American Indian and Indigenous Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill

AIIS celebrates the 2025 graduates and especially the newly minted Dr. Frankie Bauer! 

AIIS celebrates this year's majors and minors, who will be honored at the American UNC American Indian Center's Commencement Ceremony on Thursday, May 8, 2025 at the Friday Center!

AIIS celebrates Professor Kathleen DuVal, whose Native Nations: A Millennium in North America has won a Pulitzer Prize!

UNC-Chapel Hill historian Kathleen DuVal wins Pulitzer Prize - College of Arts and Sciences Kathleen DuVal, a historian in the College of Arts and Sciences at UNC-Chapel Hill, has received a Pulitzer Prize for her book "Native Nations: A Millennium in North America."

Congratulations to Bella Garcia on receiving the AIC's Faith Danielle Hedgepeth Award!

Congratulations to Bella Garcia, the recipient of the 2024-25 Faith Danielle Hedgepeth Award from the UNC American Indian Center. 🎉

The award recognizes a Tar Heel who positively impacts outside the classroom though extracurricular engagement.

Garcia, a sophomore who is majoring in dramatic art and American Indian and Indigenous studies, said receiving the award is "extremely meaningful" to her.

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American Indian and Indigenous Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill

Check out the exciting AIIS courses for Fall 2025!

Congratulations to Frankie Bauer (Choctaw Nation), who successfully defended his outstanding dissertation under the direction of Dr. Kathleen DuVal and Dr. Dan Cobb this month. Frankie will be joining the faculty at Cal State Fullerton this fall!

Don't miss this exciting event sponsored by the RLA taking place tomorrow (Wednesday), April 23! Details below!

Congratulations to AIIS majors and minors!

The American Indian Center Commencement Ceremony is May 8th, 2025. Please self-register now, we can’t wait to see you!

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Congrats to UNC AIIS Alumn A.C. Locklear!

NIHB Board of Directors Selects A.C. Locklear as Permanent CEO - National Indian Health Board The National Indian Health Board (NIHB) is proud to announce that its Board of Directors has selected A.C. Locklear, Lumbee Nation, as the organization’s permanent Chief Executive Officer. Over the […]

Join us this afternoon (Thursday, April 3) for the rescheduled Elder-In-Residence lecture by Dr. Joey Bell. It will take place at 5:00 p.m. in Room 1001 Kerr Hall.

Elder in Residence - American Indian Center Every spring, the American Indian Center brings to campus a well-respected nationally prominent American Indian elder to foster cultural, academic, social, and spiritual support for Carolina students as well as to enrich the campus community. Selected elders have come from … Read more

Don't miss the CIC Powwow this Saturday, March 29! Details below!

Here's a call for proposals for a workshop devoted to International Perspectives on Indigenous Transnational Experiences that Professor Dan Cobb will be co-convening with Dr. Lucie Kyrova at Charles University in Prague this coming May. Please share this opportunity widely through their networks!