Native American studies
Native American studies (also known as American Indian, Indigenous American,
In particular, the
Two key concepts shape Native American studies, according to
History
The Native American historical experience is marked by forcible and sometimes cooperative attempts at
The
During the First Convocation of American Indian Scholars in March 1970 at
In contrast to Western anthropology, the knowledge base of Native American studies is
Discourse about Diversity and Decolonization
Since the inception of Native American Studies, there’s been discourse on the question of who should study and contribute to the field of Native Americans Studies.[6][7] These fundamental questions range from who can study Native American Studies in undergraduate courses[6] to how academics of non-Indian descent dominate Native American Studies and surrounding discourse.[7]
Linda Tuhiwai Smith is a professor of education and Maori development and Pro-Vice-Chancellor Maori at the University of Waikato in Hamilton, New Zealand. Smith explains that the word "research" is linked to European colonialism. Indigenous peoples are apprehensive and cautious of that connection, and the pursuit of knowledge, or research, is deeply embedded in multiple layers of European and Colonial processes. Colonial definitions and understandings of native peoples were reported to the West and then those representations were sent back and attached to indigenous identity. In this way, research is very powerful. Indigenous researchers must be afforded the opportunity to critique and fine tune the methodologies so that their experiences are more accurately represented.[8]
Universities and colleges with Native American studies departments, programs, and courses
- Blackfeet Community College (Browning, MT)
- College of Menominee Nation (Keshena, WI)
- Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH)
- Fort Lewis College (Durango, CO)
- Haskell Indian Nations University (Lawrence, KS)
- Haskell Indian Nations University (Lawrence, KS)
- Montana State University (Bozeman, MT)
- Northern Arizona University (Flagstaff, AZ)
- Northwest Indian College (Bellingham, WA)
- Navajo Technical University (Crownpoint, NM)
- Salish Kootenai College (Pablo, MT)
- San Diego State University (San Diego, CA)
- Sitting Bull College (Fort Yates, ND)
- Southwestern Community College (Sylva, NC)
- Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (Albuquerque, NM)
- United Tribes Technical College (Bismarck, ND)
- University of Alaska Fairbanks (Fairbanks, AK)
- University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
- University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
- University of California, Davis (Davis, CA)
- University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
- University of California, Riverside (Riverside, CA)
- University of California, Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, CA)
- University of Hawaii at Manoa(Honolulu, HI)
- University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS)
- University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)
- University of Montana (Missoula, MT)
- University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM)
- University of North Carolina at Pembroke (Pembroke, NC)
- University of North Dakota (Grand Forks, ND)
- University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)
- University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT)
- University of Washington (Seattle, WA)
- University of Wisconsin-Madison(Madison, WI)
Canada
- Carleton University (Ottawa, Ontario)
- McGill University (Montreal, Quebec)
- Simon Fraser University (Burnaby, British Columbia)
- University of Alberta (Edmonton, Alberta)
- University of British Columbia (Vancouver, British Columbia)
- University of Calgary (Calgary, Alberta)
- University of Manitoba (Winnipeg, Manitoba)
- University of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)
- University of Toronto (Toronto, Ontario)
- University of Victoria (Victoria, British Columbia)
- University of Winnipeg (Winnipeg, Manitoba)
Europe
- Blackfeet Community College (Browning, MT)
- Leiden University (Leiden, Netherlands)
- University of Aberdeen (Aberdeen, Scotland)
- University of Bern (Bern, Switzerland)
- University of Cologne (Cologne, Germany)
- University of Copenhagen (Copenhagen, Denmark)
- University of East Anglia (Norwich, England)
- University of Edinburgh (Edinburgh, Scotland)
- University of Exeter (Exeter, England)
- University of Helsinki (Helsinki, Finland)
- University of Osnabrück(Osnabrück, Germany)
- University of St. Andrews(St. Andrews, Scotland)
- University of Tromsø (Tromsø, Norway)
Publications
- Decolonization Indigeneity, Education & Society
- Wíčazo Ša Review
- American Indian Quarterly
- American Indian Culture and Research Journal
- Canadian Journal of Native Studies
- The NAIS Journal[9]
- Native South[10]
- Native Studies Review
- Studies in American Indian Literatures (SAIL)
- Transmotion
- Yellow Medicine Review[11]
Conferences and symposia
- Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA)
- American Indian Studies Conference
- Native American Art Studies Association, biannual[12]
- Native American Literature Symposium
- Native American Symposium, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, biannual
- Symposium on the American Indian, Northeastern State University
Notable scholars
- Kanien'kehaka/Kahnawake Mohawk)
- Paula Gunn Allen (Laguna Pueblo/Sioux)
- Cutcha Risling Baldy (Hupa/Yurok/Karuk)
- Santa Clara Pueblo)
- Lumbee)
- Red Lake Ojibwe)
- Allison Hedge Coke
- Crow Creek Sioux)
- Philip S. Deloria (Standing Rock Sioux)
- Vine Deloria, Jr. (Standing Rock Sioux)
- Raymond DeMallie
- Jack D. Forbes (self-identified Powhatan/Renape-Lenape descent)
- Daniel Heath Justice (Cherokee Nation)
- Schaghticoke)
- Stacy Leeds (Cherokee Nation)
- Choctaw Nation)
- Lorin Morgan-Richards
- White Earth Ojibwe)
- Simon J. Ortiz (Acoma Pueblo)
- Salish and Kootenai)
- Greg Sarris (Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria)
- Audra Simpson (Mohawk)
- James Thomas Stevens (Mohawk)
- Spokane Tribe)
- White Earth Anishinaabe)
- Robert A. Williams Jr. (Lumbee)
- Craig Womack (self-identified Muscogee descent)
- Rocky Boy Chippewa-Cree)
See also
- Center for World Indigenous Studies
- Cultural studies
- Diné College Press
- Indian Country Today
- Indigenous Law Centre
- Postcolonialism
Notes
- ^ a b c d e Heitshu, Marshall (2009)
- JSTOR 1409012.
- ^ a b c Cook-Lynn (1997), p. 11
- ^ Cook-Lynn (1997), p. 9
- ^ Cook-Lynn (1997), p. 10
- ^ JSTOR 1184943.
- ^ a b Cook-Lynn (1997), p. 19
- ISSN 0161-7761.
- ^ "The NAIS Journal". Native American and Indigenous Studies Association. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ "Native South". University of Nebraska Press. 14 December 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ "Yellow Medicine Review". Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ "Native American Art Studies Association". Retrieved 7 June 2024.
References
- Cook-Lynn, Elizabeth (Spring 1997). "Who Stole Native American Studies?". JSTOR 1409161.
- Heitshu, Sara C.; Marshall, Thomas H. (2009). Native American Studies: A Guide to Reference and Information Sources. Social Sciences (2nd revised ed.). Libraries Unlimited, U.S. ISBN 978-1-56308-971-8.
Further reading
- Brooks, Lisa; Elliott, Michael; Krupat, Arnold; Pulitano, Elvira; Womack, Craig (June 21, 2011). "Cosmopolitanism and Nationalism in Native American Literature: A Panel Discussion". Southern Spaces.
- Crosby, Heather (2011). "Explaining Achievement: Factors affecting Native American College Student Success". Applied Research Projects. Texas State University-San Marcos.
- Kidwell, Clara Sue; Velie, Alan R. (2005). Native American studies. ISBN 978-0-8032-7829-5.