Professor Aimee Cree Dunn has developed a variety of Indigenous environmental studies classes including  "Awesiinh: Wild Animal Relations," "Indigenous Environmental Movements," and "Kinomaage: The...

Tribal administrators, acad-emics, students and a former presidential assistant convened to exchange ideas and research on issues facing Native American populations in the U.P. for a day-long conference. The...

A recent grant from Michigan’s Native American Heritage Fund (NAHF) gave NMU’s Center for Native American Studies (CNAS) almost $135,000 to help build a variety of different programs of study.  CNAS...

It has been almost two years since the position of chief diversity and inclusion officer was added to the NMU administration. The current chief diversity and inclusion officer, Jessica Cruz, has been...

Federal government studies suggest American Indian women are more than 2.5 times more likely to be raped or sexually assaulted than women of other races or ethnicities. While women as a whole have a 1-in-5...