American Indian Studies
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CAHSS student named finalist in national Indigenous fiction contest
This summer, College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences (CAHSS) student Hilary Pohl received national recognition for a short story written as part of a class assignment.
TAG Student Hilary Pohl Finalist in Indigenous Fuction Prize Folio
AIS Department Tribal Administration and Governance student Hilary Pohl was a finalist in the Chapter House Journal's Summer 2025 Indigenous Fiction Prize with her story "She Who Helped Nanaboozhoo."
American Indian Studies Graduate Program Policies
The Department of American Indian Studies has has determined policies which apply to our master's degree and post-baccalaureate certificate programs. They are detailed below.
A Chance Encounter: Friendship Inspires Scholarship
The 2024-25 issue of Confluence, the newsletter of the UMD College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, has published an article about the origins of the UMD American Indian Studies Scholarship, new in Fall 2024, and the two inaugural recipients for 2024-25, undergraduate students Olivia Johnson and Alyza Savage.
CAHSS Professors receive awards for excellence in undergraduate education
Associate Professor of Philosophy Jeanine Weekes Schroer, and Associate Professor of American Indian Studies Carter Meland of UMD’s College of Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences (CAHSS) have each been chosen to receive the Horace T. Morse Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education.
Professor Carter Meland Receives a 2024-25 Horace T. Morse-Alumni Undergraduate Teaching Award
Carter Meland has been chosen to receive the 2024-25 Horace T. Morse - University of Minnesota Alumni Association Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education!
Graduate Certificates
Apply online for the Spring 2026 or Fall 2026 Cohorts! Application deadlines: November 1, 2025 & August 1, 2026. (Please note that many scholarship deadlines occur on or before May 1.)