About this Page
This page offers further resources, such as fellowships and collectives for Indigenous artists, as well as resources specific to the Indiana University-Bloomington.
Edgar Heap of Birds. Beyond the Chief. 2009.
Campus Resources
- First Nations Educational & Cultural CenterThe First Nations Educational & Cultural Center (FNECC) supports American Indian and indigenous students in their transition to and achievement at Indiana University Bloomington with campus programs and an extended network of resources and information designed to inspire, encourage, and empower students for success.
- Global Indigenous StudiesThe Global Indigenous Studies network aims at bringing together scholars, activists, and policy makers to address questions of indigeneity from various disciplinary and regional perspectives and larger issues of identity formation, social agency, cultural resilience, and ethnicity in global and national policies.
- Land Acknowledgment PageDifferent land acknowledgements to be used across campus, as well as pronunciations for the different tribes.
- NAGPRA OfficeIndiana University Office of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) implements the act at the campus level. The website also offers resources for doing research with NAGPRA collections.
Fellowships
- IAIA Artist-in-Residence (A-i-R) ProgramHosts artists for variable-length residencies taking place on the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) campus in Santa Fe, New Mexico, during the academic year.
- IARC Native American Artist FellowshipsThree fellowships offered by the Indian Arts Research Center (IARC) for Indigenous artists.
- Sundance Indigenous ProgramSundance offers a few different fellowship opportunities for Indigenous storytellers/filmmakers.
Collectives/Organizations
- American Indian CenterBased in Chicago, “The mission of the American Indian Center of Chicago (AIC) is to promote fellowship among Indian people of all Tribes living in metropolitan Chicago and to create bonds of understanding and communication between Indians and non-Indians in this city.”
- The American Indian Council of Architects and EngineersA non-profit corporation, its membership is comprised of American Indian architecture, engineering, and design professionals throughout the United States of America.
- Center for Native FuturesA non-profit organization currently hoping to create a Native and Indigenous gallery space in the city of Zhegagoynak (Chicago).
- Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts (CSIA)Crow’s Shadow is a nonprofit 501 (c)(3) organization (based in Oregon) formed in 1992 by local artists James Lavadour (Walla Walla) and Phillip Cash Cash (Cayuse and Nez Perce). CSIA's mission is to provide a creative conduit for educational, social, and economic opportunities for Native Americans through artistic development.
- RISEindigenousAn Indigenous artist initiative dedicated to the amplification & evolution of Indigenous art & culture
- Trickster Cultural CenterBased in Schaumberg, IL, the Trickster Cultural Center is a nonprofit, Native American community arts center that also serves Native American veterans.
- yəhaw̓ Indigenous Creatives CollectiveA collective of interdisciplinary Indigenous creatives focused on the Coast Salish territories.