Native American Studies

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...

For more than twenty years, Joel M. Jones made his mark on The University of New Mexico (UNM) community. After receiving his Ph.D. in American Studies from UNM, in 1969 he became the chairperson of American Studies, and over the next 19 years, he served...

A new Native American Budget and Policy Institute launching this week aims at empowering Native American communities to improve their health, education and economic well-being. The NABPI will conduct research, budget and policy analysis, social justice...

Annually, the University Communication and Marketing (UCAM) Department compiles a list of its top-10 general news stories during the course of the year. Below is the list of UNM's top-10 general news stories for 2017. The stories are in random...

The 2017 Miss Indian UNM Pageant will be held this Friday, April 21, at 6 p.m. in the UNM Continuing Education Auditorium.  The 2017-2018 Miss Indian UNM will be crowned, and a farewell to the current Miss Indian UNM, Marika Trujillo, is also part of the...

The University of New Mexico is part of a $1 million, multi-university study designed to examine the effect Indigenous-language immersion schools have on Native American student success, both in the classroom and beyond.

The University of New Mexico was named as one of the best deals on colleges for Native American Studies. The list, which included 20 colleges, placed UNM at No. 15. UNM’s Native American Studies is an academic program committed to Indigenous research...

On a wet and chilly September morning, President Barack Obama landed in Dillingham, Alaska, where he was greeted warmly by locals. Among them stood Alannah Hurley, UNM alumna (2009), and current executive director of the United Tribes of Bristol Bay...

A new exhibit called “Native Voices: Native Peoples’ Concepts of Health and Illness” will be on display at UNM’s Domenici Center for Health Sciences Education beginning Wednesday, April 22. Public viewing will be available through Sunday, Oct. 18 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Domenici Center auditorium lobby.