Spring 2026 Courses AIIS Minor Courses: AIIS 201: Introduction to American Indian and Indigenous Studies MW 12:40-2pm Instructor: Ellie Mitchell AIIS 491: Whose Environmental History? More-than-Human Relatives, Indigenous Peoples, Colonialism, and the…
Summer and Fall 2025 Courses
This is the current list of classes for Summer and Fall 2025 that we will count towards the AIIS Minor. If you happen to come across another class that has…
AIIS GA Joins First Sherpa Woman to Complete Great Himalaya Trail
How is MSU AIIS connected to the first Indigenous Sherpa woman to complete the Great Himalaya Trail? AIIS graduate assistant, Sophie Huss, traveled to Nepal last month to join Mingmar…
AIIS Announces Spring 2025 Minor and Graduate Certificate Course Options
These courses count towards the AIIS minor and/or might be interesting for folks who want to engage with American Indian and Indigenous content. If you’d like to add the minor…
AIIS Pre-Doctoral Fellow Passes Comprehensive Exams!
AIIS is sharing the excitement with the soon-to-be-DR(!) Angie Sanchez. Angie passed her written and oral comprehensive exams this past January and plans to defend her dissertation in a few…
AIIS announces Pre-Doctoral Fellow Position for the 2024-25 Academic Year
AIIS is excited to announce that we are accepting applications for the 2024-25 academic year Pre-Doctoral Fellow in AIIS. The fellowship provides office space, access to Michigan State University’s outstanding…
February 2024 ISWG: Learning about Indigenous Knowledge Systems
The Indigenous Studies Working Group is back for February! Join us this month for Learning about Indigenous Knowledge Systems. Dr. Emily Sorroche will reference Dr. Brayboy’s work and guide us…
Voices on Campus: Ellie Mitchell
Join us for Ellie Mitchell's Voices on Campus talk, The perils of competence: Balancing the self while community caretaking in Anishinaabewaki on March 6, 2024, from 11:30AM-1PM in Wells Hall A206. You…
First Spring 2024 ISWG!
ISWG is back in full swing this spring! Join us Friday, January 26, at 9:30AM over Zoom for an open hour of community-building, semester brainstorming, and catching up as we…
NAISO Announces 38th Annual Powwow of Love
MSU NAISO has been working hard on putting together the 38th annual Powwow of Love! Join us on February 10, 2024 at the IM East building on MSU's campus. Grand…