Indigenous Studies

A mural in Arizona honors missing and murdered Native women and girls. Photo by Robbie Richardson

May 5 was declared Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day in the United States in 2021. Learn how it came about and about ongoing actions and and where to donate.
The exhibition Native America: in Translation runs at Art on Hullfish, 11 Hullfish Street, through Sunday, April 24, 2022. From left: Exhibition curator Wendy Red Star; photo by Beatrice Red Star Fletcher. Martine Gutierrez (born 1989, Berkeley, CA; active Brooklyn, NY), “Queer Rage, Dear Diary, No Signal” During VH1’s Fiercest Divas, from the series Indigenous Woman, 2018. Courtesy of the artist and RYAN LEE Gallery, New York © Martine Gutierrez.
A Conversation with Robbie Richardson
Richardson, a member of Pabineau First Nation (Mi’kmaw) in New Brunswick, Canada, and an assistant professor of English at Princeton University, discusses his current project, his research and teaching in Europe and at Princeton.
NAISIP recognizes Orange Shirt Day (Sept. 30). Read the NAISIP statement on residential schools.
The 1970s were a “golden age” of American Indian life on campus, says retired curator Alfred Bush in Princeton Alumni Weekly. From left, in 1973: Louis Ballard ’76 (Osage-Quapaw-Delaware), Conroy Chino *73 (Acoma Pueblo), Lorene Reano ’75 (Santa Domingo Pueblo), Regis Pecos ’77 (Conchiti Pueblo), Lily Shangreaux ’74 (Lakota), Lee Martine ’79 (Navajo), and Patrick Anderson ’75 (Tlingit-Aleut). Photo by Robin Lloyd ’73/courtesy Alfred Bush

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Princeton’s Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative (NAISIP) fosters a cross-disciplinary dialogue among faculty, students, staff, and community members whose research and teaching interests focus on Indigenous peoples.

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