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UNM Staff Council and the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee is hosting a discussion and book release featuring Lloyd Lee, in celebration of Native American Heritage Month. Lee, who is faculty at UNM in the Native American Studies Program, will...

Founded in 1889, the University of New Mexico sits on the traditional homelands of the Pueblo of Sandia. The original peoples of New Mexico Pueblo, Navajo, and Apache since time immemorial, have deep connections to the land and have made significant...

As a direct response to the racial violence and civil unrest that immediately followed the police killing of George Floyd, Graduate Studies at The University of New Mexico launched a pilot initiative to support graduate student research on critical race...

The first Master’s of Arts in Native American Studies degree program began in the Fall 2018 semester. Now, in a challenging time for many Native Americans as a pandemic threatens their communities, members of the first NAS master’s degree program cohort...

Successful treatment for opioid use disorder addresses the whole person. Nowhere is this approach more important than among American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities. Native communities have been deeply affected by the opioid crisis, and...

The University of New Mexico's Native American Studies (NAS) department is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. To mark the event, the NAS hosts its 16th annual Viola F. Cordova Symposium Wednesday, Feb. 19, starting at 10 a.m. in the Student...

Across the country, institutions are recognizing the rich heritage and history of Indigenous communities as part of American Indian Heritage Month. UNM students, faculty and staff are invited to attend and participate in a variety of educational, social,...

KIVA Club is hosting its 64th Annual Nizhoni Days Powwow to honor all the KIVA alumni who have built club's history and contributed to creating a positive environment for cultural awareness.  Nizhoni Days events are scheduled throughout the week from...

UPDATE: This event has been cancelled. Please visit UNM's Africana Studies page for more information on the Cortez Williams Spring 2019 Lecture Series. From lecture halls to Grammy award-winning music to young adult novels, contemporary culture is rife...

The University of New Mexico hosts the 20th annual meeting of the American Indian Studies Association conference set for Wednesday-Friday, Feb. 6 through 8 in the UNM Student Union Building. Twenty years ago, Elizabeth Cook-Lynn wrote, “the challenge...