American Indian Studies Program
Monday, November 3, 2025
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4:00 pmIllini Union, Room 210This talk appreciates the importance of Garveyism and the Midwest for understanding the contours, genealogies, and complexities of twentieth-century Black transnational resistance and for imagining that another world is possible in this moment of global crisis.
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7:00 pmCourtyard, Illini Union (1401 W. Green Street, Urbana)In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, the Illini Union Board, Native American House (NAH), and American Indian Association of Illinois welcome everyone to enjoy a variety of musical genres performed by an ensemble of Native performers. In addition to tabling at this event, the NAH will have food for attendees. Food is first-come, first-served.
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
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12:00 - 1:00 pmNative American House (1206 W. Nevada St., Urbana)The Native American House invites you to a Community Welcome to meet and greet Dr. Jessica Hernandez, our guest speaker for the Dinner on Us program later in the day. We hope you’ll join us in giving Dr. Hernandez a warm welcome to Illinois! Lunch will be provided. Food will be served on a first-come, first-served basis.
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5:30 - 6:30 pmCarl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, Conference Room 612 (1206 West Gregory Drive, Urbana)This presentation will explore how meaningful environmental progress necessitates the dismantling of extractive conservation paradigms and the integration of Indigenous knowledge systems grounded in land-based relationality and kinship.
Thursday, November 6, 2025
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12:00 - 1:00 pmNative American House (1206 W. Nevada St., Urbana)The Native American House invites you to a Community Welcome to meet and greet Dr. Daniel R. Wildcat, professor of Indigenous and American Indian Studies at Haskell Indian Nations University. We hope you’ll join us in giving Dr. Wildcat a warm welcome to Illinois! Lunch will be provided. Food will be served on a first-come, first-served basis.
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4:30 pmIllini Room C & South Lounge, Illini Union (1401 W. Green Street)Through the lens of the Rising Voices, Changing Coasts coastal research project, this lecture highlights how traditional ecological knowledge and modern scientific approaches work together to promote resilience, sustainability, and community-driven solutions among diverse Indigenous coastal communities.
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4:30 - 8:00 pmIllinois Street Dining Center (ISR) (1010 W Illinois St, Urbana)In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, University Housing will bring a taste of Native food flavors to ISR.
Friday, November 7, 2025
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All DayNovember 7 (Illini Union, Room 314A) and Day 2 (IGB, Conference Room 612)The kinSTEM Conference is designed to provide a space for STEM communities to gather, reflect, and grow. Rather than define a single path, the goals remain open to interpretation, allowing participants to bring their own meanings, experiences, and questions into the space.
Saturday, November 8, 2025
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All DayNovember 7 (Illini Union, Room 314A) and Day 2 (IGB, Conference Room 612)
The kinSTEM Conference is designed to provide a space for STEM communities to gather, reflect, and grow. Rather than define a single path, the goals remain open to interpretation, allowing participants to bring their own meanings, experiences, and questions into the space.