KU Indigenous Studies

10/12/2026

Happy Indigenous People’s Day! See you at Strong Hall this morning to celebrate! ❤️💙

10/09/2026

Head over to Haskell this month for an opportunity to engage with two amazing Directors: Paige Bethmann, Haudenosaunee and Sky Hopinka, Ho-Chunk and Pechanga.

Thunderbird Theatre invites the community to two documentary film screenings
Remaining Native, Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 6:30 p.m., Auditorium
A documentary told from the perspective of Ku Stevens, a 17-year-old Native American runner, struggling to navigate his dream of becoming a collegiate athlete as the memory of his great-grandfather's escape from an Indian boarding school begins to connect past, present, and future. Director Paige Bethmann (Haudenosaunee) will join a Q&A with Haskell athletes afterward.
Powwow People, Wednesday, October 28, 6:30 p.m., Auditorium
Powwow People is a vérité-style documentary grounded in the rhythms, relationships, and lived experience of a contemporary Native gathering. Rather than entering as outside observers, the filmmakers organized the powwow itself, inviting dancers, singers, vendors, and community members to participate in the making of this film. Director Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk-Pechanga), a MacArthur Fellow and Harvard professor, will be joined by Haskell’s Dr. Eric Anderson for a Q&A afterward.

10/07/2026

If you are at the National Indian Education Association Convention & Trade Show stop by our booth and learn about our programs at KU!

09/30/2026

Wearing our orange shirt today. The National Day of Remembrance for Indian Boarding School Survivors is observed each year on September 30th as a time to honor the children, survivors, families, and communities impacted by the Indian boarding school era.

09/24/2026

TONIGHT! Woodruff Auditorium at 7pm at the Kansas Union. Don't miss it!

09/23/2026

Summer is one of our KU Indigenous Studies graduates. We are so excited to see the great work she is doing while continuing her education at KU toward her PhD and as a Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) in the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Great job, Summer!

09/21/2026

Don't miss this film screening on Thurs, Sept 24th at 7PM in the KS Union Woodruff Auditorium!

09/21/2026

SAVE THE DATE!

Join us for professional development opportunity bringing together pre-service and in-service educators to learn directly from Indigenous Studies experts and leaders from Tribal Nations in Kansas.

Through engaging breakout sessions and small-group discussions, participants will deepen their understanding of Tribal sovereignty, Indigenous perspectives, and culturally responsive teaching.

Come learn with and from Indigenous voices and explore how we can strengthen Indigenous education about, with, and for Indigenous Peoples across Kansas.

Registration open until Nov. 1st and is limited to 75 seats:
https://kusurvey.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9yueIrzNcP9ZZNc

Stay tuned for Agenda and program details! Thank you to our partner, the KU School of Education and Human Sciences.

09/17/2026

You don’t want to miss this TONIGHT at 7p at Haskell Auditorium! See you there!

Dr. Hollie Mackey, Citizen of Northern Cheyenne Nation and Chief Executive Officer of the NSF AgTech Engine, will speak in conjunction with the KU Indigenous Food Sovereignty Summit. Her talk, "Imagining A Food Sovereignty Future: Integrating Technology, Agriculture, and Indigenous Ingenuity to Driv...

09/16/2026

KU Indigenous Studies faculty and University Distinguished Professor, Sarah Deer, weighs in on BIA audit report on stalled federal investigations of missing and killed Native people—

“These are families who have often experienced institutional failure already,” she said. “A system designed as a response to that history cannot ask families to keep waiting.”

An audit report of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Missing and Murdered Unit released this month reveals staffing challenges, a backlog of hundreds of case...