Indigenous Studies

Courses and Initiatives

American studies has served as an administrative home for the graduate student Princeton American Indian and Indigenous Studies Working Group (PAIISWG) from its inception in 2011. In 2020, the Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative at Princeton (NAISIP) coalesced around the creation of a new website hub built through American studies support. Courses in American studies and Latino studies explore Indigenous cultures in North America and beyond.

Books studied in recent Indigenous studies courses

Community and Conversations

NAISIP
Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative at Princeton
Events
Tenille K. Campbell and Erica Violet Lee
PAIISWG
Protestors at Standing Rock hold up mirror shields. Project by Cannupa Hanska Luger

Building an Indigenous studies community at Princeton : Feature Article

Professor of English and American Studies Sarah Rivett, Native students and AMS spearheaded creation of a website hub for Indigenous studies, coalescing in NAISIP.
Detail of 'Weaving Water' by Sarah Sense

Sarah Sense, Weaving Water, No. 30, 2013 (detail). Archival laser prints, bamboo paper, maps, artist tape, 12” x 17”. Shown courtesy of the artist in the conference “Indigenous/Settler” at Princeton.