| . "R. Carlos Nakai: Coyote in the Outer World". Navajo Times, vol. 56, no. 9 (March 2, 2017). 2017. | C6 | 2017 | Newspaper article. | |
| Bowman, Terry. "'What Lies Beyond' a Perfect Fusion". Navajo Times, vol. 55, no. 41 (October 13, 2016). 2016. | C5 | 2016 | Newspaper article. | |
| Brinkley-Rogers, Paul. "R. Carlos Nakai's Magical Musical Adventure". Arizona Republic, Sunday, October 17, 1993. 1993. | E1, E10 | 1993 | Newspaper clipping | |
| DiPerna, Alan. "Heard at the Fair: Canyon Records and R. Carlos Nakai". Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market Official Guide, 2012. 2012. | | 2012 | | |
| Means, Andrew. "Native American Flute, Piano to Blend at Kerr Concerts". Scottsdale Progress, Thursday, February 13, 1992. 1992. | 36+ | 1992 | Newspaper article in the "Scottsdale Life" section of the newspaper issue. | |
| Nakai, R. Carlos. Nakai. URL: http://rcarlosnakai.com/. 2018. | | 2018 | R. Carlos Nakai's website (viewed January 6, 2018) | View |
| Nakai, R. Carlos and James DeMars, with contributions by David P. McAllester and Ken Light. The Art of the Native American Flute. Phoenix, Arizona: Canyon Records Productions. 2000. | | 2000 | A comprehensive instruction manual for learning to play the Native American flute, including information on tunings, fingerings, performance technique, tablature, style, history, standard notation, traditional ornaments, and a section on the care and maintenance of the flute. Also features sixteen transcriptions of songs from Nakai's recordings, and an analysis of his career as a recording artist and performer by the ethnomusicologist David P. McAllester. Reprinted approximately in 2000. | |
| Ortiz, Peter. "Navajos of Note". Arizona Republic, Saturday, February 22, 2003. 2003. | E1, E7 | 2003 | Newspaper article. | |
| Rogers, Richard A. Petroglyphs, Pictographs, and Projections: Native American Rock Art in the Contemporary Cultural Landscape. Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah Press. 2018. | 167, 181 | 2018 | Includes bibliographical references and index. | |
| Wikipedia contributors. "R. Carlos Nakai". In: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia (host URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/) at source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Carlos_Nakai. 2017. | | 2017 | Current entry for R. Carlos Nakai on Wikipedia (viewed August 12, 2018) | View |