My Life As an Avatar: Skawennati (2019-09-30)

Monday Sept. 30; 4PM-6PM, Library Rotunda; University of Minnesota Duluth; Refreshments providedScreenings of: She Falls for Ages, The Peacemaker Returns, and Words Before All Else and Q&A with FilmmakerDepartment of American Indian Studies and Tweed Museum of Ar

Finding Our Way with Native Literature (2020-02-07)

FEB 7TH 2-3PM, CINA HALL 106; Free and open to the publicIn this presentation, novelist Carter Meland talks about the transformative power of Native literatures and what they mean to him as a teacher, a creative writer, and an Anishinaabe descendent seeking to make sense of his fractured family history

The Family Decides: Locating Anishinaabe Laws of Belonging through Adoption Stories (2016-02-04)

For generations, the Canadian state has forced Anishinaabeg to internalize racialized logics of determining who belongs with their nations, a process that continues to dis-member Anishinaabe communities through the pseudo-science of blood quantum. Damien Lee will discuss Anishinaabe customary adoption practices as a viable source of law through which Anishinaabe citizenship laws can be (re)considered

Anika Fajardo Book Reading (2019-10-07)

October 7 @4PM; University of Minnesota Duluth;in Library Rotunda; Refreshments providedWhere do I come from? (and does it matter?) This talk will highlight the identity issues surrounding birthplace (born in Columbia and raissed in Minnepolis), ethnicity, family history, and language as reflected by her 2019 memoir Magical Realism for Non-Believers: A Memoir of Finding Family. It will encourage reflection and discussion about who we are and where we come from and how those identities impact our perceptions of our place in the world.Special thanks to UMD's American Indian Studies, The Office of Diversity and Inclusion, English Linguistics and Writing Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studie

Those Who Belong: Identity, Family Blood, and Citizenship among the White Earth Anishinaabeg (2015-10-19)

Faculty Showcase Series: At Home in the World - UMD & Beyond presents Those Who Belong. Join Dr. Jill Doerfler and the American Indian Studies Department in celebrating the release of Those Who Belong. Reading, question and answer, and book signing.Department of American Indian Studies, The Office of Intercultural Initiative

The Science in Our Stories (2020-11-12)

Dr. Wendy F. Smythe, Assistant Professor, Departments of American Indian Studies & Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota Duluth; November 12, 4:00 PMDr. Wendy F. Smythe will examine a traditional Haida story and discuss the scientific knowledge passed on in oral tradition.Department of American Indian Studie