Labriola news

Students in classroom learning about archives

Labriola Blog: June 2023 Event Highlights

Labriola Blog: June 2023 Event Highlights Photo of student's hands interacting with turntable NASAW - Sunday, June 18, 2023 - Saturday, June 24, 2023 Earlier this month, the Native American Summer Arts Workshop (NASAW) took place ...

Labriola Blog: Labriola's 30th Anniversary Highlights

Labriola Blog: Labriola's 30th Anniversary Highlights 30th Anniversary Celebration, Thursday, May 18, 2023 From left to right: Author Simon Ortiz, Director Alex Soto, Unit Head and Librarian Joyce Martin The Labriola National Amer...

Indigenous students sitting at a blue table.

Labriola Blog: April 2023 Event Highlights

  Brian Young Book Talk and Panel Discussion - Friday, April 7, 2023 During Indigenous Culture Week at ASU, the Labriola Center, in partnership with AZ Humanities, hosted Diné author and filmmaker, Brian Young. Brian talked about his book, “Healer of the Water Monster'' a...

Labriola Blog: Learning About Archives at the Labriola Center

Learning About Archives at the Labriola Center  One of our Library Aides, Baylee LaCompte (Standing Rock Sioux Tribe) at the Labriola Center finished her final year of graduate schools by completing her practicum archiving American Indian Student Services materials at Fletcher Library. She was ment...

Tabletop display of newsletters with open stacks shelving in the background

Labriola National American Indian Data Center turns 30

On April 1, 1993, the Labriola National American Indian Data Center was created within the Arizona State University Library to serve as a national repository of Native American documents and materials and to provide access to this information through computer databases. Now in its 30th year, the Ind...

Labriola Blog: Underground Art Uprising, Knowledge from the Land Series with Thomas "Breeze" Marcus

Director Alex Soto (left) and Thomas "Breeze" Marcus (right) in an alleyway beside Breeze's mural of Phoenix near Cartel Coffee shop in downtown Phoenix. Wrangled with towers that stand like immense gray cactus stems towards a brigh...

Baylee LaCompte helping an ASU student with her ribbon skirt at West campus Labriola

Labriola Blog: March 2023 Event Highlights

  Ribbon Skirt Workshop Tuesday, March 21st, 2023: West Campus   The sun sets the southern mountains aglow, slowly burns the blue sky to a deep dark crusted orange. It is 6pm at West campus at Labriola Center. Graciously supplied by the Design...

Spring 2023: February Event Highlights

Rez Metal, Visual Sovereignty Poetry Workshop, Indigenous Open Mic Poetry Night Rez Metal Pop Up Photo of rez metal band performance with crowd.   On Thursday, February 2, 2023 from 7 to 9:30 pm, the Labriola National American In...

Student holding a book in from of open stacks

Help the Labriola Center build community and enable cultural resiliency

Thirty years ago, the Labriola National American Indian Data Center was founded to support the continuous education for Indigenous students and community members.  Kai-Se Toledo (Diné), by Kyle Knox Today, donors like you continue ...