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  “Learning more about my people and how to preserve our materials has strengthened my identity as a Hia-Ced O’odham youth and has helped guide my journey with higher education.” – Lourdes Pereira,ASU sophomore Miss Indigenous ASU 2020-21     Much more than a research ...

  “Arizona’s archives are dominated by white narratives that promote settler colonialism and white supremacy. One of my favorite things about this work is that marginalized communities are learning how to create a story that speaks to their reality.” – Nancy Godoy, Direct...

Erdrich novel sparks conversations, celebrations on Indigenous culture Louise Erdrich’s 14th novel “The Round House” opens with an image of creeping tree roots threatening the foundation of a family home on the Ojibwe reservation in North Dakota. The novel’s narrator, Joe...

Suzy Morgan began making books in high school – not writing or editing them, making them. “I’m less interested in what the words say and more interested in what kind of paper a book is printed on – what does that feel like – and how the binding is done,” says Morgan, who m...

For the United States, 2020 has been a year of racial reckoning. The question of how to build a more equitable and diverse society is challenging our learning like never before – and many are taking up the challenge.  For those needing some help on where to begin, the ASU...

Beginning this month, Sun Devils living outside of Maricopa County and on Native reservation lands can now request the shipment of library materials to their home residence free of charge. The ASU Library's improved home delivery service now reaches areas that were previou...

In honor of November being Native American Heritage Month, a team of student workers in the ASU Library's Labriola National American Indian Data Center have curated two book displays, one at Hayden Library and one at Fletcher Library, around six different themes that contri...

Two book displays, one at Hayden Library and one at Fletcher Library, a writing workshop and a film screening are among some of the events hosted and co-hosted this month by the ASU Library’s Labriola National American Indian Data Center in celebration of Native American He...

Every year, the ASU Library takes a long, hard look at the world of scholarly publishing and traditional avenues for knowledge construction, and we ask ourselves: How can we make research more accessible and inclusive? “Open with Purpose: Taking Action to Build Structural ...