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Group photo of Labriola staff, Miss Indigenous ASU, President Moore, and Maori dancers from Ōkāreka Dance Company

Labriola Blog: March 2024 Event Highlights

Highlights from the Labriola Center At the end of this past February, the Labriola Center hosted our biannual Indigenous Open Mic Poetry Night. We also had the opportunity and pleasure of meeting a Maori dance company called "Ōkāreka Dance Company" who visited all the way from New Zealand! In addit...

Memory Keepers Fellowship: Projects

Jean Chaudhuri Collection and Phoenix Indian School This blog post is about the projects Janine Nelson and Myacedes Miller have chosen for their monthly blog posts under the Memory Keepers Fellowship. Photo of Archivist Vina Begay (Diné) going throug...

Photo of Myacedes Miller sitting on a hill composed of tan sand with footprints around her. She is sitting in front of a sunset wearing white shoes and jean shorts. The sky is blue with clouds blotting an orange sun low on the horizon.

Memory Keepers Fellowship: Myacedes Miller

Introductions The Memory Keepers Fellowship program is a project partnered between ASU’s Community Driven Archive Initiative and the Labriola Center. The fellowship is geared for BIPOC students at local community colleges and for them to explore the field of Library Information Science early in the...

Photo of Miss Indigenous ASU helping a student measure the cut for a ribbon skirt

Labriola Blog: January and February

Important Announcements from the Labriola Center Grand Opening Open House Wednesday, April 3 Flier of Grand Opening Open House at the Labriola Center with a brown and black rug design in background. The Labriola Center would like ...

Headshot of Janine Nelson wearing black rimmed glasses.

Memory Keepers Fellowship: Janine Nelson

Introductions: The Memory Keepers Fellowship program is a project partnered between ASU’s Community Driven Archive Initiative and the Labriola Center. The fellowship is geared for BIPOC students at local community colleges and for them to explore the field of Library Information Science early i...

Bryan Newland speaking at the Labriola Center

Assistant secretary of Indian affairs visits with students at Labriola Center

On Monday, Feb. 19 Byan Newland, assistant secretary of Indian affairs at the U.S. Department of the Interior, visited Arizona State University’s Tempe campus Monday to talk with students and tour the Labriola Center. Newland spoke about the importance of Native voices being part of policy discussio...

Photo of Dr. Valerie Lambert presenting in front of audience for the Annual Labriola Center Book Award

Annual Labriola Book Award with Dr. Valerie Lambert

Annual Labriola Book Award with Dr. Valerie Lambert This November, the Labriola Center hosted Dr. Valerie Lambert to speak about her book that won this year's Annual Labriola Book Award. Photo of Dr. Valerie Lambert presenting her book, Native Agency...

Group photo of participants who finished their journals at the Coptic Bookbinding workshop.

Labriola Blog: November 2023 Highlights

Highlights from the Labriola Center  This past November, the Labriola Center hosted and partnered on various events that touched on the duality and diversity of Indigenous peoples for Native American Heritage Month. We also hosted the winner of the Labriola Center's Annual Book Award, Dr. Valerie L...

Portrait of Valerie Lambert

Author Valerie Lambert to deliver Labriola Center National Book Award lecture

The Labriola National American Indian Data Center at the ASU Library has announced that “Native Agency: Indians in the Bureau of Indian Affairs” by Valerie Lambert is the recipient of the center’s National Book Award. The annual award recognizes scholarship in American Indian and Indigenous studies....