Indigenous Studies Programs

Here are some suggested programs for further reference, organized alphabetically. While they include international programs, they are strongest in resources for the First Nations of Canada and the United States. The links are especially useful for the scholars, research specializations, and activists named within them. See also support materials for teachers.

University of Alaska

Indigenous Studies, including PhD program

Alaska Native Language Center

University of Alberta

PhD in Indigenous Studies

American Indian College Fund

Tribal College Map and Guide

Australian National University

National Centre for Indigenous Studies

Arizona State University

American Indian Studies Program

Canadian University Indigenous Studies Programs
Center for World Indigenous Studies
Center for Traditional Medicine
University of Canterbury

School of Maori and Indigenous Studies

University of Colorado, Boulder

Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies

Columbia University

Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race

Summer Indigenous Studies Program

Center for the Study of Social Difference

Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Indigenous

Cornell University

American Indian and Indigenous Studies

Cultural Survival
Dartmouth College

Program in Native American Studies (pioneer program in United States)

George Mason University

Indigenous Studies Program

Hokkaido University

Center for Ainu and Indigenous Studies

International Indigenous Women’s Forum
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

American Indian Studies Program

Miami University

Miami Tribe Relations Program

Michigan State University

Indigenous Law Program and Policy Center

University of Nebraska

Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas

University of New Mexico

Native American Studies Program

University of Northern British Columbia

First Nations Studies

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program

Northern Arizona University

Applied Indigenous Studies

University of Oklahoma

Native American Studies

Indigenous Peoples Law

University of Oxford

Language Centre

Portland State University

Indigenous Nations Studies

School of Advanced Research Santa Fe

Stanford University

Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity

Indigenous Peoples, Environment and Sustainability (within Latin American Studies Program)

Native American Cultural Center

University of Texas at Austin

Native American and Indigenous Studies

University of Toronto

Center for Indigenous Studies

Trent University

Indigenous Studies PhD program

University of Western Australia

School of Indigenous Studies