Red Dress Installation at IAISFriday, May 3rd (1:00PM - 4:00PM)Saturday, May 4th (11:00AM - 4:00PM)Sunday, May 5th (11:00AM - 4:00PM)Each year, thousands of women, children, and 2 Spirit Native Americans […]
Saturday, May 4th5:00PM - 7:30PMEach year, thousands of women, men, children, and 2 Spirit Native Americans go missing or are found murdered in the United States and Canada. Gaps in […]
Saturday, May 11th1:00PM - 3:00PMFor thousands of years, many Native peoples have decorated clothing and items with materials found in nature, such as shell, stones, seeds and porcupine quills. In […]
Saturday, May 18th1:00PM - 3:00PMNative American tribes and citizens have a unique place in the United States’ legal system. Tribes are considered “domestic dependent nations”, while individuals may be citizens […]
Wednesday, May 29th7:00PM - 9:00PMThis is a virtual event Looking to expand your reading list and discuss a variety of issues and topics important to Native people? Please join our […]
Sunday, June 2nd10:00AM - 12:00PM Did you know that late spring and early summer is the best season to peel bark off of a tree? As such, it was the […]
Saturday, June 8th11:00AM - 4:00PM As part of the 20th annual Connecticut Open House Day, visit the Institute for American Indian Studies to learn about the more than 12,000-year history […]
Saturday, June 15th10:00AM - 12:00PM;1:00PM - 3:00PM For thousands of years, Native communities in the Eastern Woodlands lived in villages consisting of dome-shaped structures called wigwams, made out of saplings, […]
Saturday, June 22nd10:00AM - 12:00PM Join Richard Chrisjohn (Oneida) for an interesting and informative workshop in which participants will make an elm bark rattle or bark rattle necklace. Chrisjohn is […]
Wednesday, June 26th7PM - 9PMThis is a virtual event. Looking to expand your reading list and discuss a variety of issues and topics important to Native people? Please join our […]
