News

September 20, 2017
Mohegan Linguist Stephanie Fielding will be in residence at Yale throughout the Fall semester, teaching two classes, including one on Mohegan. The Linguistics Department is...
Viewing collections at the American Philosophical Society Library at the Digital Knowledge Sharing (DKS) Workshop. From left: Tiffany Hale, an American Philosophical Society fellow, Daniel Moya, social media outreach from the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture with the new web-based Indigenous Digital Archive, Holly Guise, a History PhD candidate at Yale and DKS fellow, Megan Lukaniec, a Linguistics PhD candidate at the University of California, Santa Barbara and DKS fellow, and Brian Carpenter Curator of Na
August 31, 2017
On August 11, 2017, two YGSNA members, Holly Guise and Tiffany Hale, attended the inaugural Digital Knowledge Sharing Workshop hosted at the American Philosophical Society...
NCAIS Workshop Yields Continued Research into Dakota-language Newspapers
July 28, 2017
In March, Anthony Trujillo (Okhay Owingeh Pueblo, NM) was selected as the Yale Group for the Study of Native America (YGSNA) representative for the Newberry’s Consortirum for...
June 1, 2017
At this year’s Commencement, Mashpee Wampanoag linguist and Tribal Council Vice President Jessie Little Doe Baird was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in the Social Sciences....
 Jameson Sweet (Lakota/Dakota)
May 18, 2017
For the academic year of 2017-2018, Jameson “Jimmy” Sweet (Lakota/Dakota) will be at Yale for a postdoctoral fellowship in the History Department and the Program in Ethnicity...
May 11, 2017
Cornwall, Connecticut:  On June 17 and 18, 2017, the Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program (YIPAP), alongside the residents of Cornwall, Connecticut, will commemorate the...
April 26, 2017
During the recent Yale-Native Hawaiian Cultural Exchange, Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program (YIPAP) and Native American Cultural Center (NACC) students, staff, and...