Publications

Dissertation

Let me tell you about Indian libraries

“Let Me Tell You About Indian Libraries”: Self-Determination, Leadership, and Vision–The Basis of Tribal Library Development in the United States. University of Washington.*

*Recognized as a Notable Dissertation by the American Libraries Magazine, June 2019. 

Peer Reviewed Publications

Littletree, S., & Krise, C. (2024). The Squaxin Island Museum Library and Research Center: A Report from the Field of Tribal Libraries and Museums. International Journal of Librarianship, 9(2), 51–59. https://doi.org/10.23974/ijol.2024.vol9.2.361

Belarde-Lewis, M, Littletree, S, Braine, I S, Srader, K, Guerrero, N and Palmer, C L 2024 Centering Relationality and CARE for Stewardship of Indigenous Research Data. Data Science Journal, 23: 32, pp. 1–16. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/dsj-2024-032     

Littletree, Sandra., Andrews, Nicola, & Loyer, Jessie. (2023). Information as a Relation: Defining Indigenous Information Literacy. Journal of Information Literacy. 17(2), 4-23.*

*Named as one of the 2023 LIRT (Library Instruction Round Table) Top 20 instruction articles.

Littletree, Sandra, Miranda Belarde-Lewis, and Marisa Duarte. (2020). “Centering Relationality: A Conceptual Model to Advance Indigenous Knowledge Organization Practices.” Knowledge Organization, 47(5), 410-426.

Duarte, M.E., Vigil-Hayes, M., Littletree, S., Belarde-Lewis, M. (2019). ‘Of course, data can never fully represent reality’: Assessing the relationship between Indigenous data and IK, TEK, and TK. Human Biology, 91(3), 163-178.

Littletree, S. & Cheryl A. Metoyer (2015) Knowledge Organization from an Indigenous Perspective: The Mashantucket Pequot Thesaurus of American Indian Terminology ProjectCataloging & Classification Quarterly, 53:5-6, 640-657, DOI: 10.1080/01639374.2015.1010113

Montiel-Overall, P. & Littletree, S. (2010). Knowledge River: A case study of a library and information science program focusing on Latino and Native American perspectives. Library Trends, 59 (1-2), 67-87.

Lightly Reviewed Publications

Littletree, S. & Aden, C. (2023). Washington Tribes Gather at WLA To Envision the Future. Alki: The Washington Library Association Journal. 39(2).

Littletree, Sandra. & Cindy Aden. (2022). Centering Washington Tribal Libraries: Establishing the Foundations. Alki: The Washington Library Association Journal, 38(3), 5-8.