American Indian & Alaska Native news

Impact & Student Success

First Native LEAD program brings Indigenous students from around the state to campus, encouraging pursuit of higher education

Students from seven Native American Tribal communities stayed on campus for a week, meeting professors and learning about Wolf Pack resources

A group of fifteen students poses inside a building, holding up the Wolf Pack hand sign.
9/1/2023
Impact & Student Success

University of Nevada, Reno to hold Native Students LEAD program Aug. 7-11

Indigenous high school students are invited to explore college life and connect with cultural support systems on campus

Morrill Hall in the distance with trees to the left and right and green grass in the foreground.
8/2/2023
Education & Public Service

Annual Nevada Tribal Food Summit teaches food sovereignty

Event takes place at University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe for the first time

Inside one of the hoop houses at Pyramid Lake.
5/16/2023
Impact & Student Success

The Multicultural Center set to host Affinity Graduate Celebrations

Spring 2023 graduates from several affinity groups will be honored during various ceremonies next month

A student is pictured wearing a mortar board cap that reads "Gracias mami y papi" on the top of the cap and "Nutrition B.S." on the bottom of the cap with a pineapple illustration beneath it
4/27/2023
Arts & Culture

The art of Ben Aleck honors career of indigenous Numu (Northern Paiute) artist and educator

Aleck, a former University of Nevada, Reno Upward Bound program participant, talks about his art, Nevada and the opening of his exhibition at the Nevada Museum of Art

A painting with a yellow background and images of flowers with an eagle in the center, viewed from above as it flies.
4/5/2023

NSights blogs

Pesa Natumusuano'o Year (A Good Growing Year)

Truthsgiving 2022

Economic Necessity Trumps Morality: Reflecting on the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

An unstoppable fire for the love of truth

Preserving and revitalizing the Great Basin indigenous language of Numu

Native American Indian & Alaska Native Heritage Month events

Sep 28

Every Child Matters 2023 Remembrance Run/ Walk at UNR JCSU Gateway Plaza Lawn

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Ignacio Montoya

Snapshots of language loss and revitalization: Paiute classes at the University and Stewart Indian School

International Mother Language Day provides opportunity to understand why mother language must survive. Assistant Professor Ignacio Montoya goes into how indigenous languages are disappearing and why it's important to save them.

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Arts & Culture

Decolonizing the outdoors

Department of Gender, Race and Identity hosts events featuring Indigenous experts

Digital illustration of a girl looking at a butterfly by Jahi titled "Elise la Lombriz," 2021.
3/3/2023
Education & Public Service

How do Native American and Indigenous students feel about higher education today?

University to collaborate on a novel study of Native students’ perceptions of higher education, incorporating an Indigenous lens with Nevada tribal communities

Four women dressed in traditional Native American outfits sit in a ballroom holding instruments smiling at the camera..
12/5/2022
Science & Technology

Christine Johnson appointed to Advisory Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names

Department of Geography professor will use her professional experience to help remedy past erasures

A headshot of Christine Johnson.
11/22/2022
Impact & Student Success

Faces of the Pack: Kari A. Emm

She successfully defended her dissertation titled “American Indian/Alaska Native Transfer Student Experiences into a Four-Year University”

Kari Emm
11/16/2022
Media & Society

School of Journalism presents Beth Piatote, 2022 Laxalt Distinguished Writer

Writer, playwright and scholar of Indigenous literature and law to be recognized on Nov. 17

A headshot of Beth Piatote in front of a green background.
11/14/2022
Campus life & athletics

November is Native American Heritage Month

November is Native American Heritage Month, which is often referred to as American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month. For more than 30 years, our country has commemorated this month as a time to celebrate the culture, achievements, and traditions of Native peoples.

Morrill Hall sits on the south end of the University of Nevada, Reno quad, a large lawn area surrounded by trees and a walking path.
11/7/2022

Land acknowledgement

We acknowledge that the University of Nevada, Reno is situated on the traditional homelands of the Numu (Northern Paiute), Wašiw (Washoe), Newe (Western Shoshone), and Nuwu (Southern Paiute) peoples. These lands continue to be a gathering place for Indigenous Peoples and we recognize their deep connections to these places. We extend our appreciation for the opportunity to live and learn on their territory.