IAIS’s 15th Annual Native American-Archaeology RoundTable

Online Event

Martians, Atlanteans, and "Lost Tribes": Pseudo-archaeology and Its Impact on Native American Studies Pseudo-archaeology (also known as alternate, fringe, or cult archaeology) is a study that has drawn in not […]

Virtual Native American Artist Series – Calvin Hunt

Calvin Hunt is a Kwagu’l (Kwakwaka’wakw) artist living and working in his traditional homelands of Tsakis (Fort Rupert, British Columbia). His reputation for authenticity and artistic excellence spans the globe. […]

Virtual Native American Artist Series – Dawn Spears

Dawn Spears (Narragansett/Choctaw) is a contemporary artist who specializes in unique, free-hand original abstract designs. Dawn also serves as Executive Director of the Northeast Indigenous Arts Alliance (NIAA) and has […]

Virtual Native American Artist Series: Sarah Sockbeson

Sarah Sockbeson (Penobscot) is a basketmaker who has demonstrated and exhibited her work at various shows, museums and markets throughout the country. Sarah apprenticed with renowned basket maker Jennifer Neptune, […]

Virtual Native American Artist Series: Vera Longtoe Sheehan

Vera Longtoe Sheehan (Elnu Abenaki) is an artist, educator, culture keeper and activist who has exhibited, lectured, and taught at museums and cultural institutions throughout the world, including at the […]

Virtual Native American Artist Series: Annawon Weeden

Annawon Weeden is an actor, activist, dancer and artist with Mashpee Wampanoag, Narragansett and Pequot heritage. Growing up on the Narragansett reservation in south coastal RI, Annawon has been instructed on the traditional dances […]

Virtual Native American Artist Series: Brenda Hill

Brenda Hill (Tuscarora/Choctaw) is an indigenous artist who specializes in pottery and special order clay items. For several decades, she has exhibited and taught the history of Haudenosaunee pottery at […]

Sunday Fun Day Craft Workshops: Snow Snakes

The Institute for American Indian Studies 38 Curtis Road, Washington, CT, United States

 This traditional Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) winter game involves a stick that is carved and decorated to resemble a snake. Competitors throw the stick along a snow trench and try to see […]

Sunday Fun Day Craft Workshops: Beading

The Institute for American Indian Studies 38 Curtis Road, Washington, CT, United States

For thousands of years, many Native peoples decorated clothing and items with materials found in nature, such as shell, stones, seeds and porcupine quills. In more recent centuries, multi-colored glass […]