AWARD DETAILS

The Native American and Indigenous Studies Program (NAIS) will recognize outstanding research and creative work in projects focused on interdisciplinary projects within Native American and Indigenous studies. We encourage work from history, anthropology, law, literature, linguistics, education, ethnic studies, environmental studies, political science, philosophy, theater arts, journalism and communication, and other disciplines that seeks to understand Native American history, culture, politics, and contemporary lives. Two $200 awards and one $100 award for honorable mentions will be presented.  Presentations may be delivered in any format – oral, poster, creative work, or data stories.

2024 AWARD RECIPIENTS

$400 Award 

• Yazzie Chee & Christina Thomas "Honoring Indigenous Perspectives: Reimagining Resources and Programs at the University of Oregon"

$100 Honorable Mention Award

• Ava Minu-Sepehr "Counter-mapping the Coos Bay Estuaries: knowing through being, making, and offering"

2022 AWARD RECIPIENTS

$250 Awards

• Catelynn Henion "The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde' Relationship with and Reclamation of Tumwata"
• Jess Gladis "Value Pluralism & Environmental Justice in the Cascades: The Nisqually River Watershed"

2021 AWARD RECIPIENTS

$200 Award

• Lofanitani Aisea "lwelek honk sa (Let's Kill It): Revitalizing Indigenous language & Exploding Settler Cows"
• Adriann Bechtle and Rheata Kumala "Museum of Stolen Land: Problematizing American Colonialism Through Architectural Design"

$100 Award

• Emma Glaunert "The Alaska Mental Health Enabling Act: The Treatment of Alaskan Natives in Mental Health Policy"

Two (2) $200 Awards

One (1) $100 Honorable Mention Awards 

IRES, NAIS, and Division of Undergraduate Education and Student Success