Articles tagged with 'AIS' | CSUSM

Throughout November, Cal State San Marcos will be celebrating and recognizing the contributions of American Indians with a series of special events as part of Native American Heritage Month. Now commonly referred to as American Indian and Alaska Nati...

Cal State San Marcos professor Joely Proudfit has been appointed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom to the Commission on the Status of Women and Girls, becoming the first Indigenous woman named to the organization. Established as a state agency in 1965,...

Eric Tippeconnic’s father worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, which meant that his childhood was like the American Indian version of being a military brat.  Tippeconnic was born in Nome, Alaska. He spent his formative years on the Hoopa reser...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) a Humanities Initiatives Grant to build a 21st century American Indian Studies (AIS) Program. The eighteen-month project will enhance the existing minor,...