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We are excited to welcome Tanaya Winder as our newest member of the Executive Board! Tanaya is an enrolled member of the Duckwater Shoshone Tribe, who was raised on the Southern Ute reservation in Ignacio, CO. Her background also includes Southern Ute, Pyramid Lake Paiute, Diné, and Black heritages. A...

Former CNAIS Director and Executive Board Member, Dr. Greg Johnson, was named the new Director of the Walter Capps Center for the Study of Ethics, Religion and Public Life at UC Santa Barbara. Although we are sad to lose such a wonderful colleague and leader, we are excited for this...

This talk will explore the stakes of the unfolding dispute on Mauna Kea concerning the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) project. The dispute has been the subject of legal and administrative proceedings and two major direction action protests, one in 2015 and another that began last July and is ongoing. Johnson...

We deeply regret that this event has been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Please see our 2020 Native Graduates page that honors and congratulates our students' accomplishments!