The Department of American Indian Studies sees an increase in language learners, establishes a new major in Dakota language, and invests in the Dakota Audio Journal.
Even though the liberal arts go back to the past – thousands of years – we provide the answers of the future. Learn about today’s transformative student experience.
The University of Minnesota is offering student housing for residents who want to immerse themselves in learning Ojibwe or Dakota, two Native languages at risk of extinction.
A team of researchers in Linguistics and American Indian Studies have been awarded an NSF/NEH Dynamic Language Infrastructure grant for their project, “Developing Indigenous…
Associate Professor Brendan Kishketon (PhD ‘09, linguistics) has been making waves in Ojibwe language revitalization since his years in graduate school. Learn more about his…
Stop by and see us at the Great Minnesota Get Together! Learn more about some of our rich, robust programs and some of the amazing people who make liberal arts a world of…
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“I am truly honored to have received the Guggenheim Fellowship. Not just for myself, but because it acknowledges the significance of my field, which is American Indian history…
A remembrance of Jim Denomie (BFA '95, art; BA American Indian studies '95), who meant so much to this community through his kind spirit and his dedication to painting with…
The course will use “story maps” to illustrate past and present injustices against local Indigenous communities, and its implications extend well beyond the classroom.
Brendan Kishketon of the American Indian Studies Department is helping American Indian teens feel at home at the U of M through the American Indian Summer Institute (AISI)…
Curious about his Native language as a teenager, Šišókaduta Joe Bendickson learned Dakota at the U of M and now teaches the language to the next generation. He feels he’s in a…
The epitome of a lifelong learner, Kate Beane has worked tirelessly to understand the links between the historic and contemporary experiences of her Native community.
