Indigenous Studies

Princeton University Public Lectures presents “Moving the Needle Toward Indigenous Climate Justice: Reflections on 3 Years of Policy and Advocacy,” a lecture by Kyle Whyte, the George Willis Pack Professor and faculty director, Tishman Center for Social Justice and the Environment at the University of Michigan.

Mar 22, 2023, 5 to 6:15 pm, McCosh Hall, Room 50 and Zoom webinar.
Author Talk: Diane Wilson

Diane Wilson (Dakota) is a writer, speaker and educator who has published two award-winning books as well as essays in numerous publications. Her new novel, The Seed Keeper, was published by Milkweed Editions in 2021. A haunting novel spanning several generations, The Seed Keeper follows a Dakota family’s struggle to preserve their way of life and their sacrifices to protect what matters most.
Tlingit Art, Spirit, and Ancestry: Healing Histories of Dispossession

This symposium seeks to explore this question by reuniting Tlingit scholars and artists with these belongings. Our symposium will confront histories of dispossession and ask how we can restore ancestral connections. Speakers will reorient Western understandings of material objects towards Tlingit and Indigenous experiences of embodiment, spirituality, land, and kinship. We envision this symposium as the beginning of an ongoing partnership between Princeton University and the University of Alaska Southeast.
A conversation between Principal Chief of the Osage Nation, Geoffrey Standing Bear, and Princeton graduate students Noah Collins (Cherokee Nation and White Mountain Apache Tribe) and Rodrigo Córdova Rosado (Osage Nation), in celebration of Native American Heritage Month

As Principal Chief of the Osage Nation, Geoffrey Standing Bear governs the almost 1.5-million-acre Osage Reservation in northern Oklahoma and the Nation’s 47,000 citizens. Now in his third term, he continues the work of protecting and enhancing the Osage culture, language, and lands. Before his election, Chief Standing Bear practiced law for 34 years, with a concentration on Federal Indian Law. While a practicing lawyer he was involved in the first federal Indian gaming case in Oklahoma. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Oklahoma and received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Tulsa. He sees the Osage Nation expanding its land base, maintaining its vibrant traditions, and bringing back the Osage language to daily use.
This second annual event takes place during the Punihle Waniipakw Niipaahum (Falling Leaf Moon) on Lunaapahkiing (Munsee land), at Princeton University and the Institute for Advanced Study. The gathering puts students, staff, faculty, and members in direct dialogue with members of the Munsee-Delaware Nation to learn about Munsee language, history, and culture. Pre-registration is required for virtual and in-person attendance.
Princeton University Art Museum presents Witness, an exhibition by Rose B. Simpson at [email protected] through Sunday, Sept. 11. Simpson is joined by curator Brian Just for an artist conversation on Friday, Sept. 9 at 5:30 p.m. on Zoom (English) and Streamtext (Spanish captions).

Tusked I, 2019. Collection of Steve Corkin + Dan Maddalena. © Rose B. Simpson / Courtesy of the artist and Jessica Silverman, San Francisco / Photo: John Wilson White
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.

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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