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On September 23, 2021, as part of the week-long festivities celebrating the opening of the University of Arizona D.C. Center, NNI executive director Joan Timeche (Hopi) delivered a hybrid workshop, Building Relationships in Indian Country: Native Know-How, which provided information about the…

NNI welcomes Mara H. Castro as our new Program Coordinator. Mara grew up in an Arizonan border town with Sonora, Mexico where she learned to value traditions and cultures. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Microbiology...

The 9th Annual Rising Voices Workshop took place virtually on September 29th- October 1st at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, CO, where it is housed. This years theme was Centering Justice in the Convergence of Sciences, Communities, and Actions. Rising Voices builds…

A list of what we have been doing to strengthen Indigenous governance. Septermber: Indigenous Governance Program course for Simon Frasier University First Nations Executive MBA courses, Tribal Women for Indigenous Nations (TWIN)...

Executive Director Joan Timeche (Hopi) moderated the panel “Native Women Lead: Women Innovating in Business & Beyond" during the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development’s premier networking...

NNI hosted former Senator and recently appointed US Ambassador to New Zealand, Tom Udall, to discuss how we can work together to support Native youth success...

During July 12-16, the Native Nations Institute hosted its second virtual Native American Youth Entrepreneurship Program. Our virtual entrepreneurship program is an abridged version of our weeklong camp that we previously hosted on campus at the University of Arizona...

The highly competitive pool of scholars selected to participate in the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research workshop “Ethical Collection, Dissemination, and Use of Data Pertaining to American Indian and Alaska Native Populations"...

Organized jointly by CDC’s Public Health Ethics Unit and Office of Tribal Affairs and Strategic Alliances, this year’s virtual lecture highlighted topics arising in the context of the agency’s relationship with Native communities, especially in response to the COVID pandemic...

Presenting on the process and early data stories from the "Impact of COVID-19 on Food Access in Indigenous Communities in the Arctic and U.S. Southwest: A Comparative Landscape Analysis" project...