The Labriola National American Indian Data Center's primary purpose is to support scholarship and instruction on Indigenous knowledge across all disciplines at ASU. Since its inception in 1993, the Labriola Center has become a pivotal service for the ASU Indigenous community. Its collection supports the ASU American Indian Studies department and the Center for Indian Education, as well as faculty and students teaching and learning from an Indigenous perspectives across all disciplines. The Labriola Center frequently partners with various ASU programs such as American Indian Student Support Services, the Office of the President on American Indian Initiatives, and Indigenous student groups. The Labriola Center also reaches out to the greater Phoenix Indigenous community to provide research support, host special events and exhibits, and provide community-driven archives services. The center now resides on two campuses, Tempe and West, and delivers virtual library support services. You can learn more about the Labriola Center at this link.
2015 Labriola American Indian National Book Award winner Sarah Deer
The ASU Library acknowledges the twenty-three Native Nations that have inhabited this land for centuries. Arizona State University's four campuses are located in the Salt River Valley on ancestral territories of Indigenous peoples, including the Akimel O’odham (Pima) and Pee Posh (Maricopa) Indian Communities, whose care and keeping of these lands allows us to be here today. ASU Library acknowledges the sovereignty of these nations and seeks to foster an environment of success and possibility for Native American students and patrons. We are advocates for the incorporation of Indigenous knowledge systems and research methodologies within contemporary library practice. ASU Library welcomes members of the Akimel O’odham and Pee Posh, and all Native nations to the Library.