The history and current experiences of Indigenous peoples and Tribal Nations are complex, rich and diverse. Libraries can play an important role in counteracting damaging myths and narratives about Native peoples, as well as exploring contemporary struggles and joys. This webinar will highlight opportunities for libraries to connect their communities to accurate and respectful information, fostering understanding and support of Indigenous peoples past and present. Resources for learning about treaties, Tribal Nations and lands, as well as insights into the experiences of Native communities today will also be shared. With a better understanding of these distinctive histories and cultures, library staff can promote learning and knowledge, support engagement with Native issues and peoples, and better serve all individuals in their community.

Presented by: Naomi Bishop, Health Sciences Librarian, University of Arizona’s Phoenix Biomedical Campus, and Akimel O’odham (Pima) from the Gila River Indian Community

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Related Resources and Links

• Tribal Nations and the United States: An Introduction developed by the National Congress of American Indians
• Indian Country Demographics, National Congress of American Indians
  
• Facts for Features: American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month, Census.gov
• Fastest-Growing American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) Populations, Census.gov
• Nation to Nation: Treaties Between the United States and American Indian Nations, National Museum of the American Indian
• Native Knowledge 360, National Museum of the American Indian
• Leading metropolitan areas with the highest percentage of American Indian or Alaska Native population in the U.S. in 2019
• American Indian Records in the National Archives
• U.S. Department of Interior Library, Native Americans
  
• Census My Tribal Area
  
• List of unrecognized tribes in the United States and State-recognized tribes in the United States, Wikipedia
• Indian Country Today 
• Native News Online 
• Indianz.com- Ho-Chunk Nation 
• Brayboy, B. M. K. J. (2005). Toward a Tribal Critical Race Theory in education. Urban Review, 37(5), 425-446. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11256-005-0018-y
• National Education Policy Center. What is Tribal Crit? (pdf) National Education Policy Center. November newsletter, 2020
• White House Fact Sheet: Building A New Era of Nation-to-Nation Engagement(no longer available)
• Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative, U.S. Department of Interior, Indian Affairs
• Phoenix Suns City Jersey honors Arizona 22 Tribal Nations
• ‘Empower Native kids to read’ The 2020 American Indian Youth Literature Awards, Indian Country Today
• 15 Indigenous Artists to Know From This Year’s Santa Fe Indian Market, Vogue, 2022
• Phoenix Suns 22/23 City Edition Uniform: Celebration of Native American Culture
• 12 Books to Celebrate Native American and Alaska Native Heritage, by Naomi Bishop, October 27, 2022, PBS Kids for Parents
• American Indian Library Association
• American Indian/Alaska Native population profile, HHS.gov
• Fighting Medical Racism, by Naomi Bishop, American Libraries Magazine, November 2021
• Naomi Bishop brings her convictions to work, 2021 Distinguished Alumni Award, Information School, University of Washington
• Project READY: Reimagining Equity & Access for Diverse Youth online curriculum, Module 6: Indigeneity and Colonialism, created by Naomi Bishop
  
• Changing the Narrative about Native Americans: A Guide for Allies and A Guide for Native Peoples and Organizations, from Reclaiming Native Truth, A Project to Dispel America’s Myths and Misconceptions
• WebJunction's free Digital Collections Stewardship Course Series created in collaboration with Washington State University’s Center for Digital Scholarship and Curation
• Native Land Digital
• Map on slide 18 is from the Intertribal Council of Arizona 
• Book awards and lists shared by Naomi
• AILA Youth Literature Awards
• Heartdrum, a new HarperCollins imprint by Native American authors
• Birchbark Books
• ASU Labriola National Book Award
• Debbie Reese's blog, American Indians in Children’s Literature
• Research on mascots
• Summary of the APA Resolution Recommending Retirement of American Indian Mascots, APA American Indian Mascot Resolution adopted by the APA's Council of Representatives in September 2005.
• Missing the Point The Real Impact of Native Mascots and Team Names on American Indian and Alaska Native Youth
• Governor’s Commission to Study American Indian Representations in Public Schools
• Civil Rights and the Impact of Native American Names, Symbols, and Imagery in School Mascots
• Native American mascots, names, chants: More offensive than previously reported
• Publishers for books in Native and Indigenous languages
• Sealaska Heritage Store
• Minnesota Historical Society Press Books
• Salina Bookshelf

Shared in chat

• Where do you get information about Native Americans?
• Natives React on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook
• Supaman, Native American dancer and hip hop artist
• Indigenous Peoples, resource collection from Nelson Public Library
• Montana Tribes Digital Archives
• Book recommendations from attendees
  
• An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States for Young People, by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Debbie Reese, Jean Mendoza
• Pipestone: My Life in an Indian Boarding School, by Adam Fortunate Eagle
• Our history is the future : Standing Rock versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the long tradition of indigenous resistance, by Nick Estes
• The Removed and Where the dead sit talking, by Brandon Hobson
• There, there, by Tommy Orange
• Dawnland voices : an anthology of indigenous writing from New England
• The Night Watchman, by Louise Erdrich
• Mni sota makoce : the land of the Dakota, by Gwen Westerman and Bruce M. White
• Red Paint The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk, by Sasha LaPointe
• Sharing the skies : Navajo astronomy, by Nancy C. Maryboy and David Begay
• We are Story: Indigenous Literature, Bibliocommons genre guide, Indigenous Books for Kids and Indigenous Representation in Teen Books, by North Vancouver District Public Library
  
• Cynthia Leitich Smith book recommendations: Books for Kids and Books for Young Adults
• My heart is a chainsaw and The only good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
  
• Walking in two worlds, by Wab Kinew
• Shutter, by Ramona Emerson
• Project 562
• This Land is a Poem: Poetry for Native American Heritage Month, Austin Public Library
  
• And remember to review the books Naomi highlighted in her slides!
  
• Additional links shared
• Ideas for National Poetry Month in April, Native American Poetry and Culture from Poetry Foundation
• Hennepin County adopts Land and Water Acknowledgment and launches Tribal Flag Lending Library and video of a dedication ceremony for a Tribal Flag Lending Library
  
• Talking Turtle Stories, Haudenosaunee Storyteller and Cultural Educator