Photo: Suzzallo Reading Room courtesy of Curtis Cronn
a. Chronological
American Indian Studies collects contemporary materials which focus on key content, methodologies, and theories in the comparative and interdisciplinary study of North America's diverse indigenous peoples . The History collection collects all periods of history related to the aformentioned ethnic groups.
b. Geographical
The collection covers the culture, art, and contemporary lives of North America's (United States and Canada) diverse indigenous peoples,
c. Language
Primary and secondary works are primarily in English.
d. Format
Electronic and print monographs, serials, facsimiles, as well as microforms are included in the collection.
e. Exclusions
Material of a purely popular nature, textbooks, workbooks, dissertations, historical fiction, most genealogical sources, juvenile literature, and reprints of material already in the collection, are generally not collected.