AMIS Announcements
Stay up to date with AMIS events, scholarships, and news!
2025
03/30/2025 - Comanche Little Ponies 55th Annual Celebration
The Comanche Little Ponies would like to invite the Students and Staff from the OSU Sovereign Center to join us for our 2025 Annual Powwow Event on May 9th and 10th in Lawton, OK. Please see this flyer for more information!
03/12/2025 - American Indians Into Psychology 2025
AIIP is recruiting for the 2025 Summer Program! This program is designed to prepare American Indian students for psychology graduate programs and career. This is a paid position and will last from May 12th to May 23rd.
If you are interested, apply by April 15th! Email Patricia Alexander for more information.
03/10/2025 - Future Natives in Healthcare: OU Health Sciences
OU Health Sciences Native American Student Association is excited to invite you to 2025 Future Natives in Healthcare! Visit the OU Health Sciences Campus in Oklahoma City for an afternoon of engagement and fun while exploring our academic programs. Participants will have the opportunity to attend an overview presentation of OU Health Sciences, engage with indigenous Health Sciences students, and tour the campus!
Click here for more info and registration.
03/04/2025 - 2025 NCAIS Summer Institute: Call for Participants
The NCAIS Summer Institute is a three-week-long intensive graduate course held during the summer at The Newberry Library in Chicago. Participants are provided with housing in Chicago, receive a $600 living stipend, and will be reimbursed for travel expenses up to $750. This course is an exploration of the intersection of colonial archives and Indigenous knowledge and practices. Much research has interrogated archives as the site for what is “known” about Indigenous peoples throughout the world.
If you are interested, click here!
02/25/2025 - Indigenous Chicago Oral History Intern - Applications Open
The Indigenous Chicago Project is looking for an undergraduate student in Native American and Indigenous Studies to join our team as the Oral History Intern. This is a great opportunity, and the internship is paid!
For more information and to apply, click here!
02/04/2025 - NCAIS Graduate Student Conference 2025 Schedule
NCAIS Graduate Students will be presenting papers in a number of academic fields related to American Indian and Indigenous Studies. NCAIS faculty members and other audience members help presenters further develop their ideas and arguments through questions and constructive feedback. The NCAIS Graduate Conference sessions are open to all students and faculty at NCAIS institutions. We hope to see you there!
Click here for more information.
01/16/2025 - Dr. Mishuana Goeman Speaker Series
The Center for the Humanities is bringing in Dr. Mishuana Goeman, the well-known Indigenous Studies scholar, on March 3 and 4. Her talk will be on Treaty Art: Place, Belonging and Expressive Citizenship through Art Practices.
Please see this flyer for more information!
2024
12/03/2024 - NARCH Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
Here are even more opportunities for paid research experience! The Native American Research Center for Health is looking for Native American students to apply for a 9-week hands-on research experience. This program has excellent skill development and career preparation for undergraduate students! See below for more details.
For more information, Click Here!
11/26/2024 - LIBR Accelerated Summer Research (LASR) Internship
Are you interested in getting paid to be more involved with research? The Laureate Institude for Brain Research has the perfect position for you! This 8-week program will help you get your foot in the door in being involved with important psychology research and grant you access to wonderful mentors. It will last from June 2nd to July 31st of 2025! Applications open January 1st to April 1st of 2025. Please see the flyer below for more detail!
For more information, Click Here!
11/19/2024 - National Institude on Drug Abuse Summer Research Internship Program - Application Now Open
The NIDA offers a paid summer research position for undergraduate students to gain resaerch on substance use and addiction. This is an excellent opportunity to gain experience in research, networking, and graduate-level work. Pleasae see the flyer below for more information!
For more information, please Click Here!
10/09/2024 - OSU Native Student Association 53rd Annual Powwow
On October 26th, 2024, NASA is hosting the 53rd Annual Powwow at Payne County Expo Center! This will include contests for all age groups and a series of events from 12:00pm to 11:00pm. This is a wonderful event, and we would love to see everyone there! Please see the attached flyer for more information:
09/28/2024 - Center for the Humanities Presentations
OSU's Center for the Humanities is hosting two panel discussions that will present valuable and unique topics! First, Dr. Louise Siddons will discuss how photography can impact sovereignty, politics, and queer identity on Tuesday, October 15 from 4:00pm to 5:00pm in the library's Helmerich Browsing Room.
Next, Dr. Alai Reyes-Santos and her colleagues will 
present on th Just Futures Institude for Racial and Climate Justice on Wednesday,
November 20th from 3:30pm - 4:30pm at the same location. Please join if any of these
topics interest you!
09/13/2024 - OSU Psychology Diversity Day
OSU Psychology is hosting a diversity day on Friday, September 17th! This is an opportunity for talented undergraduates and recent college graduates from historically marginalized backgrounds who are invested in pursuing doctoral-level training in clinical or experimental psychology. There will be information about graduate school applications, finances, and even panels where you can meet graduate students and faculty. Come prepared with any questions you may have. Hope to see you there!
For More Information and Registration, click here!
09/10/2024 - NCAIS Graduate Student Conference 2024 Call for Abstracts
The D’Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies invites graduate
students within the Newberry Consortium for American Indian and Indigenous Studies
(NCAIS) to submit proposals for individual papers in any academic field relating to
American Indian and Indigenous Studies.
To propose a paper, please submit a title and a 250-word abstract of your paper and
a short bio by October 8, 2024, using this Google Form.
08/14/2024 - Native Children's Research Exchange Call for Applications
The NCRE is accepting applications to start November 2024! If you are interested, please visit the website below and click "apply" at the bottom of the page. Applications are due Monday, September 9th!
08/14/2024 - ABCT Native Special Interest Group Call for Abstracts
The deadline for abstract submissions to the Native American Issues in Behavior Therapy and Research SIG has been extended to August 23rd. To submit, please send an abstract of 200-300 words to Evan White (ewhite@laureateinstitute.org) with "ABCT 2024 NativeSIG Poster Submission [LAST NAME]" as the subject line.
02/28/2024 - Sovereignty Symposium XXXVI – 2024 Call for Papers/Abstracts
The 36th Sovereignty Symposium will be held from June 11th to June 12th, 2024 at the Skirvin Hilton Hotel, OKC! If you are interested in submitting a paper, poster, or attending the conference, please check out these flyers for more information. Hope to see you there!
02/20/2024 - Newberry Consortium - Approaching Native American Historiography
The Newberry Consortium presents Approaching Native American Historiography: Confronting Past and Contemporary Understandings of the Field of Native American History, a four-week graduate course held in Chicago! The course will include discussions on writing Native American history, influence of research and history on modern Native communities, ethics and responsibilities when writing Native history, and much more!
Students will receive a living stipend and will be reimbursed for travel expenses. To apply, please complete this application document and send it directly to their NCAIS faculty liason by March 8th.
02/10/2024 — NCAIS Graduate Student Conference-Call for Abstracts
The D’Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies invites graduate students within the Newberry Consortium for American Indian an Indigenous Studies (NCAIS) to submit proposals for individual papers in any academic field relating to American Indian and Indigenous Studies.
To propose a paper, please submit a title and a 250-word abstract of your paper and a short bio by October 10, 2023 to mcnickle@newberry.org. Please submit your abstract and bio as a separate word document or PDF and ensure your name and paper title are included in the document.