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Sovereign Nations of Virginia Conference: Indigenous Led Conservation

The Sovereign Nations of Virginia Conference: Indigenous Led Conservation Learn how tribal management of land is an essential element of climate justice work and how tribes can work together with national and local conservation agencies to acquire and conserve land. Register now for in-person or...

Beyond Art: Respecting and Protecting the Sacred

Many beings and cultural items are deemed by Native American tribes to be too sacred for public viewing. Even reproductions of these items can carry the power of the original. How does one know what these items are and how does one start to learn protocols about Sacred Beings and items? What should...

Kasey Jernigan

Contemporary Mopan Maya

Prof. Pio Saqui (Mopan), University of Belize Contemporary Mopan Maya: Language, culture, and integration in the developing nation of Belize Mopan Maya is a group of lowland Maya that still practices their traditional way of life, closely tied to shifting agriculture. Oral transmission of...

Higher Education Enrollment Down

Significantly fewer Native students have headed to higher education in the past 12 years. That’s part of a broader national trend — National Student Clearinghouse Research Center data show a steady decline in the overall number of American students entering higher education since 2012 — but the drop...

Red Dress Day at the Kluge-Ruhe

A day of awareness about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Presented by Kluge-Ruhe and the Native and Indigenous Relations Community at UVA Installation of red dresses at Kluge-Ruhe, 10 am - 4 pm Lecture by Professor Kasey Jernigan followed by reception, 6:00-7:30 pm Doors open at 5:00 pm...