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Kidwell, Clara Sue – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2011
When American Indian/Native American studies (AI/NAS) programs began to emerge in the halls of academia during the late 1960s and early 1970s, some who served as faculty and staff questioned whether they would be one-generation phenomena. Would the programs survive, would they continue to draw students, and could they make an impact on…
Descriptors: American Indian Studies, American Studies, American Indians, Program Descriptions
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Kidwell, Clara Sue – American Indian Quarterly, 2009
The academic field of Native American/American Indian studies (NAS/AIS) has been and largely remains a product of political forces at the national level and now at the tribal level. The very recognition of American Indians as a unique group by the U.S. government is a political statement of survival. In this article, the author revisits the…
Descriptors: American Indian Studies, American Studies, Indigenous Knowledge, American Indians