Brandon Castle
Brandon Castle is the Native American & Indigenous Studies Librarian at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and an enrolled member of the Ketchikan Indian Community (Tsimshian) from Ketchikan, Alaska. As a librarian, he supports students and faculty with NAIS research and courses, and provides instruction and programming related to NAIS topics. He holds a master’s degree in Library and Information Science from San Jose State University, where he participated in the IMLS–funded “Bridging Knowledge” scholarship program, which aided a cohort of Indigenous scholars entering the field of librarianship. He also holds a master’s degree in Museology from the University of Washington. Prior to working at UMass Amherst, he was a project coordinator at the Amherst College Archives & Special Collections, where he worked on developing and increasing community engagement with the Collection of Native American Literature. He is interested in the ways the library and information science field can better support and uplift Indigenous Peoples’ needs regarding access to cultural belongings, knowledge, and overall sovereignty.