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TIME talks to Professor Brenda Child about the history of Native American Boarding Schools.

Elaine Tyler May, University of Minnesota, Receives 2022 Roy Rosenzweig Distinguished Service Award from the Organization of American Historians

“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…

National Book Award Winner in nonfiction Tiya Miles (PhD ‘00, American studies) believes our heroes have flaws and make mistakes “just like everyone else.”

The course will use “story maps” to illustrate past and present injustices against local Indigenous communities, and its implications extend well beyond the classroom.

Congratulations, Sarah Super, on your 2021 CLA Emerging Alumni Award!

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.

Learn about awards, events, and special announcements within the American Studies Department.

Patricia Marroquin Norby, PhD graduate of the American Studies Department, is building trust and inclusive relationships with indigenous communities as the first indigenous…

Patricia Marroquin Norby (PhD '13, American studies), inaugural Associate Curator of Native American Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the first full-time Native…

Apply now! RIGS Dissertation Proposal Workshop Deadline Extended to April 5!

The Department of American Studies and the Race, Indigeneity, Gender & Sexuality Initiative stand in solidarity with Asian/Asian American communities

Department of American Studies PhD alumna Patricia Marroquin Norby was appointed to be the first full-time Native American curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New…

Prentis Hemphill joins us for our 2021 GWSS Colloquium series and the second annual GWSS Lecture series.

Professor of African American and African Studies Keith Mayes joins Dialogue Minnesota to discuss Black History Month in a contemporary context.

Ph.D. candidate Hana Maruyama (Department of American Studies) and her brother created the podcast "Campu" to collect and preserve stories of Japanese Americans incarcerated…

Northrop Professor of the Department of American Studies, Brenda Child, is mentioned in Vogue's article "Indigenous Fashion Is More Than Tradition," pointing out Child's…

Northrop Professor Brenda Child of the Department of American Studies talks more on the history of the jingle dress tradition in the Ojibwe culture in an article featured in…

Professor Emerita Riv-Ellen Prell in the Department of American Studies and director of the Center for Jewish Studies collaborated with Archivist Katie Dietrick to create an…

Phoebe Young is a Saginaw Chippewa descendant from Michigan, born and raised in Brooklyn, New York and currently residing in Minneapolis.  She attended Brown University and as…