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For the first time, in its 60th year, the Tamarind Institute at The University of New Mexico announced ahead of time the artist who would create its annual Collectors Club print. The institute has also created a curated selection of lithographs...

Provost James Paul Holloway and Senior Vice Provost Barbara Rodriguez at The University of New Mexico announced the appointment of Lloyd Lee as the new director of the Center for Regional Studies. He brings years of UNM faculty and leadership experience...

COVID-19 continues to ravage Native American communities in the Southwest, taking lives at rates 19 percent higher than other racial or ethnic groups. In an effort to help those communities, the UNM Native American Budget and Policy Institute (NABPI), in...

Right now during a pandemic shutdown, people don’t have to actually visit the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology on The University of New Mexico campus to “visit” the museum. Like most museums, the Maxwell is closed right now because...

Every culture has pottery, says assistant professor Clarence Cruz, who teaches Pueblo pottery classes at The University of New Mexico. Regardless of anyone’s ancestry, every culture uses clay for utilitarian and aesthetic purposes, from Mexican saltillo...

The University of New Mexico's Center for Native American Health hosts a Student Networking Reception at the Sandia Golf Center Event Center Tuesday, Oct. 29 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. as a part of the Native Controlling Hypertension and Risk through Technology...

The photography of Diné photographer Rapheal Begay presents an account of the Navajo Nation—without ever directly portraying any people—by focusing on the land and the material and...

In days of yore (i.e., before the Internet), historians faced formidable constraints on conducting research. If one did not have the means to travel to Oxford University, for example, then exploring the depths of their archives was not an option. In...

UNM College of Education Professor Shawn Secatero with the help of the SENAI committee hosts the 6th Annual Striking Eagle Native American Invitational on Dec. 28-30 at UNM's Johnson Center. The SENAI event is sanctioned by the New Mexico Activities...

The University Libraries’ Indigenous Nations Library Program (INLP) is launching the Michael and Enokena Olson Memorial Scholarship, established to support Native American students at UNM.  INLP is using this scholarship to offset the cost of attending...