CNAIR

See what's happening at the Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR).

Brian Carpenter
The many manuscripts and notebooks at the APS Library produced by anthropologists studying Indigenous peoples are fundamentally based upon the knowledge and expertise of the...
Michael Miller
In 2018, the American Philosophical Society (APS) celebrated its 275th anniversary. It is such a privilege and a treat to work at a place that...
Paul Sutherland
In 2015—her hundredth year—Amelia Susman Schultz donated a portion of her papers to the American Philosophical Society, a small but important and unusual collection. They...
American Philosophical Society
Applications are still open until March 15th for our Digital Knowledge Sharing (DKS) fellowships, part of the APS's Native American Scholars Initiative (NASI). Digital Knowledge...
Julie Fisher
Whenever I have the opportunity, I take a moment to look through the book pictured above, even though I cannot understand a single word on...
American Philosophical Society
Header image: Evening sunshine outside the Iñupiat Heritage Center and adjoining Tuzzy Library, May 2017. By Holly Miowak Guise, History Ph.D. graduate Yale University, Digital...
Ia Bull
CNAIR Stories: Watt Sam as Natchez Cherokee Collaborator Header image: Watt Sam on his Porch. Lantern Slide by John Reed Swanton. National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian...
Ashton Dunkley
My summer research project with the Native American Scholars Initiative focused on the experiences of Lenape people who remained in their homelands, currently known as...