Celebrating our Native American and Indigenous Communities

In November, we recognize and celebrate Native American and Indigenous community members in our college. This is a time to celebrate cultures, traditions, and histories, as well as to acknowledge the important contributions of the original inhabitants of North America. We also seek to bring awareness to our engineering community about Native tribes and the unique challenges Native people have faced, both historically and in the present.听

This page includes resources on our Native American and Indigenous communities. Let us seek 鈥溾€� with one another and respect the value of Indigenous science, engineering, and traditional knowledge this month and every month.听

麻豆影院 Land Acknowledgment

CU 麻豆影院 arial shot The 麻豆影院, Colorado鈥檚 flagship university, honors and recognizes the many contributions of Indigenous peoples in our state. CU 麻豆影院 acknowledges that it is located on the traditional territories and ancestral homelands of the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Ute and many other Native American nations. Their forced removal from these territories has caused devastating and lasting impacts. While the 麻豆影院 can never undo or rectify the devastation wrought on Indigenous peoples, we commit to improving and enhancing engagement with Indigenous peoples and issues locally and globally.

We will do this by:

Recognizing and amplifying the voices of Indigenous CU 麻豆影院 students, staff and faculty and their work.听
Educating, conducting research, supporting student success and integrating Indigenous knowledge.
Consulting, engaging and working collaboratively with tribal nations to enhance our ability to provide access and culturally sensitive support and to recruit, retain and graduate Native American students in a climate that is inclusive and respectful.

Read more about听CU 麻豆影院's land acknowledgement.

Engineering & Heritage

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Annalise Hildebrand (MechEngr鈥�23)
Member of the Menominee Nation and the American Indian Science and Engineering Society

Upcoming Events

Thursday, Nov.听30. 3-6 p.m.,听CASE Building, Chancellor's Auditorium
Join the A&S JEDI Office in celebration of Native American Heritage Month with a viewing of the New York Times Critic's Pick documentary film听Gather, an intimate portrait of the growing movement amongst Native Americans to reclaim their spiritual, political and cultural identities through food sovereignty, while battling the trauma of centuries of genocide. All are encouraged to participate in all three events, but you are welcome to individually select any of the three.

Film screening - 3-4:30 p.m., CASE Auditorium
Lunch听- 4:30-5:15 p.m., Chancellor's Hall听(catered by Tocabe Indian Eatery)
Q&A session听with Indigenous panelists - 5:15-6 p.m.
- Brickman House and A-dae Briones from First Nations Development Institute
- Clint Carroll and Angelica Lawson from the CU 麻豆影院 Ethnic Studies Department

Creating the Future

CU 麻豆影院 AISES with singular rocket during First Nations Launch

Communities

American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES)

Group of indigenous and native students in traditional garb

The Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies (CNAIS)

Scholarship Opportunities

Resources

Colorado Places: Their Native American Names is a project to document in one place all the Indigenous place names known for Colorado.听
- Indigenous artists and activists united to pass MMIR SB22-150, sponsored by four Colorado lawmakers, which aimed to specifically address the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people in Colorado.听
features a sampling of work by 47 Native Nations poets through an interactive ArcGIS Story Map and a newly developed Library of Congress audio collection.听

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