in the entertainment industry and offers unique programs that educate the non-Native population.
Wapikoni
The beauty of art is that it expresses the plurality of identities and cultures. Wapikoni therefore contributes to social and societal transformations at the personal, relational and collective levels by facilitating connections, recognition and collaboration. By placing the collection of works and the collective of artists and communities at the heart of our action, we aim to have an impact at all levels.

Redbud Books (Bloomington, IN)
Redbud Books is a bookstore and community space dedicated to shared thought in Bloomington. Through thoughtfully curated collections, engaging programming, and a welcoming space, we hope to bring people and books together and into dialogue with contemporary debates and struggles over the future of our city and our world.
Birchbark Books (Minneapolis, MN)
Birchbark Books is operated by a spirited collection of people who believe in the power of good writing, the beauty of handmade art, the strength of Native culture, and the importance of small and intimate bookstores. Our books are lovingly chosen. Our store is tended with care.
Iron Dog Books (Vancouver, BC)
Iron Dog Books is an Indigenous-owned bookshop and booktruck dedicated to bringing great books to Səl̓ilwətaɁɬ, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm territories (metro Vancouver).
Books & Burrow (Pittsburg, KS)
Books & Burrow is a community-minded bookstore focused on cultivating a community of lifelong readers that are filled with compassion and kindness. We believe that through shared experiences, diverse representation, and equitable access bookstores have the ability to change and enrich lives! Additionally, as a proud member of the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, the store is dedicated to highlighting Indigenous authors and stories - hoping to be seen as an outlet for those mending and reclaiming their cultural identity through connective literature.
Red Salmon Arts (Austin, TX)
Red Salmon Arts is a 501(c)3 grassroots cultural arts organization, with a thirty-year history of working with the indigenous neighborhoods of Austin. RSA is dedicated to the development of emerging writers and the promotion of Chicana/o/x/Latina/o/x/Native American literature, providing outlets and mechanisms for cultural exchange, and sharing in the retrieval of a people’s cultural heritage with a commitment to social justice.
GoodMinds.com: First Nations, Métis, Inuit Books
GoodMinds.com continues the traditions of community philanthropy and exceptional customer service established over the last 20 years. GoodMinds.com will remain on the Six Nations of the Grand River in Brantford, and a First Nations family-owned business. We maintain our passion for First Nations, Metis and Inuit authorship and education.

Grants, Funding, and Conferences

Indiana University GradGrants Center (GGC)

The GradGrants Center (GGC) supports Indiana University graduate students as they find and secure sponsored grants, fellowships, and awards from external sources that are essential to their academic, research, and professional pursuits. Through extensive access to external funding opportunities for all disciplines, the GGC constitutes an invaluable resource and educational tool to both IU’s graduate student community and the University as a whole.
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Fellowships & Residencies

Center for Native American and Indigenous Research: Fellowships & Internships
CNAIR supports community- and campus-based projects related to cultural and language vitality, Indigenous self-determination, and Native American and Indigenous Studies through a variety of funding opportunities. These include academic residential fellowships and internships based at the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia, as well as non-residential individual and group fellowships intended for community-oriented projects and goals.
Eiteljorg Museum Artist in Residence
Each year, the Eiteljorg selects several Native American artists from across the United States and Canada to share their talents with the local community. Selected artists receive an honorarium and work closely with staff to plan and carry out demonstrations, workshops, discussions, and community projects. Residency lengths vary, but range from one and three weeks in duration.
Native American Science and Engineering Program (NASEP): Program for high school students
NASEP is a year-long program designed to provide Native American, Alaskan Native, and Hawaiian Native high school students with a vision of a career in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) field; connects students with academic professionals and industry representatives from STEM-related interests; and catalyze the student's motivation to complete chemistry, physics, and pre-calculus before graduating high school. Through one-on-one college preparation coaching with university affiliates, building a computer from its essential components, interactive workshops, and family events, students learn how to effectively prepare for the college admissions process, receive important information about academic success, and are exposed to different STEM career paths.

Scholarships

American Indian College Fund
The American Indian College Fund provides scholarships to American Indian and Alaska Native college students who are enrolled in certificate, undergraduate, or graduate programs at tribal colleges and universities, or nonprofit, accredited schools.
American Indian Science and Engineering Society Scholarships
AISES helps students move forward in their educational journeys by providing a wide range of programs and scholarship opportunities. AISES scholarships help students acquire skills and training that will help them meet the unique STEM needs of our communities.
Association on American Indian Affairs Native Scholarship Program
The Association on American Indian Affairs has been providing Native student scholarships since 1947 and provides scholarships to undergraduate and graduate Native students who are citizens of their Native Nation - whether or not that Nation is recognized by the federal government.
Resources for Indigenous Students in Medicine and Science
Compiled by the NIH, these lists highlight opportunities for Indigenous students who are interested in careers in health and medicine.
The Society for Ethnomusicology Prizes
SEM Prizes, Section Prizes, and Chapter Prizes recognize individuals for distinguished work in ethnomusicology. SEM Prizes and Section Prizes are announced and awarded at the SEM Annual Meeting, which is held in October or November. Chapter Prizes are announced and awarded at Chapter conferences, which are held between January and May. The Charlotte Frisbie Student Paper Prize recognizes the most distinguished student paper in ethnomusicology of Indigenous music research presented at the SEM annual meeting.

American Indian and Indigenous Collective (AIIC): Annual Symposium
Annual symposium from the American Indian and Indigenous Collective, featuring presentations and talks on a variety of topics relevant to Native Americans and Indigenous communities around the world. Site includes materials from and information about past symposia as well as the schedule for this year's event.
American Indian Science and Engineering Society: Regional Conferences
Every spring, AISES College Chapters scattered across the U.S. and Canada hold seven regional conferences where participants champion each other in their respective academic and professional endeavors. Each chapter hosts unique workshops and sessions designed to generation enthusiasm for – and success – in STEM education and careers.
American Society for Ethnohistory: Annual Conference
Past conferences include "Colonial (dis)Entanglements," "Connecting Communities: Reclaiming Indigenous Knowledge," and "Crisis and Resilience" among others.
Arizona State University: American Indian Studies Conference
The annual American Indian Studies Association (AISA) Conference and Graduate Student Pre-Conference.
Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures: Annual Virtual Conference
The Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures invites scholars to present work on Indigenous literatures, film, and their annual virtual conferences. Funding is available for graduate students.
Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums (ATALM): Conference
The ATALM Conferences fulfill the educational and networking needs of Indigenous peoples from throughout the world. Known for delivering practical and culturally relevant training, the conferences provide a unique opportunity to share knowledge and build networks.
Center for Indigenous Health Research and Policy: Conference on Native American Nutrition
The Sixth Annual Conference on Native American Nutrition will bring together tribal and community leaders, nutrition and wellness educators, researchers and students, health practitioners, government officials, funders, and others to discuss the current state of both Indigenous and academic scientific knowledge about Native food systems, food sovereignty, nutrition, and health, and will identify new areas of work. The most cutting edge information will be presented, and networking, community building, and the formation of new collaborations among the attendees will be encouraged and facilitated.
The Indigenous Law and Policy Center and Tribal In-House Counsel Association: Indigenous Law Conference
An Indigenous Law Conference was an obvious priority when the ILPC was established in 2003. A collaborative partnership with TICA in 2015 allows the Indigenous Law Conference to be a cutting edge event led by those in the field, In-House Counsel: some of the most important people working for tribal self-governance. These annual conferences have been hosted at Michigan State University.
Indigenous Literary Studies Association (ILSA): Gathering
In one of the critical and creative centres of Indigenous life on Turtle Island (with the highest proportion of Indigenous peoples in Canada), conference attendees will collaborate and work alongside Indigenous writers, knowledge keepers, and artists at the junction of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers – a place called Nestawaya by the Cree (Three Points) and now known as The Forks – where they will be invited to “cross genres and cross borders” while creating and holding conversations on the potential of engaging in future relations across both Indigenous and settler communities.
National Native American Bar Association: Annual Meeting
The NNABA hosts an annual gathering with events like Native Voting Rights summits, Data Sovereignty forums, LGBTQ2S+ luncheons, judicial panels, and awards.
Native American and Indigenous Studies Association: Annual Conference
NAISA hosts an annual meeting that welcomes faculty and students in colleges, universities, and tribal colleges, community-based scholars and elders, and independent professionals working in the field. Our annual meetings have grown exponentially: from 350 attendees at the first gathering in 2007 to over 2000 attendees at the 2019 conference.
Our Nations Our Journeys (ONOJ): Conference
Our Nations Our Journeys (ONOJ) is a forum for rich, culturally grounded connections and strategic conversations about the big questions affecting Indigenous communities’ health and wellbeing. At Our Nations, Our Journeys, we unite to support healthy Native communities through public health research, practice, and policy. Our three-day forum is designed for tribal and urban Indian public health leaders, professionals, and students to share knowledge and promising practices. Our expert-led sessions will cover a range of topics from how we can improve public health data infrastructure in our communities to how we can aid the fight against the opioid epidemic.
The Society for Ethnomusicology: Annual Meeting
SEM’s Annual Meeting is held in October or November and attracts over 900 participants from around the world. With a wide variety of scholarly presentations, discussions, films, workshops, and concerts, the meeting is a prime occasion to learn about current research in ethnomusicology and to make or renew contacts with others in the field.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Indigenous Health and Wellness Summit
The first annual UNL Indigenous Health and Wellness Summit will discuss health and wellness issues that impact infants, children, adults, and elders in the indigenous communities. It will also help to create reciprocal relationships between indigenous and non-indigenous health programs and providers to discuss ideas and share information that will help create healthy lifestyles for indigenous people in Nebraska.

American Indian Science and Engineering Society: Career Hub
Through AISES, members are connected with employers seeking to hire in STEM fields. AISES members have access to AISES Career Hub. Posting jobs on the AISES website enables employers to advertise opportunities within their organizations to AISES’ top-talent membership of professionals, students, educators, and others in the STEM fields.
NAISA Career Opportunities
Features job postings and additional opportunities like fellowships and funding.
Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics & Native Americans in Science (SACNAS): Career Center
Access the SACNAS Career Center to explore hundreds of job opportunities, career insights and resources, and connect with over 4,000 Employers!

Other Guides & Resources

This section highlights recommended related guides from other library institutions across Turtle Island. Keep in mind that you may not have access to the resources librarians and archivists have compiled in these guides, but please feel free to reach out to your subject librarian to see if there are local or other access options.

Indigenous Studies Research Guide
From the University of Toronto Libraries. Curated by Desmond Wong, Outreach Librarian & Indigenous Studies Librarian
Native American and Indigenous Studies Guide
From Brown University Library. Curated by Kimberly Toney, Curator for Native American and Indigenous Collections
Indigenous Librarianship Subject Guide
From the University of British Columbia Library
Native American & Indigenous Studies Library Guide
From the Dartmouth University Library
American Indigenous Studies Resources
From the Harvard University Library. Curated by Julie Fiveash, Librarian for American Indigenous Studies
Native American & Indigenous Studies Library Guide
From the University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries. Curated by Isabel Espinal, Research Services Librarian for Afro American Studies, Latin American, Caribbean & Latinx Studies, Native American & Indigenous Studies, and Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies
Indigenous Studies Research Guide
From the McGill University Library. Curated by Kristen Howard, Liaison Librarian for History and Classical Studies, Indigenous Studies program, and the School of Religious Studies
Indigenous Studies Research Guide
From the Princeton University Library. Curated by Anu Vedantham, Assistant University Librarian for Teaching, Research and Social Sciences
Xwi7xwa Research Guides
List of all Xwi7xwa Research Guides, and links to UBC Library Indigenous Research Guides
Native American and Indigenous Studies Guide
From the University of Oregon Libraries, Miriam Rigby

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