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We are pleased to welcome Lila Crank to our office. She is moving into the role previously held by Cibonet Salazar, who left to take a position with her home Santa Ana Pueblo in New Mexico. Lila is Diné, originally from Farmington, New Mexico. She is Ashkenazi Jewish, born forÌýTł’ááshchí’í, Ashkena...

Junior Reina Toc has been hired in Student Affairs at the Center for Inclusion and Social Change to specifically support Native American students. Junior (he/him/él) comes to us from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where he served as program director at the office of international affairs at Lehigh Univer...

Benny Shendo Jr., Photo Credit: Denver Post Benny Shendo, JrÌýhas joined CU as its first-ever Associate Vice Chancellor for Native American Affairs.ÌýBennyÌýis a member of the Jemez Pueblo Tribe. He was elected Chairman of the Board of First Nations Development Institute in June 2016 after serving ma...

CNAIS hasÌýwelcomed four new Core Faculty Members this Spring! We would like to give a warm welcome to our four new Core faculty members:Ìý Leila Gomez, Professor of Women & Gender Studies Dr. Leila Gómez in an Associate Professor in the Department of Women and Gender Studies at CU Boulder. Her r...

NARF Executive Director and CNAIS External Advisory Board MemberÌýJohn Echohawk addresses Expert Group Meeting. Photo credit: ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ CNAIS joined with the Law School to co-host the UN Expert Group Meeting of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Jan. 24-26, 2024. Delegates from...

CNAIS hosted theÌýBVSD Native student ceremony for the third year with the American Indian Parent Committee of BVSD.Ìý On May 1, CNAIS served as campus host for BVSD’s Native student graduation ceremony. Ten Native students graduatedÌýthis year, and the students and their parents were able to use the C...

Ravis Henry, Diné,ÌýTowering House Clan and born for the Coyote Pass-Jemez Clan, visited our campus early this semester on January 25 and 26 from Canyon de Chelly in Chinle, AZ. We were thrilled to host him at CNAIS and contribute to "The Navajo Night Sky" event for which he spoke at Fiske. Henry sh...

In collaboration with CU Boulder's STEM Routes Mentorship Program, CNAIS is completingÌýthe first year of a pilot mentorship program for Native American graduate students in STEM fields. This program seeks to increase Native opportunity and presence in all STEM areas.ÌýAfter inspecting some of the bar...