AHJ_ah545020 Inventory of the University of Wyoming. Native American and Indigenous Studies program, 1924-2020 University of Wyoming. Native American and Indigenous Studies Program records Processed by Hunter Callahan McFarland University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
American Heritage Center Dept. 3924, 1000 E. University Avenue University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 82071 Phone: 307.766.2574 Fax:307.766.5511 Email:ahcref@uwyo.edu URL:http://ahc.uwyo.edu/
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University of Wyoming

 Finding aid encoded by D. Claudia Thompson August 2014 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary University of Wyoming. Native American and Indigenous Studies program University of Wyoming. Native American and Indigenous Studies Program records 1924-2020 Website capture 2016-ongoing 545020 2.55 cubic ft. (3 boxes) + 49.79 + websites University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English The University of Wyoming, Native American and Indigenous Studies program, once the University of Wyoming, American Indian Studies Program, focuses on Native American communities and the social, political, and economic systems within them. This collection contains information on indigenous languages and groups, program descriptions, student and faculty papers, and the department website. History of the University of Wyoming. Native American and Indigenous Studies Program

The University of Wyoming, Native American and Indigenous Studies Program (NAIS), once named the University of Wyoming, American Indian Studies Program, focuses on Native American communities and the social, political, and economic systems within them. The program also brings attention to the culture and history of Native American and indigenous communities as well as the problems that face them.

 Scope and Content

The collection contains information on the Eastern Shoshone language, including a dictionary compiled by David Leedom Shaul, a glossary, a grant proposal, and a summary of the program. It also includes access to the archived department website. This collection also includes student and faculty papers, course descriptions, and information on indigenous groups.

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

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There are no known other archival collections created by the University of Wyoming, Native American and Indigenous Studies Program at the date of processing.

This material was received from University of Wyoming, Native American and Indigenous Studies Program from 2014-2023 and the University of Wyoming Native American Education, Research and Cultural Center in September 2024.

The collection was processed by Hunter Callahan McFarland in June 2015 and updated by Bailee Thomas in 2019, Maiah Porter and Sara Davis in May 2020, Jamie Greene in November 2020, and Erin Shadrick in January 2024 and by Brittany Heye in March 2026.

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

 Access Terms Shoshoni language Indians of North America -- Study and teaching (Higher) Indians of North America -- Education (Higher) -- Wyoming University of Wyoming Wind River Reservation (Wyo.) <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?> Education Colleges and Universities Wyoming People, Ethnicity, and Culture Native Americans Container List 1A Quiet Crisis: Federal Funding and Unmet in Indian Country 2003 3AIS graduation video - VHSundated 3AIST 7990/EDCI 5480 boarding school lectureundated 1"American Indian Programs at the University of Wyoming, 1975-2015: A Summary" by John F. Nutter March 2016 1American Indian Studies Program Information1993-1994, 2018 1Arapahoe Designs and Symbols 1983 1Arapahoe 1010: Course Outline and Descriptionundated 2Atlas for Anthropology1960 1Atlas of American Indian Affairs1990 3Book - "The Arapaho Way"2019 3Book - "Arapaho Journeys"2011 2Casenote Legal Briefs: Indian Law1998 3Catherine Keene - honored alum presentation (edited version) - UMaticundated 2Citizens and Savages: Applied Anthropology and Indian Administration in the United States2006 2Contextual Influences on the Creation of Crow Tribal Photographs by Richard Throssel in the Early Twentieth Century2002 2Contribution to Canadian Linguistics1979 2The Coyote in the Kawuneeche: Story, Relation, and Experience in a Rocky Mountain Landscape2010 2The Cultural Position of the Kalapuya in the Pacific Northwest1951 1Cultural Trust and Relationship Matrix2001 2Current Anthropology1973-1979 1Current Trends in the Wind River Shoshone Sun Dance1953 1"Developing Effective Working Relationships With Indian Tribes and Organizations" 2001-2002 1Dissertation: It Takes a Village: Decolonization, Experiential Narrative, and Community-Centered Learning in a Reservation Bordertown2010 2The Eastern Shoshone Tribe: Supplementary Support of the Wind River Needs Determination Survey1998 1Eastern Shoshone Working Dictionaryundated 3Everyday Lakota conversation - Cassetteundated 1General Information on the Arapahoe 2002-2013 1Glossary of the Eastern Shoshone language2012 1Graduate Thesis: A Botanical Survey in Grand Teton National Park: Plants Used By Native Americans2006 1Graduate Thesis: Catastrophe in Paradise: A Study of the Alienated Individual in the Fiction of James Welch1989 1Grant Proposal2009 1Indian Education Legal Support Project2005 1Information on Indigenous Tribesundated 2Mapping the Influences of the Hollywood "Indian"2011 1Miscellaneous articles1985-1995 1Native American Education, Research, and Cultural Centerundated 3Newspaper clippings1996 - 2001 2Now I Must Try to Live as They Did: Reginald Laubin and American Indian Representation2009 1The Peyote Culture Among Wyoming Indians1946 2Plan B: Social Services and Wyoming American Indians: A Qualitative Study 2009 2Recognizing Cultural Competence in Social Workers1999 3Recordings of NDN affairs - Cassetteundated 3Report - Arapaho Culture Student References2001 2Report to the Hopi Kikmongwis and Other Traditional Hopi Leaders on Docket 196 and the Continuing Threat to Hopi Land and Sovereignty 1979 1 and Digitalahcdm_545020_001-007Shoshoni Language Materials (7 CDs)2002 1Student Papers2006, undated 1Tribal Names of American Indians: Origins and Evolution1995 1Tribal Water Code of the Seminole Tribe of Florida1995 2University of Utah: Anthropological Papers1978 2Wappo Texts1924 2Wyoming Indian Affairs Council1994 310 years of honoring our graduates - VHSundated Series I. Digital Records 1988-2014

This series contians the digital records of the UW Native American and Indigenous Studies program.

 Digitalahcdm_545020_008"Thinking Towards an American Indian Center at the University of Wyoming" - CD2009 Digitalahcdm_545020_009Arapaho 1-18 - CDundated Digitalahcdm_545020_010Arapahoe 19-36 - CDundated Digitalahcdm_545020_011Arapahoe 37-42 - CDundated Digitalahcdm_545020_012Arapaho #1 - 21 g 30 - CDundated Digitalahcdm_545020_013Arapaho #2 - 20 g 30 - CDundated Digitalahcdm_545020_014Arapaho #3 - 19 g 30 - CDundated Digitalahcdm_545020_015Arapaho #4 - 21 g 30 - CDundated Digitalahcdm_545020_016Arapaho #5 - 17 g 30 - CDundated Digitalahcdm_545020_017Arapaho #1 - 19 g 30 - CDundated Digitalahcdm_545020_018Arapaho #1 - 26 g 30 - CDundated Digitalahcdm_545020_019Arapaho #2 - 27 g 30 - CDundated Digitalahcdm_545020_020Arapaho #3 - 26 g 30 - CDundated Digitalahcdm_545020_021Arapaho #4 - 14 g 30 - CDundated Digitalahcdm_545020_022The photographs of Saea - CDundated Digitalahcdm_545020_023American Indians in Geology - CD1995 - 1996 Digitalahcdm_545020_024Sidney Haysen with Caskey - CDundated Digitalahcdm_545020_025AIS graduation - CD2005 Digitalahcdm_545020_026AIS graduation - CD2007 Digitalahcdm_545020_027AIS graduation - 1st half - CD 2008 Digitalahcdm_545020_028AIS graduation - 2nd half - CD2008 Digitalahcdm_545020_029AIS graduation - CD2009 Digitalahcdm_545020_030AIS graduation - CD2010 Digitalahcdm_545020_031AIS graduation - CD2011 Digitalahcdm_545020_032AIS graduation - CD2014 Digitalahcdm_545020_033American Indian Studies photos - CDundated Digitalahcdm_545020_034Teepe photosOctober 2008 Digitalahcdm_545020_035American Heritage Center photos for AISA brochureJune 2005 Digitalahcdm_545020_036American Indian Studies - stills from video footageMarch 2009 Digitalahcdm_545020_038American Indian Studies - web imagesundated Digitalahcdm_545020_039A. Wagon - A July 1988 Digitalahcdm_545020_040A. Wagon - A July 1988 Digitalahcdm_545020_041A. Wagon - BJuly 1988 Digitalahcdm_545020_042A. Wagonundated Digitalahcdm_545020_043A. Wagon - vowelsundated Digitalahcdm_545020_044A. Wagon - 1 vowelsundated Digitalahcdm_545020_045A. Wagon - 2 vowelsundated Digitalahcdm_545020_046A. Wagon - 3 vowelsundated Digitalahcdm_545020_047A. Wagon - soundsundated Digitalahcdm_545020_048AIS and AISA logo's and faculty pictures2007 Digitalahcdm_545020_049-051Pow Wow photos (three floppies)April 2005 Digitalahcdm_545020_053-054Arapaho dictionary (two floppies)undated Series II. Websites

This accretion contains the websites belonging to the UW Native American and Indigenous Studies program.

 Digital Website: American Indian Studies Program 2016-2020 Digital Website: Native American Education, Resource and Cultural Center (NAERCC) 2020-ongoing Digital Website: Native American and Indigenous Studies Program 2020-ongoing