Library & Cultural Services: Sociology: Cultural Anthropology. Indigenous Peoples

Cultural Anthropology. Indigenous Peoples

Resources specific to peoples & communities in specific countries are listed on the Area Studies subject guide

American Anthropological Association
US body, with many sections covering the range of specialisms within the discipline.
Cambridge Encyclopedia of Anthropology
Maintained at University of Cambridge, CEA is a growing open access encyclopedia of high quality articles around social anthropology in its broadest sense
Cultural Survival
Respected organisation, established in 1972 & based in the US. Free access to its journal Cultural Survival Quarterly.
D-PLACE Database of Places, Language, Culture & Environment
Covers over 1400 cultures, enabling users to compare different cultures, environments, languages and ethnicities. Based on coded cultural data drawn the Ethnographic Atlas and the Binford Hunter-Gatherer dataset. Mainly pre industrial societies described by ethnographers.
Indigenous Peoples' Centre for Documentation, Research & Information (DOCIP)
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA)
I-Portal: Indigenous Studies Portal
Launched in 2006 at the University of Saskatchewan. Its primary focus is on Indigenous peoples of Canada with some coverage of United States, Australia, Aotearoa – New Zealand, and other countries. Records, with free full text (where available), include academic articles, archive documents, oral histories and images

Long-standing, respected organisation with many publications, notably it's flagship annual Indigenous World which is available online 2000-

Minorities at Risk
Originally collected by Ted Robert Gurr, this major project & dataset tracks around 300 politically active ethnic minorities around the world since 1945.
Native Land Digital
Native Land Digital, a Canadian Indigenous-led organisation created this great visualisation tool, to represent the viewpoint of indigenous peoples worldwide on their loss of land. It enables visualisations of original owners of land, and areas effected by colonial treaties. Search by people, language and treaty
Open Anthropology Research Repository
Established in 2019 by the American Anthropological Association to improve and accelerate the discovery and dissemination of anthropological work, including preprints, teaching materials, and papers and posters presented at disciplinary meetings worldwide in any language
Royal Anthropological Institute
Main UK organisation for anthropologists. Its database Anthropological Index Online is an excellent source of references to journal articles.
Survival International
Important organisation campaigning on behalf of indigenous peoples.
UNPO (Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
An international organisation comprising indigenous peoples, occupied nations, minorities, and independent states or territories.

ACRL Roma Studies Guide
Highly useful guide to resources in the field of Roma Studies, compiled by specialists from the US Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL)
Rom Archive
Digital archive of Roma culture, largely funded from German sources