Three researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have been awarded 2021 American Council of Learned Societies Fellowships
Memorial for Durango Mendoza, Muscogee (Creek) writer/artist (1945–2020). In a News-Gazette interview he said of his art, including writing, “certain things catch my eyes and mean something to me."
American Indian Studies postdoctoral fellow Lindsay Marshall talks with TIME Magazine about the long history of reactionary political attacks on U.S. history curriculum
Effective September 15, 2020, the university will implement a moratorium on research, teachingand circulation of human remains and cultural items that are potentially subject to NAGPRA
Brenda J. Child describes what the jingle dance tradition means to Ojibwe people today, and how it has evolved to include modern protest movements such as Standing Rock and calls for racial justice
NAISA stands in solidarity with the African American community and with protesters of all races who express their righteous anger and demand of justice across the United States
Native artists from North America will talk about their work at three events this month that are part of Krannert Art Museum’s new Native Artist Series
American Indian Studies professor Shanondora Billiot examines the United Houma Nation's experiences with climate change and the impact it is having on tribal members
We are launching a series called AIS.In.Progress, where faculty and graduate students can workshop drafts of articles, chapters, creative works, job applications, talks, frybread recipes, etc.
Librarian of Congress announced the appointment of Joy Harjo as the nation’s 23rd Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2019-2020
In a new book, "Hopi Runners: Crossing the Terrain Between Indian and American," Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert tells the story of Hopi runners who made history in the early 1900s
The Peoria Tribe of Oklahoma, descendants of the native people who once inhabited Illinois, also supports the idea
Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert, a professor of history, has been appointed by the College of LAS to direct the American Indian Studies Program at Illinois. His appointment set to begin in August.
Professor Davis's new book is named a Winner of the Beatrice Medicine Award
Join us on Sunday, April 15 to enjoy and learn about the importance of the Native Grass Dance, as well as the Grass Dance regalia on loan and on exhibit in the Spurlock Museum