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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...

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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...

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...

Portrait of Brian Young

Diné author and filmmaker Brian Young visits ASU during Indigenous Culture Week

Join acclaimed Diné author and filmmaker Brian Young as he reads from “Healer of the Water Monster" on Friday, April 7, as part of Indigenous Culture Week at Arizona State University. The event is in partnership with Arizona Humanities and the Labriola National American Indian Data Center. The talk...

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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 ...

Labriola Blog: Indigenous Poetry and Open Mic Book Display Spring 2023

    Importance of Poetry Works from Indigenous People    So much can be said about why works of poetry are key to understanding who we are as Indigenous people. These specific works are a reclamation of our lived experience. They serve as a testament to who we are and ...