American Indian Studies
American Indian Studies marks 50th anniversary with history project, special event
In the 1970s, an intertribal group of about 20 Native students came together to grow their community at UW–Madison and call for the university to create an American Indian Studies department. 50 years later, we celebrate their successful advocacy.
“Folks Like Us: Recovering Queer, Trans, and Two-Spirit Ojibwe Language”
Join American Indian Studies on March 4, 12pm-1pm, for a talk by Dr. Kai Pyle, Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Chicago-Urbana/Champagne, “Folks Like Us: Recovering Queer, Trans, and Two-Spirit Ojibwe Language.” Despite intense colonial efforts to …
Collaborative ‘Mapping Dejope’ project will create digital story map of our shared environment
Kasey Keeler, Assistant Professor of Civil Society & Community Studies and American Indian Studies, is leading an interdisciplinary community-engaged project, “Mapping Dejope: Indigenous Histories and Presence in Madison,” which will collect histories from UW and …
Friday Colloquium: The ‘Tiny Horrors’ of Cultural Genocide
Reminder: American Indian Studies Job Talk & Lunch Thursday
Please join us this Thursday to meet another candidate for the joint faculty position with American Indian Studies and Civil Society and Community Research. Thursday, February 22: Professor Brian McInnes Job Talk: 10 am – 11:00 …
Tribal Elder to teach Ho-Chunk language class
This semester the American Indian Studies Department will offer a Ho-Chunk language class, thanks to the commitment of Cecil Garvin, a Ho-Chunk elder who has been teaching the language here at UW-Madison for several years. Unfortunately …