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 ...

The recent arrival at Princeton of J. Kēhaulani Kauanui as the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Professor of Indigenous Studies and professor of anthropology marks a key stage in ongoing University efforts to ...

The object of inquiry in American studies is culture—usefully defined as a society’s “whole way of life”—the sum of the ways a society and its subjects at once understand and remake the world. Taking ...

We'd bet most people have no idea that the name Texas is derived from the Native American word "teyshas," a greeting meaning "friend." Or that the names of American Indian tribes that once populated ...

Students continue to express concern over the future of Penn's Native American and Indigenous Studies minor a year after the program's coordinator and only tenured professor retired. In 2023, The ...

In its annual report released last November, the Diversity Advisory Board announced that it will seek to recruit more Native American students, faculty and staff. The report noted that the board has ...

"Explores why many Native youth in the Indian Student Placement Program adopted a new notion of identity. From 1947 to 2000, some 50,000 Native American children left the reservations to live with ...

Duke will offer a series of Cherokee language courses this fall, marking the first time an Indigenous language will be taught at the University. Announced July 23, the course series begins in fall ...

Henrietta Mann shares her experience teaching about Indigenous life throughout her career. National Humanities Medal recipient Henrietta Mann shares her experience teaching about Indigenous life ...