The Native American & Indigenous Studies Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania directs the NAIS Minor, and hosts conferences, guest speakers, etc.
02/21/2026
https://whyy.org/articles/philadelphia-presidents-house-slavery-exhibit-restored/
Philadelphia’s slavery exhibit is restored at President’s House Site “This is the American people fighting back and saying we will not accept this,” said one Independence Mall visitor. “Will not allow history to be rewritten.”
07/24/2025
The new "Oxford Handbook of Indigenous Oral Traditions and Archaeology" (edited by Margaret Bruchac, Andrew Martindale, George Nicholas, and Kisha Supernant) is being released digitally as individual chapters, in advance of the printed version, which will come out later this year. The introductory chapter is titled: "The Speaking Past: Positioning Oral Traditions in Archaeological Practice." Here's the link to the volume and the chapters thus far: https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/58215?fbclid=IwY2xjawLvLoJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHnW8VtmhqhQemejfPv9n8_1RKg_omTwyj-BHNz7ztkcJRYiyw2mnaMucBiwk_aem_oD8wNqejfPPZOkuFvQ5zqw&login=false
The Oxford Handbook of Indigenous Oral Traditions and Archaeology Abstract. Archaeology has increasingly engaged with Indigenous oral traditions as a means to develop closer relationships with, and understandings of, Indi
