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Welcome!
Welcome to the library research guide Native American and Indigenous studies. The Native American Studies collection is located in the Ethnic and Gender Studies Collection of the UCSB Library. It is located on the second floor, Ocean Side of the library.
If you have recommendations for content to be included to this guide, we welcome suggestions!
Native American Studies at UCSB
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American Indian & Indigenous Collective Reseach Focus GroupA multi-genrational group of graduate students, faculty members, and community members hosted by the Interdisciplinary Research Center
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American Indian and Indigenous Cultural Resource CenterA a student-centered program of the Educational Opportunity Program offering academic counseling, peer mentorship, scholarships, and more.
Professional Organizations
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Association for the Study of American Indian Literature (ASAIL)A professional academic organization created to promote the study, criticism, and research of American Indian written and oral literary traditions
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Native American and Indigenous Studies AssociationThe largest scholarly organization organized around Indigenous issues and communities in North America
Chumash Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that the lands this University was built upon were founded upon exclusions and erasures of many Indigenous peoples, including those on whose lands it is located, the villages and unceded territories of the Chumash people.
Join us in acknowledging the Chumash Peoples, their Elders, past and present, as well as their future generations, their poetry, living songs, and the winter harvest.
The Chumash people are comprised of the descendants of Indigenous peoples removed from their Island of origin: Limuw (Santa Cruz), Anyapac (Anacapa), Wima (Santa Rosa) and Tuqan (San Miguel), and subjugated by five missions during Spanish colonization of the Central Coast, from Malibu to Morro Bay and inland to Bakersfield. Looking out over this lagoon, we can witness that these villages upon which this University sits
were a safe haven for maritime travelers. It was a place alive with trading, hospitality and abundance. A place where knowledge of and from the surrounding areas, far and wide, was shared with all people of this place and its many visitors. A traditional place of sharing knowledge and education -- a tradition this University has an obligation to remember.
Excerpted from a statement by Mia Lopez (Coastal Band of the Chumas Nation) and Dr. Amrah Salomón (2020)
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Original statementLand Acknowledgment composed for the August 2020 UCSB English Department Graduate Program end-of-year-event