ASU Labriola news

Photo of poets at the Indigneous Open Mic Poetry Night

Labriola Blog: September 2023 Highlights

Highlights from the Labriola Center September's events at the Labriola National American Indian Data Center set the foundation for this fall 2023. We began with an Indigenous Comic Book Workshop with Kayla Shaggy, a Dine' zine creator and artist within the Phoenix Valley. Then we ended our month wi...

Photo of tribal seals printed out with crayons and markers available on a white table for Indigenous students at SPIRIT program.

Labriola Blog: August 2023 Highlights

Highlights from the Labriola Center This past August, the Labriola Center hosted Indigenous ASU students from SPIRIT in partnership with American Indian Student Support Services. The Center also collaborated with Alliance of Indigenous Peoples to host a Welcome for new and returning students at bot...

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New Labriola Center space coming to Hayden Library

During the fall 2023 semester, the Labriola National American Indian Data Center is embarking on a new construction project at Hayden Library. The center will be expanding on the second floor to offer comprehensive library services and events to better support Indigenous ASU students, faculty, staff...

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...

A student and archivist reviewing archival materials together.

Community college students invited to apply for Community Archivist Fellowship

Become a memory keeper for your community! The Community Archivist Fellowship Program at the ASU Library seeks to inspire community college students to become professionally trained archivists or librarians. Students will be introduced to community-driven archives and work closely with archivists an...

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...

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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...