Native American and Indigenous Studies -The University of Texas at Austin

05/07/2025

40 Hours for the Forty Acres, UT's annual campus-wide fundraising campaign, is now live! The Program in Native American and Indigenous Studies is raising funds for student-led initiatives, scholarships, internships, and student research in Native American and Indigenous Studies.

Our campaign officially launched today at 6 AM CST and runs through Thursday, May 8th at 10 PM CST. We invite you to visit our 40 for Forty campaign page (linked below) to read more about our program and what we are fundraising for.

If a donation is not possible at this time, we would be grateful if you could share our campaign page through your networks to help spread the word. We thank you so much in advance for any support you may be able to offer to enable us to continue carrying out our mission here on campus.

Join me and make a gift to 40 Hours for The Forty Acres

05/02/2025

04/29/2025

We are so grateful for Great Promise and all the community members, students and faculty who made yesterday’s NAIS graduation ceremony such a special evening.

Congratulations to the Class of 2025! 🎓

02/26/2025

📢 Research Talk! Join us on March 10 at 6:30 PM for an in-depth discussion with historian Nancy MacLean on the 1920s Ku Klux Klan and its relevance today. Backed by research, this talk sheds light on critical historical insights. 📖 Open to the public, dinner served!

This research talk is brought to you by GRIDS: Latino Studies, the Black Studies Collective, the Center for Asian American Studies, American Studies, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and Native American & Indigenous Studies.

02/21/2025

Congratulations to Professor Kelly McDonough on this wonderful recognition of her book!

Congratulations to Professor Kelly McDonough on winning the LASA2025 Bryce Book Award for "Indigenous Science and Technology: Nahuas and the World Around Them" (University of Arizona Press, 2024)! (Links to book and to award in comments). https://lasaweb.org/en/lasa2025/bryce-wood-book-award/

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01/21/2025

❗️UPDATE: This event has been postponed due to weather conditions and UT campus closure today, January 21st. We hope to set a new date later this semester and will share a new invite as soon as the date is confirmed. Thank you and stay safe!

NAIS is thrilled to co-sponsor an upcoming guest lecture Dr. T. Christopher Hokklotubbe: "Reading the Exodus Story on Turtle Island" on January 21st!

Dr. Hoklotubbe is a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and holds a Master of Divinity and Doctor of Theology from Harvard Divinity School. He is an Assistant Professor of Classics at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, IA and the Director of NAIITS: An Indigenous Learning Community - the first Indigenous designed, developed, delivered, and governed seminary to be accredited by the Association of Theological Schools.

He is currently co-writing a book with Cree First Nations biblical scholar, Danny Zacharias, entitled: "Reading the Bible on Turtle Island: An Invitation to Indigenous Interpretation" to be published with Inter Varsity Press in November 2025.

🌟Free and open to all! To read more and register, please visit:
links.utexas.edu/cvdreak

01/21/2025

📣 THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED, PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF NEW DATE! 📣

TODAY, WE ARE STILL A COMMUNITY: An Inauguration Reflection Event

In these changing political times the strength of our diverse community remains intact. Following Inauguration Day, let us gather together and remind ourselves of how many of us stand together, and of how much support there is to go around. We’ll share concerns and fears as well as encouragement and inspiration. This event is offered to all UT students, faculty and staff by the communities of Latino Studies, Black Studies Collective, Asian American Studies, Native American and Indigenous Studies, LGBTQ Studies and Women’s Gender & Sexuality Studies. ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

NEW DATE!
🗓 Thursday January 23
⏰ 6:30pm-8pm
🏢 Gordon-White Building 2.206

01/17/2025

TODAY, WE ARE STILL A COMMUNITY: An Inauguration Reflection Event

In these changing political times the strength of our diverse community remains intact. Following Inauguration Day, let us gather together and remind ourselves of how many of us stand together, and of how much support there is to go around. We’ll share concerns and fears as well as encouragement and inspiration. This event is offered to all UT students, faculty and staff by the communities of Latino Studies, Black Studies Collective, Asian American Studies, Native American and Indigenous Studies, LGBTQ Studies and Women’s Gender & Sexuality Studies. ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

🗓 Tuesday January 21
⏰ 6:30pm-8pm
🏢 Gordon-White Building 2.206

01/08/2025

NAIS is thrilled to co-sponsor an upcoming guest lecture Dr. T. Christopher Hokklotubbe: "Reading the Exodus Story on Turtle Island" on January 21st!

Dr. Hoklotubbe is a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and holds a Master of Divinity and Doctor of Theology from Harvard Divinity School. He is an Assistant Professor of Classics at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, IA and the Director of NAIITS: An Indigenous Learning Community - the first Indigenous designed, developed, delivered, and governed seminary to be accredited by the Association of Theological Schools.

He is currently co-writing a book with Cree First Nations biblical scholar, Danny Zacharias, entitled: "Reading the Bible on Turtle Island: An Invitation to Indigenous Interpretation" to be published with Inter Varsity Press in November 2025.

🌟Free and open to all! To read more and register, please visit:
links.utexas.edu/cvdreak

12/02/2024

🌟Tuesday, December 3rd
LLILAS Indigenous Languages Initiative invites you to attend the final presentations of the K’iche’ Maya students of Professor Manuela Tahay. All are welcome! Click for details 👇

[Español abajo] The public is cordially invited to attend the final presentations of the K'iche' Maya students of Professor Manuela Tahay. Their final projects will be on the following topics: Clothing and traditional weaving Bread recipes Mayan epigraphy The Popol Wuj (a sacred text) A Chinese leg...