Why removing a distinct religious code for Native American military service members will make their needs invisible

The Pentagon recategorized Native religions as ‘other.’ A scholar of Native American and Indigenous Studies explains the ...
Medicine Buffalo

UB launches SUNY’s first Indigenous studies major

The Department of Indigenous Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences continues to build upon the momentum of its initial Mellon Foundation grant funding, obtained in 2020. With the addition of a ...
Mongabay

Three new studies on Indigenous conservation for International Indigenous Peoples Day

Indigenous peoples and local communities have nuanced, in-depth knowledge of climate change impacts that needs to be recognized by scientists and policy-makers, according to researchers. Industrial ...
The Daily Princetonian

No definitive timeline in place for establishing Indigenous Studies minor

After years of advocacy, faculty and students involved with Native American and Indigenous student groups on campus say the timeline for an Indigenous Studies minor program remains uncertain. Although ...
The Massachusetts Daily Collegian

Five College Native American and Indigenous Studies Program makes numerous changes after $2.5M grant

In January 2020, the Five College Native American and Indigenous Studies Program at the University of Massachusetts was awarded with a $2.5M grant from the Andrew W. Mellon foundation. Titled, ...
William & Mary

Afro/Indigenous Perspectives, Race and Racism: Towards a New View of Latin American Studies

This symposium was held April 13-14, 2023. Recordings of the keynote addresses by Dr. Paul Joseph López Oro and Dr. Tatiana Flores are now available (see below). The symposium brought together ...
Yale Environment 360

Celebrating a decade of Native community, scholarship

In the 10 years since the Native American Cultural Center (NACC) opened its doors on High Street in 2013, the number of courses in Indigenous studies has grown considerably. Next fall, for the first ...
The Brown Daily Herald

Rooted in student activism, new Critical Native American and Indigenous Studies concentration finds its footing

New course offerings for the Critical Native American and Indigenous Studies concentration are underway for the fall semester, following the program’s launch earlier this year. The concentration — ...

Decades Late, Museum Scrambles to Return 2,700 Native Remains

The American Museum of Natural History said it would repatriate hair clippings that must be returned to tribes under a 1990 ...
University of Wyoming

Native American and Indigenous Studies

The Native American and Indigenous studies minor at the University of Wyoming includes an interdisciplinary look at the rich cultures, histories and contemporary experiences of Native North American ...
Hyperallergic

New York School Will Offer Minor in Native American and Indigenous Studies

Professor Joseph M. Pierce of Stony Brook's Department of Hispanic Languages and Literature (photo by Juliana Thomas, courtesy Stony Brook University) How many of us can recall any mentions of Native ...