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Treaty Commemoration at MSU: Edweying Naabing//Looking at the Past and Present Symposium

August 20, 2019October 29, 2019Monica Williamson

Michigan State University resides on Land ceded in the 1819 Treaty of Saginaw. To mark the 200th commemoration of this treaty, join us September 20-21, 2019 at the MSU College of Law to listen and learn from nearly 30 speakers at the Edweying Naabing Symposium. Just one month away!

Looking at the Past and Present to Imagine the Future

Symposium topics include Universities & Treaty Responsibility, Anishinaabemowin, Food and Environmental Justice, Settler Colonialism in the Great Lakes Region, Educational Sovereignty, and more. For a full list of panels, please see the tentative agenda-at-glance.

Register Today

Events are free and registration can be found here. Meals are provided for pre-registered symposium attendees. Coinciding with the symposium, the University will also host Native Family Day on September 21, 2019. Native Family Day is an event for Anishinaabeg and other Indigenous youth and their families to visit campus, hear from current students, and take an indigenized campus tour.

Questions?

All ages are encouraged to come to campus and take part in this series of programming, which is designed to raise awareness about the history of the Land on which MSU resides. Please contact indigenous@law.msu.edu with questions.

Registration: http://law.msu.edu/treaty-saginaw/

Event page: http://aisp.msu.edu/treaty/

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/822303851496766/

Edweying Naabing//Looking at the Past and Present Symposium is co-hosted by the MSU Indigenous Law and Policy Center, American Indian and Indigenous Studies, and Native American Institute. Programming is supported by various co-sponsors.

Afterlives of Indigenous Archives

August 16, 2019August 16, 2019Monica Williamson

Dr. Gordon Henry and Ivy Schweitzer have a new book to be released in September, with cover art by Dr. Elizabeth LaPensée. You can pre-order the book online.

Afterlives of Indigenous Archives offers a compelling critique of Western archives and their use in the development of “digital humanities.” The essays collected here present the work of an international and interdisciplinary group of indigenous scholars; researchers in the field of indigenous studies and early American studies; and librarians, curators, activists, and storytellers. The contributors examine various digital projects and outline their relevance to the lives and interests of tribal people and communities, along with the transformative power that access to online materials affords. The authors aim to empower native people to re-envision the Western archive as a site of community-based practices for cultural preservation, one that can offer indigenous perspectives and new technological applications for the imaginative reconstruction of the tribal past, the repatriation of the tribal memories, and a powerful vision for an indigenous future. This important and timely collection will appeal to archivists and indigenous studies scholars alike.

MSUTODAY: “MSU Receives $2.5M for Less Commonly Taught Languages”

August 5, 2019Monica Williamson

“For hundreds of years, generations of Indigenous people in communities throughout the Great Lakes have fought for the preservation of Anishinaabemowin,” said Gordon Henry, professor of English and co-PI on the project who is affiliated with the American Indian and Indigenous Studies program at MSU and an enrolled member of the White Earth Chippewa Tribe of Minnesota. “It’s important for people in knowing their culture to try to live their language, to have it as a living way of communicating in a community, and that’s what a lot of tribes are trying to have happen again.” Read more.

Events @ Michigan State on Indigenous Peoples Day

October 8, 2018Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Native American Heritage Month Activities at MSU

Image November 2, 2016Sarah M Donnelly

MSU Paints the Rock in Support of #NoDAPL for Michigan Indian Day

Image September 23, 2016Sarah M Donnelly

MSU AISP’s 2016-2017 Pre-Doctoral Fellow Applications due Feb. 29

January 20, 2016Sarah M Donnelly

Announcement and application details here.

Applicants must be finished with all doctoral work, except the dissertation; actively working in American Indian Studies; and committed to a career in Indigenous Studies. It is expected that the Pre-doctoral Fellow will complete the dissertation during the award year. Applicants may be pursuing the PhD degree in any discipline or area offered at Michigan State University. The successful applicant will be required to teach one course and will affiliate with a department or program in one of the University’s colleges, as well as actively participate in activities of the American Indian Studies Program. The Fellow must reside in the East Lansing, Michigan area for the duration of the fellowship. Final award pending university budget approval.

Student Research Showcase on Native Themes at Michigan State, November 30th

November 21, 2012Kate Fort

Victoria Sweet, MSU Law ’13, will be one of the students presenting at this event:

Anishnaabensag Biimskowebshkigewag Exhibit Reception at MSU

September 26, 2011Kate Fort

This Wednesday, September 28, at noon in Snyder Phillips Hall at Michigan State University.

Introducing MSU’s American Indian Programs and Organizations Website

December 24, 2009Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Welcome to the American Indian Programs and Organizations Web portal at Michigan State University. This is your connection to the university’s many resources for American Indian scholarship, outreach, and support services.

Michigan State is home to one of the nation’s most inclusive approaches to American Indian studies in the nation, offering a wide range of programs and organizations related to American Indians, exploring all aspects of indigenous life. MSU has a long history of sharing the knowledge and resources created at the university with surrounding communities, adding to the vitality and richness of American Indian life—in Michigan and beyond.

Annual American Indian Events at MSU

Indigenous Law and Policy Center Spring Speaker Series

Held in the spring semester, this speaker series includes authors of new books about Indian law or Indian country who are invited to speak at MSU College of Law by the Indigenous Law and Policy Center. Generally, the events are held during lunchtime in the Castle Board Room, located in the law school building.

Indigenous Law and Policy Center Annual Conference

Held in the fall semester, the ILPC annual conference brings together scholars, practitioners, judges, and community members to discuss issues surrounding a specific topic. Past topics have included the Indian Child Welfare Act, American Indian law and literature, the Indian Civil Rights Act, and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.