Indigenous Research Resources
The Office of Native American Affairs works internally to provide University researchers with culturally responsive training to guide research projects, pedagogy, scholarship, and academic initiatives that respect Tribal sovereignty. Our goal is to contribute to a better understanding of Indigenous cultures, histories, and contemporary issues in an attempt to remedy the extractive nature of research and education with Indigenous peoples.
Guidance for Researchers
- University of Minnesota Libraries Libguide
- University of Minnesota Guidelines for Indigenous Research
University Native American/Indigenous Programs
Learn about Native American and Indigenous programs across the University of Minnesota System.
TRUTH Report
The Towards Recognition and University-Tribal Healing—TRUTH—project is a Native-organized, Native-led, community-driven research movement that offers multiple recommendations on how the University of Minnesota community can be in better relation with Indigenous peoples. Few universities had ever considered the contemporary impacts of their formations from the land dispossession used to create the Morrill Act of 1862 until Robert Lee and Tristan Ahtone published “Land Grab Universities” (High Country News, 2020) and the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council called for such an accounting of Mni Sóta Maḳoce’s land grab. The first of its kind, TRUTH is an exploratory study to assess what has been erased and effaced in order to reclaim what was grabbed by the University of Minnesota. TRUTH uses place-based, Tribally led research designed to, for the first time, tell the story of Tribal-University relations from an Indigenous perspective. This is done through the centering of land, practicing relationality and amplifying Tribal voices.