Jenny L. Davis Releases New Poetry Collection, Extant

Extant
American Indian Studies is pleased to share that award-winning author Jenny L. Davis (Chickasaw) has released her second poetry collection, Extant. In this new work, Davis confronts the enduring tendency to associate Native peoples with the distant past and to describe Native bodies,...

L is for Land Acknowledgment, part one

land
A startling bit of prose was introduced before public events at the University of Illinois after July 26, 2018, when the Chancellor’s office issued an official “Land Acknowledgment Statement.”

New Faculty 2025-26

Natasha Myhal
Dr. Natasha Myhal joins a cohort of scholars whose contributions deepen our research strengths, enrich student mentorship, and bring innovative leadership to the College’s long-standing areas of excellence

2026 NCAIS Grad Student Conference, abstracts due: Oct 10

Mary Jane Wilson
The D’Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies invites graduate students within the Newberry Consortium for American Indian and Indigenous Studies (NCAIS) to submit proposals for individual papers in any academic field relating to American Indian and Indigenous Studies

Building an Indigenous Language Hub in the Midwest

Korinta Maldonado
When talking about language justice, Korinta Maldonado, an assistant clinical professor in the American Indian Studies Program and the Department of Anthropology, focuses on the beauty of the language first
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