This section contains links to electronic indigenous resources that are useful for research.

Indigenous Peoples Database

  • 521 full text documents on indigenous peoples.

IK: Other Ways of Knowing

  • A peer-reviewed journal that publishes original research articles as well as review articles in all areas of indigenous knowledge from a global perspective. The journal is published twice yearly by the Pennsylvania State University Libraries, and is co-sponsored by the Penn State Libraries and the Penn State Interinstitutional Center for Indigenous Knowledge (ICIK). The focus of the journal is on the expanding areas of study that address the ways of knowing, doing, seeing, and thinking that are passed down orally from generation to generation. These ways of understanding reflect thousands of years of experimentation and innovation in topics like agriculture, animal husbandry, child rearing practices, education systems, medicine, and natural resource management—among many other categories.

Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing

  • The Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing is a peer-reviewed, open-access, scholarly online journal that shares multi-disciplinary indigenous knowledge and research experience amongst indigenous health professionals, leaders, researchers and community members. The journal publishes original, informative and scholarly articles on the broadly defined topic of indigenous wellbeing. Serving as a forum for the clarification and exchange of ideas, the journal features articles on projects that make a significant impact on our understanding of indigenous wellbeing. 

Pacific Island Treaty Series

The Pacific Islands Treaty Series (PITS) focuses on pacific regional and international treaties that affect pacific island countries.

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