Recommended Guides
For a curated selection of databases, research journals, Harvard collections and projects, research protocols, and more related to Native American and Indigenous Studies, we recommend the following guides created by Julie Fiveash, Librarian for American Indigenous Studies at Tozzer Library.
Find Books & Articles
For books, search for full titles or keywords in HOLLIS, Harvard's library catalog.
Also for books, explore the following recommendation lists:
- Native American Heritage Month (HKS Library, book display curated annually in November)
- Native & Indigenous People (HKS Library, topic in the Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging Collection)
- Tribal Sovereignty in Focus (Project on Indigenous Governance and Development, HKS Ash Center)
Find Podcasts
- All My Relations"A podcast where we explore what it means to be a Native person in 2019. To be an Indigenous person is to be engaged in relationships—relationships to land and place, to a people, to non-human relatives, and to one another. All My Relations is a place to explore those relationships, and to think through Indigeneity in all its complexities."
- Missing and Murdered: Finding Cleo"Like many Indigenous children, Cleo's brothers and sisters were taken from their community, displayed in advertisements, and sent to live with white adoptive families across North America, through a controversial program called 'Adopt Indian and Metis.' They've reconnected as adults and are determined to find their missing sister and penetrate the secrets shrouding the truth about Cleo."
- The Red Nation"The Red Nation Podcast features discussions on Indigenous history, politics, and culture from a left perspective. Hosted by Nick Estes and Jen Marley with help from our friend and comrade Sina. The Red Nation Podcast is also the home of Red Power Hour, hosted by Melanie Yazzie and Elena Ortiz."
- This Land"The second season of This Land is a timely exposé about how the far right is using Native children to quietly dismantle American Indian tribes and advance a conservative agenda."
- Toasted Sister"After contact, Indigenous foodways and knowledge were devastated, nearly destroyed and replaced with foods that are far from the people. So today, I’m talking to Native chefs and foodies about what Indigenous cuisine is, where it comes from, where it’s headed and how it’s used to connect them and their communities to their origins and traditions."