Recent News
This summer, AIS will offer a 10-credit certificate in Tribal Gaming and Hospitality Management. A joint effort of the Foster School of Business and the UW Department of American Indian Studies, the program offers classes in marketing, management and accounting, both at the Seattle campus and at partnering tribal casinos and resorts. Read more at UW Today.
The Department of American Indian Studies has an outstanding opportunity for a part-time (50% FTE) Academic Counselor to provide advising and program support in the American Indian Studies Department main office. The Academic Counselor applies individual judgment in providing long-range academic counseling to students regarding major courses of study and career possibilities; advises students in the areas of academic planning, interpretation of department, college and university requirements,... Read more
The Department of American Indian Studies, in conjunction with the Foster School of Business, will offer a summer certificate program in Tribal Gaming and Hospitality Management. This 10-credit program spans the full summer term (June 19 to August 18) and is open to current UW students, visiting students, and the general public.
In this program, we’ll explore the essentials of business and how they can be applied to the tribal gaming and hospitality management field. You’ll learn the key... Read more
February 11, 2017
Dear American Indian Studies Majors and Minors,
Because we support and cherish our students, and in light of recent reports of on-campus harassment, vandalism, and violence, we want to assure you that we stand with you and support you. We are here to speak with you if you feel the need to reach out to us.
As University of Washington faculty and staff, we will continue with our teaching and scholarship, and our commitment to serving students. We respect and value all students... Read more
November 18, 2016
The American Indian Studies Department is the home of American Indian and Indigenous knowledge at the University of Washington and we acknowledge that we are on Indigenous land. We are a community of faculty, students, staff, and local partners engaged in the interdisciplinary study of Indigenous peoples with the collective goal of fostering Indigenous wellness, political sovereignty, cultural revitalization, and cross-cultural understanding.
Our research... Read more
Joshua L. Reid's book The Sea is My Country: The Maritime World of the Makahs has been awarded three major prizes: the John C. Ewers Award for the Best Book in North American (including Mexico) Indian ethnohistory, the Sally and... Read more
The Department of American Indian Studies at the University of Washington announces a new event series. Sacred Breath features Indigenous writers and storytellers at wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ - Intellectual House on the University of Washington Seattle campus. Storytelling offers a spiritual connection, a sharing of sacred breath. Literature, similarly, preserves human experience and ideals. Both forms are durable and transmit power that teaches us how to live. Both storytelling and reading... Read more
The most recent issue of American Indian Culture and Research Journal was guest edited by Luana Ross, Associate Professor of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies and Co-Director of Native Voices.
The issue, "Settler Colonialism and the Legislating of Criminality," includes the following articles:
Articles
The Violent Legacies of the California... Read more
Charlotte Coté, Associate Professor in the Department of American Indian Studies, was recently featured at The Whole U, where she tallked about the journey to build wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ on campus. Read more here.
Dr. Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse will join the curatorial team at the Burke Museum, beginning her new curator position in September 2016. She will also teach courses as an Assistant Professor in the School of Art + Art History + Design. Dr. Bunn-Marcuse is currently the Associate Director of the Bill Holm Center for the Study of Northwest Native Art at the Burke Museum, and she teaches courses in Art History, American Indian Studies, and Canadian Studies.
Read more at the Burke Museum's... Read more