Indigenous Culture Week: Home
ASU's Indigenous Culture Week (ICW) seeks to celebrate the Indigenous People of this land and promote the Indigenous voices around the world. The goal of ICW is to bring our community together to educate, celebrate and share ideas, values, and traditions across all four campuses. Due to the extent and history of this week, the Labriola Center student archivists created this library guide to best curate past, present and future ICW related information. In support of this year's ICW themes, we listed resources on Non-US Indigenous identities and Indigenous wellness. All books can be found in the Labriola Collection.
ICW 2021
The Term "Indigenous" Explained
“Indigenous communities, peoples and nations are those which, having a historical continuity with pre-invasion and pre-colonial societies that developed on their territories, consider themselves distinct from other sectors of the societies now prevailing on those territories, or parts of them.....Indigenous peoples are inheritors and practitioners of unique cultures and ways of relating to people and the environment. They have retained social, cultural, economic and political characteristics that are distinct from those of the dominant societies in which they live. Despite their cultural differences, indigenous peoples from around the world share common problems related to the protection of their rights as distinct peoples."
-United Nations
https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/about-us.html
Being Indigenous by Call number: Labriola Center Open Stacks GN380 .B44 2019ISBN: 1138314900This volume gives voice to an impressive range of Indigenous authors who share their knowledge and perspectives on issues that pertain to activism, culture, language and identity the fabric of being Indigenous. The contributions highlight the experiences of Indigenous peoples from a variety of countries, including the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Greenland, Norway and Russia. The book provides valuable historical and political insight into the lingering impact of colonization, considering the issues faced by Indigenous peoples today and reflecting on the ability of their cultures, languages and identities to survive in the twenty-first century.
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.
