The resources and links to articles, journals, reports, and research featured on this webpage provide a wide range of national and academic materials that explore educational topics and related factors influencing American Indian students, families, communities, and Tribal Nations. These resources include scholarly research, policy reports, and educational publications that address topics such as student success, language revitalization, tribal sovereignty in education, and community-based approaches to teaching and learning.
This webpage also includes links to specialized academic search engines and research databases. These tools are designed to support educators, students, researchers, and community members in locating additional relevant articles, studies, and publications that deepen understanding and support informed teaching, learning, and research related to Indigenous education.
Articles for American Indian Studies and Indigenous Education Research
While educational practices increasingly emphasize research-based and evidence-backed strategies, knowledge about best practices for instructing American Indian students continues to evolve. The following hyperlink provides resources focused on effective teaching strategies for Indigenous students. REL Central Information Request: Compilation of Abstracts Effective Teaching of American Indian Students.
Journal and Magazine Databases for American Indian Studies and Indigenous Education Research
In addition to the resources listed above, numerous journal and magazine databases have been developed over the past few decades that focus on American Indian Studies, First Nations Studies, Indigenous Studies, and Native American Studies. These publications provide current and relevant information on best practices for teaching and learning in Indigenous education, as well as updates on the ongoing development of this interdisciplinary field of study.
- American Indian Culture & Resource Journal
- American Indian Quarterly
- Indigenous Nations Journal
- Indigenous Policy Journal
- Journal of American Indian Education
- Native American and Indigenous Studies Association Journal
- Studies in American Indian Literatures
- Tribal College Journal
- Wicazo Sa Review: A Journal of Native American Studies
- Winds of Change
National Research Studies and Statistical Reports
Below are selected reports, research, and studies related to American Indian Studies, First Nations Studies, Indigenous Studies, and Native American Studies, along with resources that examine academic progress and instructional experiences in Indigenous education. These studies and statistical analyses offer foundational insights into teaching, learning, and student outcomes across educational stages, including early childhood education, K–12, and higher education.
- Achievement Gap Patterns of Grade 8 American Indian and Alaska Native Students in Reading and Mathematics
- Addressing Trauma in American Indian and Alaska Native Youth
- American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States Wall Maps 2010
- American Indian and Alaska Native Students in U.S. High Schools
- American Indian College Fund: Facts About American Indian Education
- American Indian Education: The Role of Tribal Education Departments
- A Report on the Status of American Indians and Alaska Natives in Education: Historical Legacy to Cultural Empowerment
- A Teacher's Tool for Reflective Practice: Racial and Cultural Differences in American Indian Students' Classrooms
- Becoming Visible: A Landscape Analysis of State Efforts to Provide Native American Education for All
- Behavioral Health Services for American Indians and Alaska Natives
- Bureau of Indian Education Report on Student Achievement and Growth: 2014-15 to 2016-2017
- Creating Visibility and Healthy Learning Environments for Native Americans in Higher Education
- Engaging Native American Learners with Rigor and Cultural Relevance
- Equity by Design The State of Education: Equity Considerations for Asian American, Immigrant, American Indian, and Dis/abled Students
- Every Student Succeeds Act Primer: American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Students
- Interdisciplinary Manual for American Indian Inclusion
- Integrating Home Visiting in State and Tribal Early Childhood Systems
- Improving Educational Outcomes of American Indian/Alaska Native Students
- Making It Work: Implementing Cultural Learning Experiences in American Indian and Alaska Native Early Learning Settings for Children Ages Birth to 5
- Models of American Indian Education: Cultural Inclusion and the Family/Community/School Linkage
- NARF Indian Education Legal Support Project
- National Congress of American Indian (NCAI): Snapshot of American Indian and Alaska Native Education
- National Indian Education Study 2011
- Native Education 101: Basic Facts about American Indian,. Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Education
- Native Nations and American Schools: The History of Natives in the American Education System
- Native Youth Report: The White House
- National Indian Education Association NIEA Preliminary Report on No Child Left Behind in Indian Country
- Partnerships Between Tribal Education Departments and Local Education Agencies
- Promising Education Interventions to Improve the Achievement of Native American Students
- Resurgence: Restructuring Urban American Indian Education
- School Culture and American Indian Educational Outcomes
- Selecting Diverse Resources of Native American Perspective for the Curriculum Center: Children’s Literature, Leveled Readers, and Social Studies Curriculum
- State of the Field: The Role of Native Languages and Cultures in American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Student Achievement
- Status and Trends in the Education of American Indians and Alaska Natives
- Striving to Achieve: Helping Native American Students Succeed
- The Condition of College and Career Readiness 2015: American Indian Students
- The Meriam Report (1928)
- The State of Education for Native Students
- Tribal Best Practices A Toolkit with Best Practices, Research, and Resources
- Tribal Leaders Speak: The State of Indian Education
- Tribal Nations and the United States: An Introduction
- State and Federal Policy: Native American Youth
- Urban Indian America: The Status of American Indian & Alaska Native Children & Families Today
- Walk Softly and Listen Carefully: Building Research Relationships with Tribal Communities
- WIDA Focus On: American Indian English Language Learners
- Voices of Native Educators: Strategies that Support Success of Native High School Students
- Voices of Native Youth Report: Volume 3
- Voices of Native Youth Report: Volume 2
- Voices of Native Youth Report: Volume 1
- White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education (WHIAIANE) School Environment Listening Sessions Final Report
Search Engines and Academic Databases
While numerous search engines exist, the resources listed below are specifically focused on education and are tailored to support academic and research-based inquiries. Using these tools, you can locate materials related to American Indian Studies, Indigenous education research, program evaluation, and policy development.