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The University of New Mexico’s Center for Regional Studies, UNM Native American Studies Department and the Institute for American Indian Education will host a Native Curriculum Partnership (NCP) Film Workshop on Thursday, June 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m....

UNM’s College of Education & Human Sciences (COEHS) is celebrating an extra special graduating class this May.  The Educational Leadership Program 2024 spring cohort is one of the largest educational leadership groups in the country, with 25...

The Department of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico is celebrating Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May with a website page full of resources about history, racism, culture, and many other topics. The...

The Project for New Mexico Graduates of Color (PNMGC) is honoring UNM Psychology Professor Steven Verney for his commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion in New Mexico and the Albuquerque community.   Verney, an Alaska Native (Tsimshian) was...

New Mexico is home to many thriving Indigenous communities, yet due to outdated information and data, the real stories of those communities are not being told. A transformative initiative started by a team at The University of New Mexico wants to help...

The University of New Mexico is celebrating a major degree milestone this year, as the Bachelor of Arts in Native American Studies is marking 20 years in 2024. To commemorate this, on Tuesday, March 26, from 12 to 2 p.m., the Department of Native...

This story is one for the history books, which is fitting, as the news itself is about a history book.  A devoted team of UNM Native American professors are planning, developing and writing the first ever tribal government textbook for young...

The 55th Journal of Anthropological Research (JAR) Distinguished Lecture by Shannon Speed, director of the American Indian Studies Center at the University of California, Los Angeles, will explore the ongoing violence against Native women and ways to...

The University of New Mexico hosts the 25th annual American Indian Studies Association (AISA) Conference on Feb. 1 and 2. This conference is not only a celebration of Indigenous culture and history, but an imperative recognition of ongoing research and...

A gripping tale of ghosts, crime and justice is back to where it all began: New Mexico. University of New Mexico alumnus Ramona Emerson has returned to her alma mater to showcase her wildly successful supernatural crime thriller Shutter.  Shutter...