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Native American studies (also known as American Indian, Indigenous American, Aboriginal, Native, or First Nations studies) is an interdisciplinary academic field that examines the history, culture, politics, issues, spirituality, sociology and contemporary experience of Native peoples in North America, [1] or, taking a hemispheric approach, the Americas. [2]
Brenden W. Rensink of the Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association said, "Native peoples, especially Native voices, often do not appear in documentary records and archives, but their influence over the course of American history is undeniable. This makes it all the more frustrating when broad national American ...
In 2007 Lomawaima co-founded the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, and she served as its president in 2012–2013. [4] Lomawaima was the 2010 recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award for American Indian History from the Western History Association. [4] In 2016, she was named a member of the National Academy of Education. [15]
Robert Allen Warrior was born in Marion County, Kansas, in 1963. [4] Warrior belongs to the Grayhorse District of the Osage Nation. [5]He earned a bachelor's degree in speech communication from Pepperdine University, a master's degree in religion from Yale University, and a doctoral degree in systematic theology from Union Theological Seminary in New York City.
The Native American Journalists Association announced Friday it is changing its name to the Indigenous Journalists Association in an effort to become more inclusive and strengthen ties with ...
Ethnic studies departments were established on college campuses across the country and have grown to encompass African American Studies, Asian American Studies, Raza Studies, Chicano Studies, Mexican American Studies, Native American Studies, Jewish Studies, and Arab Studies. Arab American Studies was created after 9/11 at SF State University.
As one of the six co-founders [10] of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA), from 2005 to 2008, Kauanui served on the steering committee [11] to establish the association. She was then elected to the interim council (2008-2009), followed by a three-year term as an elected member of the inaugural council (2009-2012).
In 1956, British writer Aldous Huxley wrote to thank a correspondent for "your most interesting letter about the Native American churchmen". [11] The use of Native American or native American to refer to Indigenous peoples who live in the Americas came into widespread, common use during the civil rights era of the 1960s and 1970s. This term was ...