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Congratulations to all our graduating AIS students! You are all awesome! Here is a video the AISGC made for you!
Running is an act of prayer that transcends gender, race, and nationality. "To all you new runners," Álvarez is told the day he joins the PDJ, "welcome to the longest prayer in the world."
Our AIS Head, Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert, recently published a keynote address that he delivered at the 2018 Celebration of Diversity Breakfast at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (his former institution). In his address, he provides an example of an Indigenous land acknowledgement at a large land grant university.
Mountains are a skier's passion, but for many people in North America, they're far more than that. They're a source of life, death, spirits, ancestry and most important, it's their home. Joining with Len Necefer PHD, Diné (Navajo), the CEO of Native Outdoors and a professor of Native American Studies along with Connor Ryan, Húŋkpapȟa (Lakota), Townsend goes into the La Sal Mountains, the ancestral homelands of the; Núu-agha-tʉvʉ-pʉ̱ (Ute), Diné (Navajo), and ancestral Puebloan peoples, to ski as well as talk and learn about their individual connections with the mountains and how important they are not to just skiers, but to the world.

This is Episode 17 and line 17 completed for The FIFTY, a project following Cody Townsend as he attempts to climb and ski all fifty of the lines and mountains chronicled in the book, "The 50 Classic Ski Descents of North America." The series documents Townsend's journey's, travels, challenges and each line and mountain listed in the book. It's a journey through the most majestic mountains and ski lines in North America along with a unique insight into how skiers make decisions in the backcountry, how they plan, navigate and safely move through the mountains and the people that dedicate their lives to the mountains.

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Welcome to American Indian Studies

AIS is a Graduate InterDisciplinary Program at the University of Arizona offering a Ph.D., M.A., J.D./M.A., and Graduate Certificates in Higher Education, Natural Resources Administration & Management, and Native Nation Building. The Undergraduate Program is part of the College of Social & Behavioral Sciences and offers a Major (B.A.) and Minor in AIS.

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Dr. Len Necefer featured in Outside magazine and the Atlantic

AIS professor Len Necefer,PhD featured in Outside Magazine and the Atlantic. Full Outside magazine Article: The Arizona native and Navajo Nation member is helping build an outdoor industry with native people on tribal landsFull Article from the Atlantic: Five Ways to Make the Outdoors More... read more

Dr. Aresta Tsosie-Paddock helped students write, direct, and star in Navajo language play

Hai Dooleł: a play written by, directed by, and starring Navajo language students to preserve culture The main characters Rabbit, Sheep, and Deer interact with each other in the Hai Dooleel (When Winter Comes) play. The students of AIS/LING 204A wrote and directed a play in the native Diné... read more

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AIS Alum publishes book on Native American Mystery Writing

Mary Stoecklein, PhD (AIS alumna) has recently had her book, Native American Mystery Writing published by Lexington Books.

To purchase see the information below.

Dr. Len Necefer testifies before Congress

Watch Dr. Len Necefer testify before the House Natural Resources Committee Hearing

American Indian Studies Association Conference Call for papers

American Indian Studies Association 21st Annual Conference February 5,6,7, 2020.

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IPLP Fall 2019 Speaker Series

Indigenous People's Law & Policy (IPLP) Fall Speaker Series

Each semester the Indigenous... read more

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Welcome to American Indian Studies

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Mary Stoecklein, PhD (AIS alumna) has recently had her book, Native American Mystery Writing published by Lexington Books.

To purchase see the information below.

Watch Dr. Len Necefer testify before the House Natural Resources Committee Hearing

American Indian Studies Association 21st Annual Conference February 5,6,7, 2020.

... read more

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