Native American and Indigenous Studies Association's Fifteenth Annual Conference
Temuco, Wallmapu, Chile
JULY 22-24, 2026

Invitation to the peoples and nations of the world to a space of listening, reflection and collective action

For the first time, our annual gathering will take place in Abya Yala, home to more than 800 Native peoples. Even in the twenty-first century, the extractivism and colonial settlements that started with the invasions of the sixteenth century continue to grow in this vast territory. These historical forces have shaped complex territorial, environmental, global and local imbrications of appropriation and dispossession, while resistance and re-existence persist. This process has transformed the environmental and climate conditions as well as the ways of life of Indigenous Peoples. In this context, and in solidarity with Black and other allied communities, Indigenous Peoples struggle for land recovery and care, for environmental, racial, and gender justice, and look to incorporate the diverse bodies, identities, languages, and cultures that sustain peoples and societies. In sum, it is a struggle for the continuity of life.