The college's 2024 Dean's Medalist is challenging many of the inherently destructive practices of archaeology while centering representation and inclusion.
Jayne Kinney is a fifth-year PhD candidate in history with an American Indian and Indigenous Studies (AIIS) minor. She holds the Sara Evans Fellowship in Women’s History.
Regents Professor Jean O’Brien is a citizen of the White Earth Ojibwe Nation, and has supported many scholars engaged in Indigenous history and studies.
A recipient of the Emerging Alumni award, Vanessa Goodthunder teaches the next generation of Dakota language speakers as a Director of The Lower Sioux Children are Sacred…