Interested faculty, staff and students should come to Gannett 110 Thurs. Feb 17th 12:15-1pm.
NAMS at Ithaca College has an interdisciplinary minor organized around various themes related to the present and past of indigenous peoples in North America and Hawaii. The NAMS initiative includes a 21-credit minor, speakers and cultural events, intercollegiate activities, diversity recruitment, and community outreach. Seven academic departments -- anthropology; cinema, photography, and media arts; philosophy and religion; history; politics; sociology; and sport management and media -- participate in NAMS, making it a highly interdisciplinary area of study.
Native Americans are a prominent social and cultural presence in our region. Ithaca is located within the homeland of the Cayuga Nation, one of Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy. The Onondaga and Seneca Nations are also regionally close to Ithaca.
The immediate goals of the Steering Committee include updating the curriculum and adding relevant courses, facilitating recruitment of Native American faculty, staff and students, supporting a Native American student club, and creating more awareness and dialogue about Native American cultures and issues regionally and nationally.
The meeting will be facilitated by Hollie Kulago, Native American Studies/Anthropology/Education Diversity Fellow in Residence, and Brooke Hansen, NAMS Coordinator. For more information kbhansen@ithaca.edu or 274-1735; hkulago@ithaca.edu.
https://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20110130140407700