The land Gustavus occupies was home to the Dakota people until the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux was signed in 1851. A student-curated exhibit created for the 150th anniversary of the Dakota Conflict is available in digital form, thanks to the Gustavus College & Church Archives.
Searching for information about indigenous peoples can be complicated by the politics of naming. Do catalogers use the word Sami, Sapmi, or Lapp? What about Eskimo versus Inuit? Dakota or Sioux? Ojibwe, Anisinaabe, or Chippewa? As you search, be aware that the names of groups have changed over time and subject headings or database descriptors may use a name that seems incorrect or even offensive. Read more about how our library is handling language that is potentially harmful.
Native Peoples of the World by 
Handbook of Critical and Indigenous Methodologies by 
Indigenous Methodologies by 
Decolonizing Methodologies by 
...From Time Immemorial by 
Indigenous Pathways into Social Research by 
Indigenous Peoples by 
Indigenous Religions: a Companion by 
Indigenous in the City by 
Indigenous Peoples by 
Paradigm Wars by 
Indigenous Traditions and Ecology by 
(Ad)dressing Our Words by 
Reclaiming Culture by 
Indigenous and Cultural Psychology by 
Indigenous Women and Feminism by 
Returns by 
Indigenous Community by 
Indigenous Peoples and Demography by 
Indigenous People, Ethnic Groups, and the State by 
Indigenous Peoples, Poverty, and Development by 
Reclaiming Culture by 
Indigenous Environmental Knowledge and Its Transformations by 
Contesting Knowledge by 
Reverse Shots by The Gustavus Library is committed to fostering an inclusive and welcoming environment for all our patrons. We acknowledge that harmful and outdated language or terminology exists in catalog records for our materials, though, and we would welcome your help in identifying such instances.
If you encounter any language that you consider to be harmful or offensive to yourself or others, please use this form to report it and suggest alternative language. We will contact the Library of Congress to request that changes be made whenever we come across items under their purview and will supplement our own descriptions with more respectful terms as necessary. We also direct you to our entire Harmful Language Statement for more information.
