Cheryl Metoyer is an Eastern Band Cherokee[1][2] researcher and professor of library and information science.
Her research is focused on Indigenous systems of knowledge, especially in relation to American Indian and Alaskan tribal nations, as well as ethics and leadership in cultural communities.
She holds the position of Associate Professor Emeritus and the Director of the Indigenous Information Research Group (IIRG) at the iSchool at the University of Washington.
From 1993 to 1997, Dr. Metoyer held the Rupert Costo Chair in American Indian History at the University of California, Riverside.
She was Project Director at the National Indian Education Association where she worked with tribal and state agencies to plan and develop library services, including the Mashantucket Pequot, Cahuilla, San Manuel, Yakama, Navajo, Seneca, Mohawk and the Lakota nations Metoyer has researched and developed Indigenous subject headings for use within library and information systems, including the Mashantucket Pequot Thesaurus Project where she acted as principal investigator.