This guide and the titles compiled here are the work of Dr. Nicolette Cagle and her many faculty and student collaborators within the Nicholas School of the Environment & the Duke Marine Lab.
In addition, robust support was provided by leadership in DUL's Collections Strategy, Jeff Kosokoff and Collections Specialist Deirdre McCullough
"Decolonizing the curriculum is a way of questioning and broadening academic practices and pedagogies to include and respect all cultures and belief systems, not just the cultures and belief systems of countries that participated and participate in modern colonialism, or the process of gaining political and economic control of a region after occupying it with settlers . The countries typically considered as colonizers include Western European nations, as well as Russia, Japan (i.e., in Korea) and China (in Tibet and beyond), although these definitions shift depending on the time period under discussion."
"How to Create a Culturally Inclusive Syllabus and Course," the web document where this topic is discussed in detail and from which these suggested books come, is available here.
For a powerful perspective from an Indigenous voice embedded in the other side of the “decolonizing” concept, please read Bri Alexander’s story poem entitled “Frames.” In this work “Bri Alexander (City University of New York, Graduate Center) reflects on the phenomenon of linguistic framing and its oft-harmful effect on BIPOC communities,” published in the AAALGrads Newsletter (American Association for Applied Linguistics) Fall 2020 issue.
This is a collaborative dynamic resource, so please don't hesitate to contact me if you have titles to suggest.
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by 
Sciences from Below : Feminisms, Postcolonialities, and Modernities by 
The Land Was Ours : How Black Beaches Became White Wealth in the Coastal South by 
Colonial Botany : Science, Commerce, and Politics in the Early Modern World by 
The Rise of the American Conservation Movement : Power, Privilege, and Environmental Protection by *Both of these are written by white men, so word of caution, but both have excerpts which could be helpful.
"Culturally-relevant education (CRE) refers to a framework created to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in the education system and to decolonize our pedagogy. Numerous books that deal with culturally-responsive teaching and culturally-relevant pedagogy in some form have been written, some recommendations include:"
Teaching Through Challenges for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) by 
Teaching Across Cultural Strengths by 
For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of y'all Too by 
Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain by 
Integrative Mind : Transformative Education for a World on Fire by 
Diversity and Equity in Science Education : Research, Policy, and Practice by 
Cultural Competence by 
White Fragility : Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by 
Mindful of Race : Transforming Racism from the Inside Out by 
Me and White Supremacy : Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Selections from the below titles might be relevant for classroom use.
Uncommon Ground : Toward Reinventing Nature by 
Our History Is the Future : Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance by 
Black Faces, White Spaces : Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors by 
Dispossessing the Wilderness : Indian Removal and the Making of the National Parks by 
