St. Lawrence University Native American Studies Program

06/22/2022

NCAI applauds President Joe Biden's historic announcement to appoint Chief Marilynn Malerba of the Mohegan Tribe to serve as U.S. Treasurer and lead the new Treasury Office of Tribal and Native Affairs.

Read the full statement!
🔗 https://bit.ly/3n3pzRV

04/22/2022

IAIS is now accepting applications for the Emerging Native Artist Scholarship!

The IAIS Emerging Artist Scholarship is open to undergraduate Native American students from New England & New York State who are seeking a first Bachelor’s in Studio Arts, Performing Art, Creative Writing, and Cinematic Arts. The winner of the scholarship will receive $1,500 and work on an exhibit or public performance/presentation of their work at IAIS. The artist will also have their work as the 2022 IAIS limited edition collection, which will spotlight both the artist and help fund future scholarship and emerging artist programs.

To apply or for more information, visit the museum's website https://www.iaismuseum.org/emerging-native-artist-program-scholarship/

04/01/2022

Pope Francis begged forgiveness today for the "deplorable" abuses suffered by Indigenous Peoples in Canada's residential schools.

04/01/2022

Morgan Behn-Tsakoza of Fort Nelson First Nation is in Rome this week, seen here waiting while her sister Taylor shares with Pope Francis the importance of honouring intergenerational survivors of and the need to build a hopeful future.

03/08/2022

“This is about peace and friendship, about respecting differences and seeing each other as full human beings, and that’s what lacrosse can show you,” said Claudia Jimerson of the Cayuga

02/04/2022

'A lot of people don’t even know Indigenous people': U.S. hockey forward is here to change that.

10/16/2021

10/08/2021

Undergrads studying environmental stewardship of Indigenous lands can receive $10,000 a year for up to four years. Learn more and apply at https://bit.ly/3lcJcXv!

09/25/2021

We, the Catholic Bishops of Canada, gathered in Plenary this week, take this opportunity to affirm to you, the Indigenous Peoples of this land, that we acknowledge the suffering experienced in Canada’s Indian Residential Schools. Many Catholic religious communities and dioceses participated in thi...

09/08/2021

The terrorist attacks of September 11th hit one North Country community particularly hard. Ironworkers from the Akwesasne Mohawk reservation near Massena built, then tore down the Twin Towers.