Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative
Educational Resources
Foundational Readings in NAIS
- All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life (Winona LaDuke)
- An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz)
- Beyond Red Power: American Indian Politics and Activism since 1900 (Daniel M. Cobb, Loretta Fowler)
- Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants (Robin Wall Kimmerer)
- Broken Landscape: Indians, Indian Tribes, and the Constitution (Frank Pommersheim)
- Critical Indigenous Studies: Engagements in First World Locations (edited by Aileen Moreton-Robinson)
- Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto (Vine Deloria Jr.)
- Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples (Linda T. Smith)
- Decolonization is not a metaphor (Tuck and Yang)
- Everything You Know about Indians Is Wrong (Paul Chaat Smith)
- In the Light of Justice: The Rise of Human Rights in Native America and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Walter Echo-Hawk)
- The American Indian Mind in a Linear World: American Indian Studies and Traditional Knowledge (Donald Fixico)
- The Rights of Indians and Tribes 5th Ed. (Stephen L. Pevar)
New England Specific
- Dispossession by Degrees: Indian Land and Identity in Natick, Massachusetts, 1650-1790 (Jean O’Brien)
- Firsting and Lasting: Writing Indians out of Existence in New England (Jean O’Brien)
- Memory Lands: King Phillip's War and the Place of Violence in the Northeast (Christine Delucia)
- Native Providence: Memory, Community, and Survivance in the Northeast (Patricia Rubertone)
- Our Beloved Kin: Remapping a New History of King Phillip's War (Lisa Brooks)
- The Common Pot: The Recovery of Native Space in the Northeast (Lisa Brooks)
- Dawnland Voices: An Anthology of Indigenous Writing from New England (edited by Siobhan Senier)
Videos and Other Media
Includes recordings of some past live-streamed NAIS-related events at Brown University
- Dawnland
- Decolonization at Brown on Colonialism in STEM (March 2021)
- Sarah Deer, Presidential Lecture: "Sovereignty of the Soul: Confronting Gender-Based Violence in Native America" (February 2021)
- "Colonialism in the Curriculum" short film (January 2021)
- Maile Arvin, “Possessing Polynesians: The Science of Settler Colonial Whiteness in Hawai`i and Oceania,” featuring Maile Arvin, Assistant Professor of History and Gender Studies, University of Utah (June 2021)
- "Clearing a Path to Peace: Remembering Who We Are" with Harold and Phil Gatensby (November 2020)
- Linda Tuhiwai Smith, "Indigenous Studies/Studying Indigenous Peoples/Indigenous Peoples Studying/Theories about Indigenous Peoples/Indigenous theories/Research methods to help access Indigenous Peoples/Indigenous research methods/Indigenous theorising/To Native Study or Not to Native Study?" (February 2020)
- "Beloved Kin and Memory Lands: Panel Discussion" focused on Land Acknowledgements (April 2019)
- J. Kēhaulani Kauanui on Decolonization in Settler Colonial Context (March 2019)
Resources for Students and Educators
Resources and scholarship opportunities for students and educators interested in the field of Native American and Indigenous Studies
- Decolonizing Curricular Resources: A Bibliography for Teaching and Learning Native American and Indigenous Studies in New England
- Reimagining New England Histories K-12 Curriculum Project: An Educator's Guide for Teaching about Historical Injustice, Sovereignty, and Freedom in the Dawnland (New England)
Scholarships
- 50 College Scholarships for Native American and Alaska Native Students
- American Indian College Fund
- American Indian Science and Engineering Society
- American Indian Services Scholarship program
- Big Future College Board Scholarship Search
- Bureau of Indian Education Higher Education Grant Program
- Cobell Scholarships
- Fast Web
- Native Forward Scholarship Finder
- Native Vision Scholarship
- Scholarships.com
- Scholly
Additional scholarships, grants, and awards may also be available through tribal education (or other) departments for Native American and Indigenous youth, or other organizations outside of tribal departments for non-tribal youth.
At Brown
- Brown Center for Students of Color Native Heritage Series
- Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
- Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America
- Ethnic Studies at Brown University
- Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology
- John Carter Brown Library
- John Carter Brown Indigenous Collection
- John Hay Library
- Natives at Brown (NAB)
- Society for Advancing Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) at Brown
- Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice
- Watson Institute Brazil Initiative
Local Projects
Academic Associations
Academic associations in the field of Native American and Indigenous Studies
Regional Tribes and Institutions
Tribes and institutions of the southern New England region
- Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe
- Chappaquiddick Wampanoag Tribe
- Chaubunagungamaug Nipmuck Band
- Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation
- Hassanamisco Nipmuc Band
- Hassanamisco Indian Museum
- Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe
- Mashantucket Pequot Tribe
- Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center
- Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
- Massachusetts Center for Native American Awareness
- Mohegan Tribe
- Narragansett Indian Tribe
- Rhode Island Indian Council
- Schaghticoke Tribal Nation
- Seaconke Wampanoag Tribe
- Tomaquag Museum