AIS is Hiring a Tenured or Tenure-Track Professor for Fall 2021!

History Department and Department of American Indian Studies alumna Vanessa GoodThunder is featured by MPR News in honor of Native American Heritage Month.

This documentary explores the origins of the Jingle Dress Dance Tradition with Ojibwe historian Brenda J. Child, who also describes what the tradition means to dancers and Ojibwe people today, and how it has evolved to include modern protest movements such as Standing Rock and calls for racial justice.

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Here are 10 introductory level courses that illustrate why education can be fun—and relevant—in today’s world.

Information on how to register for classes as a non-degree seeking student

Postdoctoral fellow Meixi began her work this spring at the Department of American Indian Studies. As she learns more about Minnesota through the people and the landscape, she is excited for the opportunities to work within the community. Her work focuses on connecting with communities and designing educational systems that incorporate Indigenous knowledge in subjects like math and science.

In Ojibwe culture, music, dance and medicine are sources of healing. Professor Brenda J. Child of American Studies and American Indian Studies writes an Op Ed for the New York Times.

In the 50 years since its founding, AIS has served thousands of students and supported hundreds of faculty and staff. At its 50th anniversary celebration, the department looked at its past, present, and future to honor those all those who built and sustained the department and those to come in the future.