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?”...

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...

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...