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Indigenous knowledge, practices, belief systems, and ways of being in the world move within and across humanistic, social scientific, and scientific divides. More than just a cross-disciplinary field, Indigenous Studies is a methodological framework that asks the fundamental question “Where are we?”...
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The REDress Project at UVA
Exhibition dates and artist talk April 24 - May 7 at The Fralin Museum of Art April 28 - May 7 at outdoor locations across Grounds April 28, 3pm EST , artist talk with Jaime Black-Morsette in conversation with UVA professor Kasey Jernigan. Join on zoom at this link . The REDress Project is an...
Charlottesville Indigenous Art Takeover 2024
This spring, gallery walls throughout Charlottesville are being hung with Indigenous art from Australia and Oceania. Why? Because Charlottesville boasts the only museum in the United States dedicated solely to it. Indigenous artists use art to express the power and beauty of their culture, across...
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We are on Monacan Land The University of Virginia occupies and derives benefit from the ancestral territory of the Monacan Indian Nation . We at NIRC honor the Monacan people and their contributions, past, present, and future. We are particularly grateful to the Monacan citizens who are working with...
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NAIS Minor
Undergraduates can take 2 required courses and 4 electives to earn a Minor in Native American Indigenous Studies from the Department of American Studies. Requirements for the Minor can be found here. Program contact: Kasey Jernigan, kj2wz@virginia.edu . Assistant Professor of Anthropology & American...