Native Nations Institute

🎙️UC's Jewel Cummins and Indigenous Library Director at Arizona State University, Alexander Soto will be guest speakers at the iSchool at Illinois's Indigenous Librarianship Webinar! 🌐 Listen to their talk: 𝐄𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬' 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚, 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞! 📚 🗓️ Join them on 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟑𝟏𝐬𝐭 at 10am AZT/12pm CST! 🔗See what YOU can learn by joining at the link below!⬇️ https://lnkd.in/g2Z6iCkG

⌚Need more time to submit your TPC application?⏳ Send us a letter of intent to nni@arizona.edu letting us know when we can expect your completed application to receive an extension on today's deadline! Applications are officially due today but there's still time to apply if you're interested in developing your Native nation building skills! Program details and application here: https://lnkd.in/ga3QpV39

📣📚Check out this 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 article led by NNI grad student researcher Jewel Cummins with contributions from Stephanie Russo Carroll (Ahtna)! The article, in Hopkins Press' special edition of their 'Library Trends' journal, outlines key definitions associated with Indigenous data governance (IDGov). 💻 It also details how institutions have created distrust in their data acquisition practices and how they can work to restore trust by adopting IDGov principles. 🏗️🫂 🔗Entire issue of the journal will remain Open Access through November in honor of Native American Heritage Month and you can find the article 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 open access here at any time! ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gwz7vwYy

📣 Accelerate your Nation Building education during January in Tucson! 📚 This Native Nation Building course block - 4 courses in all - is designed to provide a foundation for careers supporting Tribal governments and Native Nations! If you or anyone you know is interested in fortifying your knowledge and gaining networking experience to help build your Nation, check out JiT now! 🔗Deadline to register for courses is 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟒𝐭𝐡, so sign up at the link below 𝐓𝐎𝐃𝐀𝐘!⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gc6HDZhK

📣 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐎𝐜𝐭 𝟐𝟖𝐭𝐡 is your 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐲 to apply for the NNI Tribal Professionals Cohort! This year-long professional development program is designed to equip Native leaders with the key knowledge and tools necessary for Native Nation Building! If you are a citizen of any U.S. Native nation, can apply the information learned, and are dedicated to helping build your Nation, please apply to participate in the 2025 NNI TPC!📚 🗓️ TPC begins December 10th and ends October 7th, 2025. 🔗𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 using the link below!⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gZnVBMRt

How do Native nation building and citizenship relate? We sat down with Richard Luarkie, former governor of the Pueblo of Laguna, at the Pascua Yaqui Tribe's first annual Tribal Enrollment and Enhanced Tribal Card Program Conference in August to learn about his experience working in Tribal government and his take on issues related to enrollment. This short interview is packed with wise words and insights for Tribal leaders at all stages of their careers. Luarkie will be in Tucson this January to teach the "Native Economic Development" course with NNI Executive Director Joan Timeche (Hopi) during our annual January in Tucson accelerated education event! Watch the full interview here: https://lnkd.in/gQXTUsXA . . . Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program

📽️Live webinar: 'Native Americans and the Supreme Court' Join Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program Director Keith Richotte, Jr. (Turtle Mountain Chippewa), Professor of Law Matthew L.M. Fletcher (Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians) at the University of Michigan and the National Constitution Center for a look at Native American history and law through the stories of landmark Supreme Court cases. This live event is free to attend and kicks off on Monday, November 4 at 12 PM ET (10 AM AZ Time). Details and registration here: https://lnkd.in/g5ENkA7S

A cultural battle between two Tribes is taking place in Alabama. The Muscogee (Creek) Nation and the Poarch Creek Indians are squaring off in court over the relocation of ancestral Muscogee remains and artifacts from an area known as Hickory Grove, where the Poarch Creek Indians built their Wind Creek casino and hotel in the early 2000s. The Muscogee Nation asserts that exhumed remains are being improperly stored by Auburn University in violation of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act's standards. The Poarch Creek Indians insist that they have done nothing wrong by building an enterprise on the site, and that they handled all remains in their possession in accordance with Muscogee Nation repatriation guidelines. Keith Richotte, Jr. (Turtle Mountain Chippewa), the new director of the U of A Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program, is interviewed for the story published in The Guardian. Story here: https://lnkd.in/eWcUv_-z

🦅🎓Join the Native Nations Institute for accelerated Indigenous governance education! Registration is now open for January In Tucson 2025! The Indigenous Governance Program (a partnership between the Native Nations Institute and the Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program) kicks off three weeks of accelerated, masters-level Indigenous governance courses on January 6. Each three-day course offers world-class instruction & engaged peers on campus in the Sonoran desert!🌵☀️ - UA grad students can earn up to 10 credits in three weeks - Continuing education certificate available for non-UA students - No prerequisites or prior learning needed! Learn more at igp.arizona.edu/jit

📣Spend Indigenous Peoples Day learning directly from Indigenous Leaders!🗓️ Our Indigenous Governance Database has more than 1600 resources on enrollment, constitution making, and more!📚 Create a 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 account to build and share a curated list of resources with friends, family and colleagues. 🔗Use the link below!⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gmea2vKW