Focus is on traditional foods, fisheries, nutrition, agriculture, and Indigenous food sovereignty initiatives. Sub-themes include Food Sovereignty & Indigenous Nutrition, Traditional Foods & Medicines, and Indigenous Agriculture & Fisheries. Example of included documents are those by and/ or about Muckleshoot Food Sovereignty, Food Sovereignty – Research on Oolichan Oil, Seal Oil and Whale Oil, Traditional Foods and Medicines Trainings for Chronic Disease Prevention, and Quinault Fishing / QPAP Fishing.

This collection is focused on climate change, biodiversity, land rights, fisheries, water, environmental governance, and territorial protection. Sub-themes include Climate Change & Indigenous Peoples, Biodiversity & Biocultural Rights, Environmental Justice & Indigenous Lands, and Natural Resources, Fisheries & Water Rights. An example are items by the Quinault Forestry Development Program.

Materials on Indigenous sovereignty, self-government, treaties, political autonomy, and governance systems. Sub-themes include: Self-Determination & Indigenous Governance, Indigenous Sovereignty & Treaties, and Tribal Governance & Self-Government. Example documents include items by the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), Self-Governance Initiative: Negotiation and Evaluation Records, the Quinault River Treaty, and documents by the Congress of Nations & States (CNS).

Topics include traditional medicine, trauma, mental health, chronic illness, community-based health and healing systems. Sub-themes include Indigenous Health & Community Wellbeing, Traditional Medicine & Healing Systems, Community Trauma & Mental Health and Chronic Disease & Indigenous Health. Examples are documents by and/and about Community Trauma – Study on Community Trauma in Western Mexico, Healing Our Spirits Worldwide – World Indigenous Health Conference, Clinical Research & Interventions (Massage Therapy, Polarity Therapy), Massage Therapy for Indigenous Women of Cabo Corrientes, Women's Traditional Medicine, Herbal Medicine, Diabetes and Chronic Illness, and the American Indian Family Caregiver Project.

Topics include international treaties, UN mechanisms, tribunals, genocide prevention, and global Indigenous rights law. Sub-themes include Indigenous Rights – United Nations & International Law, International Tribunals & Crimes Against Indigenous Peoples, and Human Rights & Genocide Prevention. Example documents include items by the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), UN Working Group on Indigenous Rights, The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), International Covenant on the Rights of Indigenous Nations, Inter-American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Nations International Criminal Tribunal (NICT), and the Russell Tribunal on Indigenous Rights.

One of a kind collection of Dr. Rÿser's published and unpublished writing. Contains both personal items such as his correspondence, unpublished articles and stories, published works, policy papers, speeches and legal documents.