Native American Studies

For the first time, Native American Studies and other student organizations will host a 'Welcome Back Prayer & Run' scheduled for Monday, August 26, 2024, outside The University of New Mexico's Student Union Building.

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....

Imposed upon Navajo people in the 1930s, the brutal Livestock Reduction Program proposed to eliminate over half of Diné livestock herds. Against the backdrop of the Dust Bowl and the Hoover Dam, livestock reduction was an extreme response to reports of...

The first ever Child Language Acquisition Symposium for Indigenous Communities (CLASIC) takes place on May 17 and 18 at UNM. CLASIC will be held at the Hibben Center by UNM’s Indigenous Child Language Research Center (ICLRC), as part of the Department...

New Mexico is home to many thriving Indigenous communities, yet due to outdated information and data, the real stories of those communities are not being told.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...

Over 80 years ago, the U.S. removed the Gila Apache from the Office of Indian Affairs’ Indian Tribes list despite being recognized as a federal tribe for nearly nine decades. Today, the tribe has reclaimed their Gileño and Mimbreño identity in their...

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 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...