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Native American & Indigenous Studies

A general library research guide for Native American & Indigenous Studies at UMass Amherst.

New Guide

Check out the new guide: 

Indigenous Research: Theories & Methods 

Developed for ANTHRO 653

Featured resource

A resource for our region: 

DECOLONIZING CURRICULAR RESOURCES
A Bibliography for Teaching and Learning Native American and Indigenous Studies in New England 

https://karunacenter.org/decolonizing-curriculum/

How these resources were gathered
A Decolonizing Curricula Working Group formed out of the Karuna Center’s “Erasure and Restoration” series in the spring of 2021. The group met in March, April, May, and June to envision and discuss how to make strong, truthful, and culturally grounded Native American and Indigenous Studies resources available to the public, and to professionals in all of these fields who are tasked with educating the next generations of Americans.

Dr. Ron Welburn and Dr. Jessica Dolan were both on the advisory committee of the series, and decided to volunteer time and resources to co-chairing a group of people from New England, who are motivated to decolonize curriculum, and build culturally appropriate and solid Native American and Indigenous Studies resources. 

Being Native American in the USA

Citation Management

Use a citation manager, such as Zotero to keep track of your research.

Put all your references in one place, create quick and easy bibliographies, build your knowledgebase for the rest of your career. For help, check out the online guides and webinars or Ask a Librarian. 

Some tips on using Chicago notation style with Zotero. 

Finding Books

To find books at UMass, you have two options.

Start with the general search box on the library home page, www.library.umass.edu.  

See below for some examples of relevant subject headings in Native American Indian Studies.

Highlighted Books

Article Databases