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​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 ...

Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced her selection of Pamela Agoyo, of the University of New Mexico, and Jean O’Brien, of the University of Minnesota, to serve as the Secretary’s appointees to the Board of Trustees for the Cobell ...