Indigenous Studies

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To find books on a specific topic, like Native American studies, you can search by keywords or by subject. A keyword search will search anywhere in a bibliographic record. Library Search's default setting is a keyword search.

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Subjects related to Native American studies include:

• Native Americans
• Native North Americans
• Native peoples
• Indigenous people
• Indigenous peoples
• Indigenous peoples—[Place]
• Indians of North America—[Place]
• [Name of group]  (e.g., Delaware Indians, Lenape Indians, Lenni Lenape Indians, Linapi Indians)

Note: Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) do not always reflect the preferred names of a group. (Full list of LCSH) However, when writing about racial or ethnic groups, please be sure to use their preferred names. 

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