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University of New Mexico student Dana Lee was just announced as a 2021 Udall Scholar – a distinct honor she shares with only a few others around the country. Chenoa Scippio and Dora Bean, also UNM students, were selected as honorable mentions for the...

The University of New Mexico has announced the names of three finalists for the position dean, Honors College and University College. They include Robert Del Campo, Melissa Bokovoy and Eric Lau. All three finalists will meet with faculty, staff, students...

The Native American Alumni chapter, Chicana & Chicano Studies, and Native American Studies recently hosted the third annual Ethnic Studies and Alumni Town Hall. This webinar was hosted virtually on zoom, with three sessions focusing on high school...

The University of New Mexico's Native American Studies and Chicana & Chicano Studies departments host the third annual Ethnic Studies and Alumni Town Hall on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. it’s being co-hosted by each program’s Alumni...

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...