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Direct linkLyons, Scott Richard – American Indian Quarterly, 2011
The field of Native American studies was invented during the 1960s, a product of the Red Power civil rights movement, which is to suggest that it shares an origin story with ethnic studies in general. The field was at the center of the ethnic studies movement, and it radically transformed how Native peoples and cultures were studied. The author…
Descriptors: American Indian Studies, American Studies, Civil Rights, American Indians
Madsen, Deborah – American Indian Quarterly, 2011
It is difficult to overestimate the differences between Native American studies in Europe and the United States. In Europe there are no dedicated university programs in Native American studies; instead, disciplinary units such as American studies or departments such as English, history, development studies, and anthropology house teaching and…
Descriptors: American Indian Literature, American Indian Studies, American Indians, Anthropology
Larson, Sidner – American Indian Quarterly, 2009
In his keynote address to the Fifth Annual American Indian Studies Consortium in 2005 David Wilkins began by commenting on earlier attempts to formally organize such a gathering in ways that might help establish and accredit Indian studies programs. He said he had the sense that the thrust of earlier meetings "was really an opportunity for Native…
Descriptors: American Indian Studies, American Studies, American Indians, American Indian Education
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
Hernandez-Avila, Ines – American Indian Quarterly, 2003
In this article, the author offers some thoughts on life as native scholars in academia, along with some possible strategies for survival and achievement. Recognizing how hard it is every day, how crazy this life is in the twenty-first century after everything the communities, families, and nations have gone through, the author considers it a…
Descriptors: American Indian Studies, American Studies, American Indians, Academic Achievement
Plass, Richie – American Indian Quarterly, 2003
Back in the early 1990s the author applied for a spot with the Teacher Corps Program on his reservation. The program stated that he could go to school in the morning and be in the classroom in the afternoon. It was an accelerated program, and he would be a teacher in less than four years. As he was being interviewed for the spot, the man leading…
Descriptors: American Indian Studies, Racial Bias, American Studies, American Indians
