American Indian Studies Program
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
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5:30 - 6:30 pmIllini Union, Room C (1401 W. Green St, Urbana)
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
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12:00 pmBruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center (1212 W Nevada St., Urbana)Undergraduates of any major are invited to this informal lunch talk with Rita Dove. Dove served as U.S. Poet Laureate from 1993–1995. She was a winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in poetry and the 2023 honorary National Book Award.
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7:30 pmAlice Campbell Alumni CenterJoin us for a free public reading by award-winning poet Rita Dove. Dove served as U.S. Poet Laureate from 1993 to 1995, and was a winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in poetry and the 2023 honorary National Book Award.
Monday, April 20, 2026
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5:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 208Please join us for the launch of Ethan Madarieta's first book, Land's Language: On Mapuche Memory, Translation, and the Territorial Aporia. Ethan, who earned his Ph.D. in Comparative and World Literature at Illinois, is an assistant professor of English at Syracuse University, where he is on faculty in Native American and Indigenous studies...
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
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5:30 - 6:30 pmhttps://aacc.illinois.edu/
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Friday, May 1, 2026
Saturday, May 2, 2026
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9:00 am 10:30 amNative American House (1206 W. Nevada Street, Urbana) and CU Community Fab Lab (1301 S Goodwin Ave, Urbana)To honor Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives and to bring attention to the ongoing violence faced by Indigenous communities, the Native American House (NAH) invites the campus community to participate in an MMIR Prayer Walk from NAH to Alma Mater.
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
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All DayNative American House (1206 W. Nevada Street, Urbana)
Thursday, May 7, 2026
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10:00 am - 12:00 pmTemple Hoyne Buell Hall 134 Plym Auditorium -
4:00 - 6:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, Room 422Prizes for Research Ceremony and Reception
