Choosing a College and Timelines

• Undergrad: Native Pathways Guidebook (American Indian College Fund)

• Applying to grad school

  • A Graduate School Application Timeline: What to Do and When to Do It

  • Grad Admission Checklist: 12–10 Months From Applying

  • Graduate School Application Timelines: What to Do and When

  • When to Apply for Grad School: Easy Monthly Timeline [2025-2026]

• Applying to law school

  • Law School Application Timeline from Start to Finish

  • The Ideal Law School Application Timeline (2025-2026)

Indigenous Specific Funding: grad and undergrad

• Your Tribe might have scholarships, check with them!

• Ask your college or university if they have scholarships too!

• National Study on College Affordability for Indigenous Students

• Art and Museums

  1. • 1. Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) LIFT

          • Early Career Support for Native Artists

          • SHIFT – Transformative Change and Indigenous Arts

       2. National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) 

          • Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in Conservation

          • Betsy James Wyeth Fellowship in Native American Art

          • Indigenous Comic Creators Program

          • Native American Collections Research Fellowship

       3. Peabody Essex Museum Native American Fellowship (NAF) program

• Climate Change, Ecology, Environment, & Science: Tribal Resilience Opportunities for Indigenous Youth and Young Professionals 

  1. American Chemistry Society Scholars Program: for a career in chemistry

  2. Caleb Scholars Program (Alaska) https://www.calebscholars.org/

  3. Alaska Native Science and Engineering Society: https://www.ansep.net 

  4. American Indian Science and Engineering Society

  5. Arctic Resilient Communities Youth Fellowship (ARCYF): https://arcyf.org/

  6. Arctic Youth Ambassadors: https://www.arcticyouthambassadors.org/

  7. Native Youth Climate Adaptation Leadership Congress (NYCALC)

  8.  Indian Youth Service Corps (IYSC)  

  9. Civilian Climate Corps (CCC) program is organized by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

  10. Climate Internships, Scholarships and Fellowships

  11. Washington Sea Grant Keystone Fellowship Program

  12. Wildlife Conservation Network: Indigenous Scholarship Program

  13. Ecology, Forestry, and Plant Ecology (graduate only)

  14. NOAA Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program (ocean and coastal ecosystems) 

  15. Center for Collaborative Conservation Fellowship (community-based conservation - CSU affiliate) 

  16. Center for Human-Carnivore Coexistence (carnivore ecology - CSU affiliate) 

  17. Conservation Nation (conservation and endangered species)

  18. Truman D. Picard (forestry)

• Center for Native American Youth https://www.cnay.org/

  1. Brave Heart Fellows

  2. Champions for Change

  3. Remembering our Sisters Fellowship

• Compilations of funding opportunities

  1. Tons of funding opportunities http://thecirifoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/ERHB-2021-2022-1.pdf

  2. Native Indian Education Association listing of scholarships https://www.niea.org/scholarship-opportunities  

  3. Bureau of Indian Education scholarship packet  https://www.bie.edu/sites/default/files/documents/BIE%20Higher%20Education%20Grant%20Program-Scholarship%20Information%20Packet.pdf

  4. TEDNA’s Indigenous College Guide to Somewhere (released Feb 2024)

• Federal

  1. Pathways Program

  2. Recent Graduates Program

  3. Presidential Managements Fellows Program

• General

  1. American Indian Graduate Center     https://www.aigcs.org/

  2. American Indian College Fund https://collegefund.org/students/scholarships/

  3. American Indian Education Fund http://www.nativepartnership.org/site/PageServer?pagename=aief_home%20

  4. Association on American Indian Affairs https://www.indian-affairs.org/scholarships.html

  5. American Indian Services: https://www.americanindianservices.org/ 

  6. Cobell Scholarships  https://cobellscholar.org/

  7. Native Forward Scholarship Finder https://www.nativeforward.org/scholarship-finder/ (Native Forward also offers their own undergraduate and graduate scholarships)

  8. Native American Tuition Waiver at Fort Lewis College in Colorado

  9. Colleges That Offer Tuition Waivers and Scholarships for Native American Students

  10. Warner College of Natural Resources Scholarships and Fellowships (undergraduate and graduate students

  11. Native Women in Science scholarship (for federally enrolled undergraduate Native women in the sciences at CSU)

  12. Research Experience for Undergraduates Program (summer funding only)

  13. Harry S. Truman Scholarship (Junior or Senior pursuing graduate school) 

  14. Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (undergraduate students only) 

  15. Native Forward Scholars Fund (search engine for diverse funding opportunities for Native students). 

• Graduate and Postdoc 

  1. Mellon Foundation Native American Scholars Initiative (NASI) Postdoctoral Career Pathways Fellowship 

  2. Listing of graduate school funding opportunities https://research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-opportunities/graduate/

  3. Research for Indigenous Social Action and Equity Center (RISE) at the University of Michigan Indigenous Research Grants Program (funding to graduate student, post-doctoral, faculty, and non-academic researchers)

  4. Native Children's Research Exchange: https://coloradosph.cuanschutz.edu/research-and-practice/centers-programs/caianh/training/ncre-scholars-program

  5. Montana State University in partnership with the National Institutes of Health and hosts at Arizona State University, Promoting Indigenous Research Leadership (PIRL)

  6. Johns Hopkins University Mixed Methods training

  7. National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) Health Disparities Research Institute

  8. Society for Prevention Research Early Career Prevention Science Mentoring Program

  9. University of Washington LUNA Program-interdisciplinary training opportunity in Indigenous health and health disparities research.

  10. University of Washington INSPIRE Program- An Indigenous Substance Use and Addictions Prevention Interdisciplinary Research Education program

  11. The Hertz Foundation (graduate students only)

  12. Promoting Indigenous Research Leadership (PIRL) a three-day workshop designed to promote the public health research careers of Indigenous and other early-career faculty working with Indigenous communities across the country. 

  13. GEM Fellowship (graduate students only) 

  14. Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans (graduate students only) 

  15. SREB-State Doctoral Scholars Program (doctoral students only) 

  16. USDA NIFA Postdoctoral Fellowship  

  17. David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellowship (postdoc)

  18. 3NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology  

• Hawaii (Native Hawaiians)

  1. Alaka'ina Scholarship | Chaminade University of Honolulu

  2. Alaka'ina Foundation Electronics Technology Scholarship

  3. Alakaʻina Foundation UH Engineering Scholarship

  4. Alaka'ina Foundation UH Community College Scholarship

  5. Pauahi Foundation: 200+ Scholarship Opportunities

• Health

  1. Supplemental student support program for Native American and Alaska Native students pursuing their nursing degree at Montana State University https://www.montana.edu/coop/

  2. Health Policy Research Scholars is a national leadership program for #doctoral students in any  discipline starting their 2nd year of study and want to apply their research to  build healthier and more equitable communities. https://healthpolicyresearch-scholars.org/

  3. John Hopkins Medical Training: https://caih.jhu.edu/training

  4. Indian Health Services 

     • 2. • Scholarship Program https://www.ihs.gov/scholarship/index.cfm 

          • Injury and Violence Prevention (IVP) Fellowship

  5. Morris K. Udall and John S. McCain III Native American Graduate Fellowship in Tribal Policy https://www.udall.gov/OurPrograms/Fellowship/Fellowship.aspx 

  6. Lighting Up Native Aspirations (LUNA) for health research careers

  7. National Congress for American Indians (NCAI)

     • 2. • Native Graduate Fellowship https://www.ncai.org/get-involved/internships-fellowships/native-graduate-health-fellowship 

          • Wilma Mankiller Fellowship Program for Tribal Policy and Governance

• Law

  1. American Indian College Fund is awarding its third American Indian Law School Scholarship for a student entering Harvard Law School

  2. Pre-Law Summer Institute for American Indians and Alaska Natives https://www.ailc-inc.org/plsi/ 

  3. Berkeley Law Native American Opportunity Plan and Professional Degree Supplemental Tuition, practically free law degree for Indigenous Peoples who are CA residents

  4. Mitchell Hamline School of Law: Native Justice Scholarships

  5. National Native American Bar Association scholarships

  6. Seattle University School of Law - full-tuition scholarship Douglas R. Nash Native American Law Scholarship

• Other:

  2. • 1. American Philosophical Society

          • Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Native American Scholars Initiative (NASI) Fellowships

          • Indigenous Community Research Fellowship 

          • Phillips Fund for Native American Research

       2. Native American Journalists Association (NAJA) Native American Journalism Fellowship 

• Political

  1. Native American Political Leadership Program (George Washington University): https://cipp.cps.gwu.edu/naplp-program

  2. Udall Undergraduate Scholarship https://www.udall.gov/ourprograms/scholarship/scholarship.aspx

Minority and Everyone Funding Opportunities

(thanks to @BlkDiaspoRican, @BlkGrlBrilliant, and others I have compiled):

• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Fellowship for Minority Doctoral Students

• Huge list including international: http://www.aerinjacob.ca/funding--awards.html

• American Association of University Women dissertation fellowship

• Center for Engaged Scholarship Fellowship. 1 year of dissertation funding ($30K) for folks doing research in the social sciences

• Consortium for Faculty Diversity (CFD) Dissertation Completion Fellowship (also offers postdocs) Ann Plato (dissertation) Fellowship at Trinity College. This is the same application as the CFD.

• Ford Dissertation Fellowship

• Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship (doctoral students only) 

• Gaius Charles Bolin Fellowship at Williams College. 2 year fellowship (dissertation+postdoc)

• Library Company of Philadelphia’s Program in African American History Mellon Scholar Dissertation Fellowship

• Library Company of Philly has two other diss fellowships: Albert M. Greenfield Foundation Dissertation Fellowship (any subject relevant to collections) & Program in Early American Economy and Society (PEAES) Dissertation Fellowship (early American economy/society)

• Luce/ACLS dissertation fellowship in American art for those who study the history of art or visual culture of the US

• Marilyn Yarbrough Dissertation/Teaching Fellowship at Kenyon College. $36K, teach 1 class/semester in your general subject area

• McNeil Center for Early American Studies (UPenn) diss fellowship

• Mellon/ACLS dissertation innovation fellowship

• National Academy for State Health Policy, Emerging Leaders of Color Fellowship

• National Poverty Fellows Program

• NORC Equity Scholars Program, a program of the Center on Equity Research

• NSF Dissertation Improvement Grant

• PEO scholar award, which is for PhD candidates who are women

• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Health Policy Fellows

• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Minority Fellowship Program (MFP)

• Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN) Equity Diversity Inclusion Fellowship

• 2017-18 Postdoc List

Indigenous University Programs

PhD Programs

• Indigenous Studies-University of Alaska Fairbanks  (US)

• Indigenous Health-University of North Dakota (US)

• Indigenous Studies-University of Alberta (Canada)

• Indigenous Studies-Trent University (Canada)

• Native American Studies-University of California Davis  (US)

• American Indian Studies-University of Arizona  (US)

• Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies-University of Oregon  (US)

• Native American and Indigenous Studies-University of California San Diego
  
  

• Other Indigenous Studies Programs all levels

• More Native Studies Programs all levels

JD Programs

• Hawaiʻi Online JD Flex

• Indigenous Peoples Law Oklahoma

  • JD

  • M.L.S. in Indigenous Peoples Law 

  • LL.M. in Indigenous Peoples Law

Conferences

• Arctic/Alaska

  • Arctic Calendar is an online, searchable calendar of major meetings and events relevant to the arctic science, education, and policy communities. 

  • Arctic Circle Assembly

  • Arctic Circle Forum

  • Arctic Congress

  • Arctic Development Expo

  • Arctic Encounter

  • Alaska Federation of Natives Convention

  • Arctic Frontiers

  • Arctic Indigenous Investment Conference 

  • Alaska Marine Symposium

  • Alaska Native Studies Conference

  • ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting 

  • Arctic Science Summit Week

  • Alaska Tribal Conference on Environmental Management

  • Bureau of Indian Affairs Tribal Provider's Conference 

  • Co-Stewardship Symposium

  • First Alaskan's Institute Annual Statewide Elders & Youth Conference

  • Greenland Science Week Conference

  • Highway North Dialogue

  • International Arctic Change Conference

  • International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences 

  • International Congress on Circumpolar Health

  • Navigating the New Arctic Community Meeting

  • Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Science Conference and Forum

• Community Engaged Conferences

  • Biennial Conference of the Society for Community Research and Action

• Economic

  • World Economic Forum

• Education

  • American Educational Research Association, AERA Annual Meeting

  • American Indian/Indigenous Teacher Education Conference

  • College Chemistry Canada Conference 

  • International Conference on Education & Justice

  • Native American Education Conference

  • Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA) 

  • National Association for Research in Science Teaching | NARST

  • World Indigenous Peoples' Conference on Education

• Environment

  • International Indigenous Climate Change Research Summit (IICCRS) 

  • National Tribal & Indigenous Climate Conference

  • National Adaptation Forum

  • Native American Fish and Wildlife Society Annual National Conference

  • National Tribal Forum on Air Quality (NTFAQ)

  • Tribal Lands & Environment Forum (TLEF)

  • National Tribal & Indigenous Climate Conference

  • Tribal Exchange Network Conference

• Health/Wellbeing

  • American Indian Elders Conference

  • Annual Conference of Substance Use Disorders among Pacific Islanders

  • Coyote Institute's Two-Eyed Seeing Conference (Muiwatmnej Etuaptmumk Conference)-Canada

  • Healing Our Spirit Worldwide (every 4 years)

  • International Indigenous Nursing Research Summit

  • International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference 

  • International Network of Indigenous Health, Knowledge and Development Reclaiming Indigenous Ecologies of Love Conference

  • National Indian Health Board National Tribal Public Health Summit

  • National Indian Health Board National Tribal Health Conference

  • Native Children's Research Exchange Conference

  • National Indigenous Physical Activity & Wellness Conference

  • National Native Harm Reduction Summit 

  • National Conference on American Indian and Alaska Native Injury and Violence Prevention

  • Society for Prevention Research

  • Society for Research in Child Development

• Indigenous Languages

  • International Conference on Indigenous Languages (ICIL)

  • International Conference on Revitalization of Indigenous and Minoritized Languages (ICRIML)

  • International Conference on Endangered Languages and Cultures of Indigenous Peoples (ICELCIP)

  • Indigenous Language Conference of the Americas (ILCA)

  • National Indian Education Association (NIEA) Native Language Summit

  • Linguistic Society of America (LSA)

  • Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas (SSILA)

  • International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation (ICLDC)

  • Inaugural International Conference on Indigenous Language Documentation, Education, and Revitalization (2023)

  • Stabilizing Indigenous Languages Symposium (SILS)

  • PULiiMA Indigenous Language and Technology Conference

  • Oklahoma Native American Youth Language Fair

  • RIVAS conference-support the scholarship of Indigenous academics and speakers whose cultures help shape American linguistics, archeology and cultural anthropology

  • ***Anthropology, applied linguistics, education, Indigenous studies conferences may have language revitalization strands or special interest groups.

• Other

  • International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries, and Museums

  • International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (with Annual Indigenous Inquiries Circle Pre-conference)

  • State of Indian Nations

  • National Tribal Preservation Conference

  • Association on American Indian Affairs Annual Repatriation Conference

  • National Congress of American Indians Mid-year Conference and Marketplace

  • National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) Annual Convention

  • Annual Native American Economic Development Conference

  • Annual Native American Healthcare Conference

  • Annual Native American Housing Conference

  • Stabilizing Indigenous Languages 

  • Annual Tribal Casino & Hotel Development Conference

  • American Indian Science and Engineering Society National Conference

  • Annual American Indian Tourism Conference

  • Native American Leadership Forum

  • National Indian Nations: Justice for Victims of Crime Conference

  • National Indian Nations Conference

  • International Indigenous Research Conference (IIRC)

  • International Indigenous Women's Symposium

  • Ocean Sciences Meeting

  • Society for Community Research and Action Biennial Conference

  • United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

• STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math)

  • American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES)

  • Society for Advancing Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)

• Youth

  • Native Youth Leadership Summit

Listservs and Newsletters

Listserves, orgs, groups, to sign up for:

• Facebook: Native American Graduate Students

• Facebook: Indigenous Scholars and Like-Minded Individuals Sharing Group

• Facebook: Native American and Indigenous Studies Association on Facebook

• decolonial research group (reading circle and zotero library)

• Unsettling America: Decolonization in Theory & Practice

• The Decolonial Critique List Serv 

• Indigenous Wire Native News-Rob Capriccioso (Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians)

• Indian Country Today

• The Imprint Native American News-Nancy Marie Spears (Cherokee Nation)

• List of National Native Organizations and InterTribal Organizations

• Native American Organizations Serving the Community

• University of Washington Indigenous Wellness Research Institute

Find Indigenous businesses here!

Listserves: (my favorites for jobs, talks, and opportunities are starred!) ***

These are some great listservs to follow and I recommend you follow their social media too! These are a bit US based as that is where I am from. 

• Alaska Specific

  • Kawerak

  • Cook Inlet Tribal Council

• Arctic

  • 1. • ***Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS)

       • *** Arctic Info https://www.arcus.org/mailing-lists

       • ***Arctic Research Consortium of the United States

       • ***Arctic Research Seminar Series 

       • ***Polar Education 

       • Arctic Science Summit Week

       • Arctic Today

       • ***CRYOLIST-global cryospheric community (snow, ice, glaciers, permafrost, ocean, geomorphology, climate, etc)

       • International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)

       • International Arctic Social Sciences Assoc (IASSA)

       • International Arctic Research Center (IARC)

       • Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC)

       • Migration in Harmony is a Research Coordination Network 

       • Navigating the New Arctic Community Office (NNA-CO) 

       • NordForsk

       • ***Polar Science Early Career Community Office

       • Study of Arctic Environmental Change (SEARCH)

       • UArctic: https://www.uarctic.org/Interagency 

• Futures

  • Indigenous Futures Institute

• Health

  • Administration for Native Americans

  • Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium

  • Center for Alaska Native Health Research-University of Alaska Fairbanks

  • Child Trends

  • Center for American Indian Health Research (CAIHR)

  • Center for American Indian and Rural Health Equity (CAIRHE)-Montana State University

  • Colorado School of Public Health Centers for American Indian & Alaska Native Health

  • Indian Health Service (government)

  • National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center

  • Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board

  • Seven Directions-A Center for Indigenous Public Health

  • South Central Foundation-Alaska

  • Sovereign Bodies Institute

  • Urban Indian Health Institute

• Education

  • American Educational Research Association-Indigenous Peoples of the Americas SIG 

• Environment/Climate

  • *** Political Ecology Society (PESO) https://appliedanthro.org/political-ecology-society-peso/ 

  • ***Environmental Sociology https://listserv.neu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=ENVIROSOC&A=1

  • University of Oregon Tribal Climate Change Project

  • Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission 

  • Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals 

  • Keepers of the Water

  • Northeastern University Environment

  • Indigenous Resilience Center

    1. • Gep-ed - global environmental politics listserve https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/gep-ed

       • Environmental Governance - https://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/environmentalgovernance

       • E-Anth - Ecological anthropology http://www.aaanet.org/sections/ae/index.php/listserv/

       • environmental sociology http://envirosoc.org/listserve.php

       • Association for Environmental Studies & Sciences -https://aessonline.org/aess-listserv/ 

       • ecolog - mostly ecology, but many jobs in natural resources are advertised here as well - http://www.lsoft.com/scripts/wl.exe?SL1=ECOLOG-L&H=LISTSERV.UMD.EDU

       • The cultural and political ecology specialty group of the American Association of Geographers http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=AAG-CESG-L&A=1

       • The Political Ecology Society Listserve - http://listserv.utep.edu/mailman/listinfo/pesoemails (note that as of 2019 this links appears to be broken, but I can't find a better one, and I'm still getting emails from them. A number of newer political ecology groups are Europe-based - for example https://entitleblog.org/, and I'm not as familiar with their lists).

       • The Social Science Working Group of the Society for Conservation Biology https://conbio.org/groups/working-groups/social-science/sswg-email-list 

       • Collective Action and Property Rights News (this is a program of the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research, and thus posts alot of jobs related to international agricultural development, including many that will be of interest to environmental social scientists) http://news.capri.cgiar.org/  *note as of January 2018, this source appears to no longer be active)

       • DISCCRS - http://disccrs.org/subscribe - climate news & jobs (as of 2019 seems to be no longer active - they also maintain a list of listserves, some of which may be of interest) - http://disccrs.org/career

  • ​Energy Research and Social Science List (UK based, not as familiar with this one, but it looks quite active) https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=EASSN  

• Law

  • Tribal Law and Policy Institute

  • Native American Rights Fund

  • First Peoples' Law

• Policy

  • Alaska Federation of Natives

  • Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Regional Association (links to AK Native regional for profits and non profits)

  • Association on American Indian Affairs

  • First Alaskan's Institute

  • Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development

  • Idle No More

  • Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage

  • Inuit Circumpolar Council-Alaska

  • National Congress of American Indians

  • Native Movement

  • Native Nations Institute

  • Native Americans in Philanthropy

  • NDN Collective

• Research

  • American Evaluation Association Indigenous TIG

  • Data for Indigenous Justice

  • Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA)

  • University of North Carolina American Indian Center

  • University of Washington Center for American Indian & Indigenous Studies

• Youth

  • Alaska Native Heritage Center

  • Arctic Youth Ambassadors

  • Capacity Building Center for Tribes

  • Center for Native American Youth

  • International Indigenous Youth

Ethical Guidelines in Research

Papers

• David-Chavez, D. M., M. C. Gavin, N. Ortiz, S. Valdez, and S. Russo Carroll. 2024. A values-centered relational science model: supporting Indigenous rights and reconciliation in research. Ecology and Society 29(2):11. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-14768-290211

• Gordon, H. S. J. (2017). Building relationships in the Arctic: Indigenous communities and scientists. In G. Fondahl & G. Wilson (Eds.), Northern sustainabilities: Understanding and addressing change in the circumpolar world (pp. 237-252). Dordrecht: Springer.

• Gordon, H. S. J. & Around Him, D. (2024). Conducting Research 'In A Good Way': Relationships as the Foundation of Research. Arctic Science special issue on to "Indigenous Approaches to Arctic Environmental Sciences" https://dx.doi.org/10.1139/as-2023-0078  

• Bakhireva, L. N., Nebeker, C., Ossorio, P., Angal, J., Thomason, M. E., & Croff, J. M. (2020). Inclusion of American Indians and Alaskan natives in large national studies: ethical considerations and implications for biospecimen collection in the HEALthy brain and child development study. Adversity and resilience science, 1, 285-294.

• Considerations for Meaningful Collaboration with Tribal Populations. All of Us Research Program.

• Carlo, N. (2020). Arctic Observing: Indigenous Peoples' History, Perspectives, and Approaches for Partnership

• Christopher, S., Villegas, M., & Daulton, C. (2012). ‘Walk softly and listen carefully’: Building research relationships with tribal communities. National Congress of American Indians (NCAI).

• Fletcher, G., Waters, J., Yunkaporta, T., Marshall, C., Davis, J., & Manning Bancroft, J. (2023). Indigenous systems knowledge applied to protocols for governance and inquiry. Systems Research and Behavioral Science. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sres.2932 

• Fatiha, N., Mendenhall, T., & Berge, J. M. (2023). How to do research with Native communities: lessons from students’ experiences and Elders’ wisdom. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 19(2), 366-376. 

• Fisher, C., & Doering, N. N. (2023). Shijyaa haa research: Reflections on positionality, relationality and commonality in Arctic research. Ethical Space: International Journal of Communication Ethics, 2023(2/3). https://doi.org/10.21428/0af3f4c0.31584421

• Francett-Hermes, M., & Pennanen, H. (2019). Relational ethics in indigenous research: A reflexive navigation of whiteness and ally positionality.

• Haider, L. J., Hentati-Sundberg, J., Giusti, M., Goodness, J., Hamann, M., Masterson, V. A., ... & Sinare, H. (2018). The undisciplinary journey: early-career perspectives in sustainability science. Sustainability science, 13, 191-204.

• Harding, A., Harper, B., Stone, D., O’Neill, C., Berger, P., Harris, S., & Donatuto, J. (2012). Conducting research with tribal communities: Sovereignty, ethics, and data-sharing issues. Environmental health perspectives, 120(1), 6-10.

• Hauser, D. D., Glenn, R. T., Lindley, E. D., Pikok, K. K., Heeringa, K., Jones, J., ... & Eicken, H. (2023). Nunaaqqit Savaqatigivlugich—working with communities: evolving collaborations around an Alaska Arctic observatory and knowledge hub. Arctic Science. https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10.1139/as-2022-0044

• Itchuaqiyaq, Cana Uluak. (2023). Equitable Arctic Research: A Guide for Innovation. Download here

• Many Pathways to Follow: Tribal Best Practices by Caroline M. Cruz, SAMHSA

• McElfish, P. A., Yeary, K., Sinclair, K. A., Steelman, S., Esquivel, M. K., Aitaoto, N., ... & Ayers, B. L. (2019). Best practices for community-engaged research with Pacific Islander communities in the US and USAPI: A scoping review. Journal of health care for the poor and underserved, 30(4), 1302.

• OREGON TRIBAL EVIDENCE BASED AND CULTURAL BEST PRACTICES 2005 by Caroline M. Cruz and John Spence

• Pedersen, C., Otokiak, M., Koonoo, I., Milton, J., Maktar, E., Anaviapik, A., ... & Elverum, S. (2020). ScIQ: an invitation and recommendations to combine science and Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit for meaningful engagement of Inuit communities in research. Arctic Science, 6(3), 326-339. https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/as-2020-0015

• Protocols for Engaging with Indigenous Peoples and Communities

Guides for working with Elders

• Crouch, M. C., Kim, S. M., Asquith-Heinz, Z., Decker, E., Andrew, N. T., Lewis, J. P., & Rosich, R. M. (2023). Indigenous Elder-centered methodology: research that decolonizes and indigenizes. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 19(2), 447-456.

• Guidelines for Working with Indigenous Elders-Saskatchewan Rivers Public Rivers Division 

• Guidelines for Working with Indigenous Elders-Len Pierre Consulting

Training, Talks, and Websites

• Akiani Consulting-Online trainings 

• Alaska Indigenous Research Program (A collaboration between the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) and Alaska Pacific University (APU) to increase capacity for conducting culturally responsive and respectful health research that addresses the unique settings and health needs of Alaska Native and American Indian People.)

• Carolina Behe: Circumpolar Inuit Protocols for Equitable and Ethical Engagement - 18 August 2022

• Collaboratory for Indigenous Data Governance: Transforming institutional governance and ethics for Indigenous control of Indigenous data

• Conducting Research with Northern Communities-many resources

• Cultural Landscape Training: This training aims to use language that honors the fact that all land is Indigenous land

• Equitable Compensation for Community Engagement Guidebook-Urban Institute 2023 (not specific to Arctic and the expenses in the North, but guidelines to equitably develop compensation)

• Knowing Home: Braiding Indigenous Science with Western Science, Book 1 Authors:Edited by Gloria Snively and Wanosts'a7 Lorna Williams free download

• Interactive – CBPR Conceptual Model 

• Research Ethics Training for Health in Indigenous Communities

• Respectful Research-equitable Arctic research

• How to Become an Ally to Indigenous Peoples

• University of Arizona: Native Nations Institute

• University of New Mexico Center for Participatory Research (UNM-CPR): CBPR Institute

• The 7 R’s of integrating tribal and Indigenous partnerships into aquaculture literacy (fantastic for all partnerships, not only aquaculture!)

Indigenous/Tribal Guidelines from the U.S. 

• Administration for Children and Families: Guidelines Stating Principles for Working With Federally Recognized Indian Tribes 

• Alaska Federation of Natives. 1993. Guidelines for Research 

• Alaska Native Knowledge Network. 2022. Guidelines for Respecting Cultural Knowledge 

• Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS). 1997. People and the Arctic: A Prospectus for Research on the Human Dimensions of the Arctic System (HARC)

• (2016). Early Care, Education, and Home Visiting in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities: Design Options for Assessing Early Childhood Needs. OPRE Report # 2016-49, Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

• Guiding Principles for Research with Native American Communities-Collaboration out of New Mexico

• Inuit Circumpolar Council. 2022. Circumpolar Inuit Protocols for Ethical and Equitable Engagement

• IARPC (Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee) Participatory Research and Indigenous Leadership in Research Collaboration Team. (2023). SHARE Principles for Conducting Research in the Arctic. 

• Kawerak, Inc. (2024). Kawerak-Region Tribal Research Protocols, Guidelines, Expectations & Best Practices. (Alaska)

• National Institute of Justice, "Embracing Tribal Culture to Build Research Partnerships," November 15, 2022

• NSF Office of Polar Programs Arctic Sciences Section and Barrow Arctic Science Consortium in collaboration with many Alaska Native organizations. 2004. Guidelines for Improved Cooperation between Arctic Researchers and Northern Communities

• (2019). Tribal IRBs: A framework for understanding research oversight in American Indian and Alaska Native communities. American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 26(2), 71-95. 

Indigenous/Tribal Guidelines from the Canada 

• Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. (2018). Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans. 

• Code of Ethical Conduct to Ensure Respect for the Cultural and Intellectual Heritage of Indigenous and Local Communities Relevant to the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity

• DELINE GUIDELINES FOR RESEARCH

• First Nations principles of ownership, control, access, and possession 

• National Inuit Strategy on Research 

• Negotiating Research Relationships with Inuit Communities in Canada: A Guide for Researchers 

• SIKU The Indigenous Knowledge Social Network (Facilitating self-determination in research, education and stewardship for Indigenous communities) 

Sami Guidelines and Reports to Develop Guidelines

• Ethical Guidelines for Indigenous Health Research

• Ethical Guidelines for Research Involving the Sámi People in Finland 

• Ethical Guidelines for Indigenous Health Research: Report by Centre for Sami Health Research, 2016

• Heikkilä, L. (2021). Sámi research ethical guidelines: reflections on a contact zone of Sámi and dominant society. Sámi Research in Transition, 206-223.

• Markkula, I., Turunen, M., & Kantola, S. (2019). Traditional and local knowledge in land use planning: insights into the use of the Akwé: Kon Guidelines in Eanodat, Finnish Sápmi. Ecology and Society, 24(1), 20.

• Policy regarding research and project collaborations with Sámiid Riikkasearvi

• Proposal for Ethical Guidelines for Sámi Health Research and Research on Sámi Human Biological Material

• Sámi Ownership and Data Access principles (SODA)

• Working towards ethical guidelines for research involving the Sámi: A DISCUSSION PAPER ON THE WORK DONE SO FAR AND CONSIDERATIONS ON A PROCESS TO DEVELOP COMMON SÁMI GUIDELINES 

Indigenous Guidelines from other countries

• Ethical conduct in research with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and communities: Guidelines for researchers and stakeholders 

• TE ARA TIKA Guidelines for Māori Research Ethics: A framework for researchers and ethics committee members 

Meet Other Scholars

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Meet Other Indigenous Scholars!

Large lists:

• All Alaska Native PhDs/EDs 

• Arctic Resilient Communities Youth Fellowship (ARCYF) 

• Australia First Nations Scholars

• Caleb Scholars Program Alumni (Alaska)

• Cornell American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program Alumni

• Indigenous DataSET Fellows

• Indigenous Health Researchers Database

• Lighting Up Native Aspirations (LUNA) health researchers alumni

• Montana Promoting Indigenous Research Leadership Past Scholars

• Native Children's Research Exchange Past and Current Scholars

• Native Nations Institute at University of Arizona Profs/Scholars (not all Indigenous)

• University of Alaska Fairbanks Indigenous Studies MA/PhD Alumni

• Directory of Arctic Researchers-NOT only Indigenous

• OSU Center for Indigenous Health Research and Policy researchers

• Native Hawaiian Center of Excellence (NHCOE) faculty/staff

• University of Alaska Fairbanks Center for Alaska Native Health Research (not all Indigenous)

• UNSW Sydney-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander researchers  (Australia)

• University of Washington INSPIRE Trainees

• University of Washington LUNA Cohorts

• University of North Dakota, Indigenous Health PhD Graduates that are Indigenous (not all inclusive)

  • Cole Allick, PhD (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians in North Dakota)

  • Danya Carroll, Phd (Navajo and White Mountain Apache)

  • Adrianne Ricker, PhD (Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes in Montana)

  • Amy Stiffarm, PhD (Aaniiih Tribe of the Fort Belknap Indian Community and descendant of the Chippewa Cree and Blackfeet Tribes in Montana)

  • Wyatt Whitegoat, PhD (Navajo)

  • Mona Zuffante, PhD (Seneca Cayuga Nation of Oklahoma)

In alphabetical order (a work in progress):

• Ned Blackhawk (Western Shoshone), PhD, Professor of History and American Studies at Yale

• Jill Fish  (lineal descendent —Tuscarora Nation of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy of Western NY), PhD, Assistant professor of psychology at Macalester College

• Jennifer Grenz, PhD. Indigenous Ecology Lab Assistant Professor in the Department of Forest Resources Management at the University of British Columbia

• Cana Uluak Itchuaqiyaq (Iñupiaq), PhD Assistant Professor of professional/technical writing at Virginia Tech 

• Joslynn S. Lee,  (of the Diné (Navajo), K’awaika (Laguna Pueblo) and Haak’u (Acoma Pueblo) people. Enrolled Pueblo of Laguna) PhD, Assistant Professor of Chemistry

• Lydia Jennings, (Wixárika & Yoeme), PhD Soil Scientist, Postdoctoral Researcher at Arizona State University/Duke University

• Melanie Nadeau (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians in Belcourt, North Dakota), PhD social/behavioral epidemiology

• Charitie Ropati (Yup'ik & Samoan),  education and environmental activist

• Don Warne, MD (Oglala Lakota)

• Corey Welch (Norther Cheyenne), PhD Director of the STEM Scholars Program at Iowa State University

• Sharnel Vale-Jones (Yaagál) is Lingít, Kwaashk’IKwáan (Raven, Humpy Salmon), Dis hítdaxáyáxat (Moon house) from Yakutat, B.A. in Counseling Psychology, in fourth year of Clinical-Community Psychology PhD

Researchers funded or working with/for the National Institute of Health (a work in progress):

• Herminia Frias, M.P.H. (Pascua Yaqui Tribe)

• Karina Walters, Ph.D. (Choctaw Nation), Director, Tribal Health Research Office, NIH

• Lorenda Belone, Ph.D., M.P.H. (Dine Nation)

• Professor, College of Population Health, University of New Mexico

• Lisa Sockabasin, M.S., R.N. (Passamaquoddy Tribe), Co-Chief Executive Officer, Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness

• Jessie Roberts, M.S., L.P.C. (Choctaw Nation), Choctaw Nation Health Services Authority, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

• Sandra Stroud (Choctaw Nation), Project Director for the Choctaw Nation Yappalli Project, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

• Michelle Sarche, Ph.D. (Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe) Professor, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center, Colorado School of Public Health, Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health

• Jessica Saniġaq Ullrich, M.S.W., Ph.D. (Tribal Citizen of Nome Eskimo Community) Assistant Professor, Washington State University, IREACH Program

• Teresa Brockie, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N. (White Clay “A'aniiinin” Nation, Fort Belknap) Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University

• Alicia C. Mousseau, Ph.D. (Oglala Sioux)

• Angela R. Fernandez, PhD, MPH, LCSW Social and Behavioral Sciences Program Officer, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)