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Find Open Resources
Searching for Open Educational Resources (OER) can be easy! Check the resources below to find what suits your needs.
Available Open Education Resources

Open Digital Archives
- Brigham Young University, “Historical Photograph Collection”
- JSTOR’s Independent Voices, “Native American” collection
- Smithsonian Institution, National Anthropological Archives, “Native American Art and Culture”
- University of Cincinnati, “The Szwedzicki Portfolios: Native American Fine Art and American Visual Culture, 1917-1952″
- University of Montana, Missoula: Kyiyo Native American Student Association Publications, 1970-1993
Open Education Databases and Journals
- American Association of Colleges and Universities OE Search (Open Access)
- International Journal of Open Educational Resources (Open Access)
- International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning (Open Access)
- Journal of Open Educational Resources in Higher Education (Open Access)
- Open Education Studies (Open Access)
- Open Learning: Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning (Open Select)
Open Education Indigenous Content
- All My Relations podcast
- Accessibility Toolkit – Using Personas
- American Indian College Fund’s Native American Heritage Month content
- American Indian Digital History Project
- Decolonizing the Library
- Early Native American Digital History Collections
- First Nations Unicode Font
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board Viewing Room
- Indigenizing Citations
- Indigenous Peoples of America
- Indigenous Studies Digital Humanities Working Group
- Indigitization
- Library of Congress Classroom Materials Native American Boarding Schools
- National Indian Education Association K-12 Digital OERs
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Native American Children’s Literature Recommended Reading List
- Native Land
- Northwestern California Genocide Project
- Operation Prevention: Culture-Based Prevention Resources
- RavenSpace
- Strong Nations Bookstore
- Writing Land Acknowledgements
- Wikipedia: Women in Red
Open Education Indigenous Textbooks
- An Introduction to World Film: Through the Lens of Post-Colonialism and Cultural Humility
- As I Remember It: Teachings from the Life of a Sliammon Elder
- A Compact Anthology of Multiethnic American Literature
- Advancing Indigenous Data Sovereignty in the Social Sciences
- American Environmental History
- An Introduction to Anti-Racism for the Nursing Professional: A Focus on Anti-Black Racism
- Becoming America: An Exploration of American Literature from Pre-Colonial to Post-Revolution
- Building Relationships with Business Communication
- Canadian History: Post-Confederation
- Canadian History: Pre-Confederation
- Cherokee Earth Dwellers: Stories and Teachings of the Natural World
- Climate Lessons: Environmental, Social, Local
- Cree Dictionary of Mathematical Terms with Visual Examples
- Connective Pedagogy: Elder Epistemology, Oral Tradition, and Community
- Cultural Resources for Community Nursing
- Culture and Psychology
- Decolonization and Justice: An Introductory Overview
- Decolonizing the Engineering Curriculum
- Early Childhood Education: Nature and Outdoor Play
- Economic Aspects of the Indigenous Experience in Canada
- Ecosystems for the Future
- Energy Conservation for Environmental Protection
- Exercise and Physical Activity in Indigenous Health
- Exploring Indigenous Foods
- Family Partnerships and Culture
- Financial Empowerment: Personal Finance for Indigenous and Non-Indigenous People
- Food and Water Security
- Food Studies: Matter, Meaning, Movement
- Gems and Nuggets: Multicultural Education for Young Children
- Global Femicide: Indigenous Women and Girls Torn from our Midst
- Greening and Indigenizing the Carpentry Trade
- Healing and Reconciliation Through Education
- History in the Making: A History of the People of the United States of America to 1877
- History of International Relations: A Non-European Perspective
- Indigenous Information Literacy
- Indigenous Knowledges and Perspectives on Climate Adaptation
- Indigenous Life Design
- Indigenous Lifeways in Canadian Business
- Indigenous Perspectives on Business Ethics and Business Law in British Columbia
- Introduction to Music Appreciation
- Introduction to Permaculture
- Introduction to Social Work
- Journey to Understanding: An Introduction to North Dakota Tribes
- Knowing Home: Braiding Indigenous Science with Western Science Book 1
- Knowing Home: Braiding Indigenous Science with Western Science Book 2
- Leadership and Influencing Change in Nursing
- Making it Right: A Collaborative Reframing of Kwakiutl Film and Audio Recordings with Franz Boas, 1930
- Northern and Indigenous Health and Healthcare
- North Dakota Native American Essential Understandings
- Oregon’s History: People of the Northwest in the Land of Eden
- Pioneers in STEM: Innovations by Black, Indigenous, and People of Color
- Shingwauk Narratives: Sharing Residential School History
- Starting Small: Teaching Tolerance in Preschool and the Early Grades
- Survey of Native American Literature
- The Environmental Politics and Policy of Western Public Lands
- The Flexible GIS Workbook for ArcGIS Pro
- The History and Culture of the Mandan, Hidatsa, Sahnish (Arikara)
- The History and Culture of the Mni Wakan Oyate (Spirit Lake Nation)
- The History and Culture of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
- The History and Culture of the Standing Rock Oyate
- The History of Our Tribe: Hominini
- The Literature of Early America
- The Open Anthology of Earlier American Literature
- The Role of Equity and Diversity in Early Childhood Education
- U.S. History
- Understudied Indigenous Crops
- Western Civilization: A Concise History V2
- World History, V2: From 1400
- World History: Cultures, States, and Societies to 1500
- Writing the Nation: A Concise Introduction to American Literature 1865 to Present
Other Open Education Options
- Creative Commons (CC) Search Portal
- Illinois Open Education Resources
- GCF Global
- Internet Archive
- Library of Congress
- MIT Open Courseware
- National Agricultural Library
- National Agriculture Library Nutrition and Food Safety
- National Agriculture Library Cultural and Traditional
- National Library of Education
- National Library of Medicine
- National Transportation Library
- OA Theses and Dissertations
- OER Commons
- Open and Free Content on JSTOR and ArtSTOR
- SkillsCommons
- Teaching Commons