Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies

09/20/2024

More powwow fun! We are seeking volunteers to support this historic day.

The CU Boulder Fall 2024 Powwow will be on September 28, 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM. We are recruiting volunteers to help the day go smoothly and to build community!

Please follow the link in our bio to find volunteer opportunities or scan the QR code on this page.

For questions and accommodations, please email [email protected].

09/11/2024

Join us Friday for our annual Native Welcome! Prizes, pizza, and snacks provided!

09/04/2024

We are excited to invite you to join us on Saturday, September 28th for the return of the Powwow to the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) in the Fall 2024. This event is a collaboration between the Oyate student group, Native American and Indigenous student organizations, the Native Graduate Student Group, the Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies (CNAIS), the Center for Inclusion and Social Change (CISC), and the Theater and Dance Department. Below is the link to the website:

https://cuboulder2024powwow.my.canva.site/

We are currently seeking:
Dancers
Drums
Vendors/Tablers
To register for any of these positions, please follow this link (in bio):
https://cuboulder2024powwow.my.canva.site/

Volunteers
If you are interested in volunteering, please have students/folks sign up using the link in our bio and feel free to share it with your friends, family, and networks

Parking Details to come in the next few weeks.

Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions at [email protected]

05/30/2024

The 2024 Native Graduation was held at Koenig Alumni Center in partnership, and made possible by, the fantastic Alumni Association and the Center for Inclusion and Social Change. We would like to thank the collaborating departments, the American Indian Alumni Association, Tocabe Catering, the CNAIS faculty and community members, Francis Sherwood and the Denver Singers, our Keynote Speaker Associate Vice Chancellor Benny Shendo, and our graduates’ families and friends for making the ceremony whole and meaningful for the sixteen Native Graduates who we honored! We are so proud of every 2024 Native Graduate and hope one day you will come back to celebrate the next generations of Native excellence.

10/06/2023

https://bouldercolorado.gov/services/indigenous-peoples-day

10/06/2023

https://calendar.colorado.edu/event/honoring_indigenous_food_sovereignty_an_indigenous_peoples_day_event

Join us for an evening of good food, community, and celebration of Indigenous knowledge. This event will highlight knowledge keepers and activists who are keeping Indigenous food traditions alive. Our speakers will explore some of the historical context that gave rise to the prevalence of food deser...

09/20/2023

https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/Program-Manager-Native-and-Indigenous-Students/51791

CU Boulder's Student Affairs office has posted a new position for a Program Manager for Native and Indigenous Students. This is Native student support position. Please share with your networks.

Thank you!!

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09/20/2023

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09/18/2023

Radical Reimagining Series continues this Thursday, September 21st at CU Boulder's Charlotte York Irey Theatre. Arapaho Dancers and Singers will perform with historical context provided by Professor Andy Cowell. Please share this event with your family, friends and peers.

09/04/2023

https://calendar.colorado.edu/event/native_welcome_2023

06/19/2023

Mesa Verde is thrilled to announce that we have a new park film! "Footprints of our Ancestors" took over two years to create, from planning to filming, interviewing and consulting with the Park’s 26 affiliated tribes. It focuses on contemporary Pueblos’ and Tribes’ connections to Mesa Verde as told by members of those communities. It is the result of a collaboration between the Mesa Verde Foundation, Mesa Verde National Park, and the State Historical Fund of Colorado.

The film premiered on June 2 and is now showing in the historic Mesa Verde Museum auditorium, every half-hour from 8:30am-4pm. If you can't make it to the park, you can view it now on the park website: at https://www.nps.gov/meve/learn/footprints-of-our-ancestors.htm

Image: Four members of the Oak Canyon Dancers from Jemez Pueblo perform in Long House. They are dressed in traditional buffalo head headdresses and are holding gourd rattles and bows. The orange glow of sunset lights up the sky and the cliffs in the background.

This performance may be the first time Pueblo dancers have performed in Long House in over 700 years.