CSIJ 200: Race & Racism in America

This guide is intended to help you identify books, databases, primary sources, and other materials that might be useful in NAIS. It is not an exhaustive guide, but a starting place.

In this article, the author illustrates how the dominant Black-White binary paradigm of race in the United States situates Indigenous women as either racialized Others or White Others in the context of a predominantly White university. Race and racism are thus salient in the lives of Indigenous students in multiple and complex ways--ways which are rarely elaborated upon in the current research literature.

In this article, the author discusses how and why gun museums remain intellectual back eddies where certain segments of society intentionally and emphatically silence Indigenous voices.

In this article, the author describes lessons she learned from graduate school in the Midwest.

The author considers his first ten years at a state university in the Midwest as horrible years. In this time he experienced much hostility and racism in a "college culture," which to him was "distinctly alien and unfriendly." This account serves as encouragement for younger Native faculty and conveys the message that it is possible for Indigenous faculty to survive in a hostile and racist environment.

An interactive map by Native Land Digital that shows Indigenous lands in a way that changes, challenges, and improves the way people see the history of their countries and peoples.

The author shares his reflections about the life and conditions of urban Indians, based on his experiences living as a Native American in the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Topics discussed include the history of the rise of Indian nonprofit organizations to address urban racism, the problems of alcoholism and drug abuse among city Indians, and the declining presence of the American Indian Movement.

Developed by the National Congress of American Indians seeks to provide a basic overview of the history and underlying principles of tribal governance.