Welcome to the Department of American Indian Studies at the University of Washington website. If you need to contact us please consider the following options:

• (206) 543-9082 (telephone)
• (206) 616-3122 (fax)
• native (at) u (dot) washington (dot) edu (e-mail)

If you would like to visit us, discuss or have questions about the Bachelor of Arts degree in American Indian Studies, we are located on the Seattle campus:

• Padelford Hall, C-514

If you would like to drop us a line via traditional mail our address is:

• University of Washington: American Indian Studies
  Box: 354305, Seattle, WA 98195
  (Please indicate who you wish your mail to be routed to)

Faculty and staff contact information can be found on the people page.

Need to find out when your professor has office hours? Want to check out this quarter's schedule? If so, then click on the links provided below:

Class Schedules

• The Autumn 2009 Class Schedule (PDF)
• The Winter 2010 Class Schedule (PDF)

Office Hours

• AIS Autumn 2009 Office Hours

The AIS Major

• The American Indian Studies Major and Minor
• The American Indian Studies Major and Minor in PDF Format
• Declaring a Major
• Please contact Marcia Feinstein-Tobey with advising questions. Her office hours can be found here.

• Marvin Oliver Studio Tour: Sculpture Progress
  
  Marvin Oliver, a renowned artist of Quinalt heritage, is creating a welcome figure for the Salmon Bay Natural Area (SBNA) to celebrate the transformative powers of the salmon life cycle and to remind all of us of the stories, history, and creativity inherent in local indigenous cultures.
  Click here to learn more about ongoing events at Salmon Bay Natural Area.


• Native American & Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA) 2010 Conference: Tuscon, May 20-22
  The DEADLINE for submission of proposals for individual papers, sessions, and roundtables is December 1, 2009.
  


• Columbus: A new novel by Derek Haas
  Reading and Signing at Seattle Mystery Bookshop
  November 21, 12:00-1:00 pm
  113 Cherry St, Seattle


• Makah and Friends Art Show
  Saturday, December 12, 2009
  10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  
  
  1330 North 90th Street, Seattle
  (old Indian Heritage School at Wilson-Pacific)
  
  
  Funded in Part by Grants from:
  Washington State Arts Commission
  National Endowment for the Arts
  


• Layers Art Opening at Daybreak Star. United Indians of All Tribes Foundation is proud to present an exciting collaborative art exhibition entitled Layers: New Works by Terrance Guardipee and Dan Joseph Friday. The exhibit opens October 22nd and features the newest works from these two internationally acclaimed artists. This exhibition is free and open to the public at the Sacred Circle Art Gallery inside the Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center in Discovery Park. There will be a free opening reception October 22nd from 6:00 - 9:00pm with refreshments and entertainment. The artists' work will be on display through December 11th. For more information, contact: Malia Helfmeyer (206) 829-2205, malia@unitedindians.org.


• Call for papers and panels:
  AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
  CELEBRATING INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGES:
  PEOPLES, LANDS, CULTURES
  June 16 to 20, 2010 Trent University, Peterborough, Canada


• November 6th film screening:
  The Place of the Falling Waters (1990)
  Directors: Roy Bigcrane & Thompson Smith
  
  A Native American produced documentary history of the Flathead Indian Reservation from the perspective of the Indian people who live there. The story relates the complex and volatile relationship between the people of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and a major hydroelectric dam situated within the Flathead Indian Reservation. The documentary is presented in three 30-minute parts.
  
  This broadcast quality program combines a powerful mix of interviews with tribal elders, archival newsreel footage of the Flathead Reservation, stunning aerial footage of the region, and rare photographs dating to the 19th century.
  
  Please join us for this event, co-sponsored by the American Indian Studies Department and the Office of Minority Affairs, on the evening of November 6, 6:30-9:00 pm in the Ethnic Cultural Center Theater (3930 Brooklyn Ave NE). Coffee and dessert will be served.


• FELLOWSHIPS IN THE HUMANITIES 2010-2011
  
  The Newberry's fellowships support humanities research in our collections. We promise wide-ranging and rich collections; a lively interdisciplinary community of researchers; individual consultations on your research with staff curators, librarians, and scholars; and an array of scholarly and public programs.
  
  
• The Burke Museum Announces Unprecedented Concert Event
  Tribute to the Spirit: Little Big Band
  Artists from Seven First Nations Gather on Stage to Mark Closing of the 100th A-Y-P Anniversary Year
  
  Date/Time: Nov. 20, 2009. 7:30 pm
  Location: Meany Hall; UW Campus