The power to name: How Emory is building a more inclusive library catalog

It’s quite easy to type a few keywords into a library search engine and forget that there is a human (actually, many humans) working behind the scenes and contributing to the results you see. Scrolling through a library catalog, like Emory’s Library Search, everything seems polished and objective.  Interestingly, library catalogs have long been a Read More …

‘This Land Calls Us Home’ spotlights works by contemporary Indigenous artists

Colorful works by Indigenous artists await Atlanta audiences and the Emory community when Emory Libraries opens the exhibition “This Land Calls Us Home: Indigenous Relationships with Southeastern Homelands.” The exhibition, which opens Monday, Jan. 27, in the Schatten Gallery on Level 3 of Emory’s Robert W. Woodruff Library, will feature the work of 25 contemporary Native Read More …

Native American Heritage Month 2022: Streaming Video

With the Emory Libraries’ subscription to Docuseek, Academic Video Online (AVON), and Kanopy, members of the Emory community can access hundreds of films that celebrate Native American culture and history. Don’t know where to start? No worries! Emory Libraries has created a list of recently acquired streaming film titles by Native creators and that tell Native Read More …

Native American Heritage Month 2022: Legal and Governmental Resources

The U.S. Supreme Court is currently hearing oral arguments on the constitutionality of the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act. ICWA’s purpose is “. . . to protect the best interest of Indian Children and to promote the stability and security of Indian tribes and families by the establishment of minimum Federal standards for the removal Read More …

U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo to give free Emory University reading online

UPDATE 3/25/2021: If you didn’t get a chance to enjoy this program – or if you’d like to watch it again – you can view the recording on YouTube at this link. Current US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, the first Native American poet laureate, will read her poems at an event hosted by the Stuart Read More …

National Native American Heritage Month

November is the National Native American Heritage Month. Throughout this month, lecture series, cultural programs, exhibits, and other kinds of programs are organized to celebrate Native Americans’ culture, traditions, achievements, and contributions to our country. Eager to learn about the American Indian tribes of Georgia? Please check out the New Encyclopedia of Georgia about the Georgia Indians. Read More …