Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative

Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative

Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative

Brown University's Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative (NAISI) is a cross-disciplinary initiative focused on teaching, research, and engagement to increase understanding of the cultural traditions, histories, political experiences, and contemporary experiences and knowledges of Native American and Indigenous peoples.

About the Initiative

NAISI fosters innovative scholarship and cross-disciplinary collaboration and aims to increase student and public engagement through lectures, academic programming, and community gatherings.

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Brown hosts bi-annual Ivy Native Conference highlighting Indigenous activism

The four-day conference was organized by Natives at Brown, a group of Native American and Indigenous-identifying students at Brown and the Rhode Island School of Design. The event featured a series of speakers and workshops centered around “Indigenous Resistance and Activism,” which was the theme of this year’s conference.
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