#  Native Cultures of the Americas 

 



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   ![bowls of berries, leaves, and petals](/sites/g/files/omnuum4936/files/styles/hwp_1_1__960x960_scale/public/mahindra/files/nativecultures.jpg?itok=0bIVVvYp) 

 

A forum for the interdisciplinary study of the indigenous peoples and cultures of the Americas. The seminar features scholarship on topics both pre- and post-contact, from deep archaeology to contemporary politics and culture, as well as the implications of such work for law, education, environmental policy, and public memory.

*Seminar image courtesy of Sgaas Sgwansing, Haida Nation.*



 



 

 

 

 

##  Past Events 

 



  [### Who Were Harvard’s First Indigenous Students? 

 ](/event/who-were-harvards-first-indigenous-students?occ_id=0)May 4, 2026

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 5:00PM EDT 

 

 

   [### Shoot the State: Patronage, Markets, and the Arming of Indigenous Independence in the Americas, 1750-1950

 ](/event/shoot-state-patronage-markets-and-arming-indigenous-independence-americas-1750-1950?occ_id=0)April 22, 2026

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 6:15PM EDT 

 

 

   [### POSTPONED “Nodding Acquaintances”: D’Arcy McNickle and Transnational Indigenous Networks within Academia’s Colonial System

 ](/event/postponed-nodding-acquaintances-darcy-mcnickle-and-transnational-indigenous-networks-within?occ_id=0)Feb 11, 2026

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 6:00PM EST 

 

 

  

 

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##  Chair 

 



  [### Philip Deloria

 ](/people/philip-deloria) <deloria@fas.harvard.edu> 

      ![Philip Deloria](/sites/g/files/omnuum4936/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mahindra/files/philip_deloria.jpg?itok=Xi5EwA_e) 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

##  Graduate Student Coordinators 

 



  [### Kabl Wilkerson

 ](/people/kabl-wilkerson) <kablwilkerson@g.harvard.edu> 

  

 

 

 

 

 



 

 See also:- [ Seminars ](/page-type/seminars)
- [ Native Cultures of the Americas ](/seminars/native-cultures-americas)