Since our founding in 2014, CNAIR has built relationships with with community-based scholars, knowledge keepers, teachers, and tribal organizations to reconnect collections to communities in innovative and collaborative ways. During that time, CNAIR has worked directly with over 100 Indigenous communities and nations throughout the Americas. The APS Protocols for the Treatment of Indigenous Materials was developed with guidance by our Advisory Board and in consultation will affiliated scholars and elders.

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The collections of the American Philosophical Society's (APS) Library & Museum contain material related to the languages, cultures, histories, and continuity of more than 650 different Indigenous peoples, primarily in North and Central America. 

CNAIR collaborates with colleagues throughout the APS and beyond to organize public presentations, international conferences, family and adult programming, and major exhibitions highlighting projects in or aligned with Native American and Indigenous Studies. You can read about many of these programs on our Programming page.

Our ongoing speaker series, the Indigenous Learning Forum, is a space for sharing Indigenous-led and community-engaged projects, as well as research in Native American and Indigenous Studies and related fields. Forum sessions are held roughly once a month between September and May, on Thursdays at 3 pm Eastern over Zoom. For more information visit the Indigenous Learning Forum webpage.

***Se ofrecerá interpretación en español/inglés para todas las presentaciones***

CNAIR offers a variety of funding opportunities to support community- and campus-based scholars, and projects related to cultural and language vitality, Indigenous self-determination, and Native American and Indigenous Studies. Our funding opportunities include academic residential fellowships and internships based at the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia, as well as non-residential individual and group fellowships intended for community-oriented projects and goals. Read about our current offerings on our CNAIR Funding Opportunities page.

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