The Salmon Diaries: Life Before and After Klamath Dam Removal
Salmon ‘Tell’ Scientists Their Life Story as Decades-Old Dams Come Down Read More
News and Events
10th Annual NAS Graduate Student Symposium
The NAS Graduate Student Symposium will take place on April 11 and 12 at the International House Read More
UCD NAS Newsletter Fall/Winter 23-24
The newsletter for the Fall and Winter quarters is available here Read More
The Fisherman and The Farmerman: Reggae as Indigenous Insistence in Hawai'i
Post-Doc talk with Dr. Sunaina Kale Read More
whik’ixoniwhe’ (my awareness of things): “DamSpeculation” and Native Resistance on the Klamath River Basin
Post-Doc talk with Dr. Brittani Orona Read More
Graduate Student of Year from Native Forward Scholars Fund
Native Forward Scholars Fund announces Christina Dawa Kustmana Thomas as the Grad Student of the Year Read More
Gorman Museum featured in Sactown Magazine
'A New Path Forward' for the Gorman Museum Read More
Native Graduation Celebration
In June, the Native American Retention Initiative and the Department of Native American Studies hosted the Native Graduation Celebration for 2023 Read More
Professor Liza Grandia recognized by UCD Public Scholarship and Engagement 'Anthropological Ally'
Native American Studies Professor Liza Grandia was recently profiled by the UC Davis Office of Public Scholarship and Engagement for her continued and vital advocacy in Guatemala. Read More
Fuifuilupe Niumeitolu selected for Chancellor's Achievement Awards for Diversity and Community
Postdoctoral Scholar Fuifuilupe Niumeitolu and others recognized for campus contributions and service. Read More
Jessica Perea selected for 2023 Irving Lowens Book Award
Professor Perea's book "Sound Relations: Native Ways of Doing Music History in Alaska" recognized by the Society for American Music Read More
Creative Native Novelist Series #1 - Ramona Emerson
Diné writer and filmmaker Ramona Emerson talks about her work with UC Davis NAS Read More
The Klamath River, Climate Change, and the World's Largest Dam Removal
Please join the UC Davis Institute of the Environment Wednesday, Feb. 8, as they host a distinguished panel of experts (including NAS Faculty and a recent alum) to discuss the cultural significance of the dam removal, the future of the river, and how climate change may impact the river and its fishes. Read More
Native American Studies Student Learns Weaving Arts in Her Arizona Homeland
Shawna Yazzie, a UC Davis doctoral student in Native American studies, photographed at a ceremony in Arizona where she learned Native weaving. Read More
Congrats to WHA Prize Winners Colton Brandau and Lauren Peters!!!
Western Historical Association award winners - Colton Brandau & Lauren Peters Read More
Search for Assistant Professor, Native American Studies, Literature and Literary Studies
The Department of Native American Studies at the University of California-Davis is pleased to be hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor with expertise in Native American and Indigenous literature and literary studies. Review of applications begins November 15th, 2022. Read More
NAS Professor Liza Grandia Honored as College Prized Teacher
NAS Professor Liza Grandia among recipients of the 2022 College of Letters and Science Teaching Award Read More
NAS Professor Beth Rose Middleton Manning Wins 2022 Andrew Carnegie Fellowship
Native American Studies Professor Beth Rose Middleton Mannning Wins 2022 Carnegie Fellowship Read More
Book Presentation, Professor Zoila Mendoza
Please join us for Professor Zoila Mendoza’s (Chair, Native American Studies at UCD) book presentation on April 28th at 4pm in 266 Everson Hall. Read More
A Musical Journey Through the Arboretum: Music and Native American Studies Students Join Acclaimed Duo and Composer
A Musical Journey Through the Arboretum:
Music and Native American Studies Students Join Acclaimed Duo and Composer Read More
Remembering Patwin Elder, Edward ‘Bill’ Wright
On September 26, 2021, Patwin Elder Edward “Bill” Wright passed away at his home at Cortina Rancheria, surrounded by family and friends. Born in Knights Landing in 1937, he was 84 years old. Read More
NAS Welcomes Dr. Fuifuilupe Niumeitolu 2021 President's Postdoctoral Fellow
NAS Welcomes Dr. Fuifuilupe Niumeitolu 2021 President's Postdoctoral Fellow Read More
NAS Faculty Inés Hernández-Ávila (Nez Perce/Tejana) wins The Public Impact Research Initiative (PIRI)
NAS Faculty Inés Hernández-Ávila (Nez Perce/Tejana) wins Public Impact Research Initiative (PIRI) grant for her work, luk’upsíimey/North Star Collective: Niimiipuu/Mayan Connections – Language Revitalization in Chiapas, Mexico Read More
NAS Undergraduates Publish Work in the San Antonio Journal Voices de la Luna
Four undergraduate students from NAS 181C Native American Literature, Fall 2020 were published in the San Antonio journal Voices de la Luna: A Quarterly Literature & Arts Magazine. Read More
New Book Published by Professor Zoila S. Mendoza
Professor of Native American Studies Zoila S Mendoza’s third book was published January 2021 in Peru by La Siniestra Editores. Qoyllur Rit’i: Crónica de una Peregrinación Cusqueña (Qoyllur Rit’i: Chronicle of a Cuzco Pilgrimage), a bilingual book, in Quechua and Spanish, is the result of her work with members of the community/district of Pomacanchi, Cuzco during 2006-2013. Read More
Native American Studies Majors Find Careers in Many Fields
Founded in 1969, the UC Davis Native American Studies Department is one of the oldest of such programs in the country. Read More
Walter-Echo-Hawk (Pawnee) will be speaking on "The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, NAGPRA, and Higher Education."
Walter-Echo-Hawk (Pawnee), who will be speaking on "The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, NAGPRA, and Higher Education." Read More
NAS Professor Jessica Bissett Perea: 'Radical Storywork: Performing Food Sovereignty through Inuit Fermentation Culture', with Prof. Maria Marco
This course centers around Inuit knowledges and performing arts processes as a means to unsettle and expand dominant modes of knowledge production in food science research in ways that advances food sovereignty, an issue of urgent global significance. Read More
