About Us

Vision

Ohio¹s indigenous people, which includes our students and faculty, represent a wide variety of tribal backgrounds, region, cultural traditions, education, and research. According to native protocol, we acknowledge the ancestral ties of Shawnees, and subsequently of Wyandots and Delawares. The Ohio State University¹s American Indian Studies Minor offers students the opportunity to explore Native histories, issues, and perspectives from a local, regional, and global level within multiple disciplines.
The vision is to ground OSU in its native Ohio history, assist campus departments with recruiting American Indian faculty and students, supporting research by students, staff, and faculty, providing a focal point for scholars, staff, students and community members who are interested in research, education, and issues about Native Americans, through collaborations with the American Indian Studies, Multicultural Center, American Indian Student Services, Office of Minority Affairs , Native American Living Learning Program, American Indian Alumni society and external community.

Rationale

What can a Native American Studies program do?

Work toward the creation of an undergraduate minor. This will require the development of additional courses in several departments, a central focus and requirements for the minor, and coordination among faculty in curriculum development and scheduling. In addition, service-learning projects should be offered to students.
Offer assistance to departments in recruiting faculty and students.
Coordinate and support efforts to develop programs, concerts, conferences, and other projects.
Providing indigenous perspectives on current areas and discipline and developing indigenous voice(s).

Give

If you would like to become involved or support the American Indian Studies Program please contact Dr. Jay Miller with questions regarding our program at 614-292-5345 or Margo Wolanin regarding gifts at 614-292-9200.

Contact

American Indian Studies
Colleges of the Arts and Sciences
105B Brown Hall
190 West 17th Ave
Columbus, Ohio 43210

Phone: 614-292-7211
Fax: 614-688-5675

Image Sequence

Wyandot Methodist Church, Upper Sandusky
Sulphur Spring, OWU, Delaware
Simon Pokegaon, Potawatomi novelist
Thelma Adamson, Marietta, Indien folklorist
Sunwatch Thatch, Dayton
Wyandot Missionaries, Sandusky
Piasaw, Underwater Panther “alligator”
Bear Doctor, John Heckewelder, and John Killbuck, Cochocton
Rev David Zeisberger, first US textbook, Moravian Schoenbrunn
Tribute in Shawnee, Old Town
Huron Altar, Ontario
Octagon Moon Standstills, Newark

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