Mission Statement
The American Indian Program strives to develop new generations of educated Native and non-Native peoples who will contemplate, study and contribute to the building of Nation and community in Native America.
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New! Apply by 2/12/10
Newberry Consortium in American Indian Studies (NCAIS)
2010 Graduate Student Workshop
At The Newberry Library
18 - 20 March 2010
“Cartography and Spatial Analysis in American Indian Studies"
Convened by Prof. Jon Parmenter, Cornell University, American Indian Program & Department of History
This interdisciplinary workshop will engage head-on a key instrument employed in the colonization of indigenous homelands: maps. While acknowledging that maps embody the values and goals of their makers, the workshop aims nevertheless to assess their potential, and the potential of spatially-oriented inquiry more generally, for pushing the field of American Indian Studies in new and interesting directions. What can maps tell us about the historical experience of American Indian nations? How do maps function in a colonial context? Can the study of historical maps improve our awareness of the use of space (not just its occupancy) by American Indians? How have American Indian people understood, employed, and/or resisted cartography?
To see full description & application guidelines, click here.
The American Indian Program at Cornell University is pleased to announce its membership in the Newberry Consortium in American Indian Studies (NCAIS). Slated to begin in July 2009, the Consortium will be trans-national in scope and will organize conferences, symposia, workshops and courses, as well as offer fellowships for graduate students and faculty from fifteen to eighteen member institutions in the United States and Canada. Thus far, other institutional members include Harvard, UNC-Chapel Hill, University of British Columbia, University of Montana, Miami of Ohio, and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Through its 2004 acquisition of the Huntington Free Library, Cornell University ranks in the top three research libraries for AIS in North America, second only to the Newberry Library and the Library of Congress. Cornell's commitment to NCAIS will ensure that its investment in the Huntington Free Library is fully optimized for the future.
To see full article and fellowship application, click here.
