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KIVA Club hosts its 63rd Annual Nizhoni Days Powwow Sunday, April 29 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Johnson Field. The event is open and free to the public. The powwow is the culmination of a week-long series of festivities hosted by various departments, and...

A new Native American Budget and Policy Institute launching this week aims at empowering Native American communities to improve their health, education and economic well-being. The NABPI will conduct research, budget and policy analysis, social justice...

The University of New Mexico and Navajo Nation have announced a partnership to provide residence hall space for 118 Navajo students at Lobo Rainforest, UNM’s newest housing option, located in the innovation district of downtown Albuquerque. “One of the...

Just how diverse is The Land of Enchantment? That’s the question that the Humans of New Mexico project hopes to answer by shining a light on the vibrant culture that the state has to offer.

November is American Indian Heritage Month and American Indian Student Services (AISS) is collaborating with Native American Studies and several chartered student organizations to celebrate on UNM campus. This event, hosted by BSE and the Native Student...

​The Institute for American Indian Research (IFAIR) at the University of New Mexico will host its fourth Indigenous Book Festival, March 3-4, 2016, celebrating the work of contemporary Indigenous poets, novelists, scholars, and writers.

More than 100 local high school students were on the University of New Mexico campus recently for the first ever Ethnic Studies High School Conference.

“I didn’t tell anybody – I just did it. I made the decision on my own,” Kyon Benally said of his decision to get a passport, travel outside of the United States for the first time in his life, and represent his Navajo heritage, UNM, New Mexico and an...

The University of New Mexico community has people who come from the far reaches of the world. UNM is also home to people whose roots run deep into the New Mexico soil. At this time of year, they leave the lights of Albuquerque and head home to Acoma, Ohkay Owingeh and Isleta; while others are drawn to Taos Pueblo, Santo Domingo or a site on the Navajo reservation.

The University of New Mexico’s American Indian Student Services (AISS), a program that provides cultural and academic programming for American Indian students, hosted its first "Alternative Spring Break" developed to contribute tribal service, expand ...