Native American and Indigenous Studies

Rediscovering Indigenous storytelling

ENGLISH — As a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and an associate professor in English at the University of Oregon, Kirby Brown blends a deep commitment to preserving his family’s personal stories with a vision for fostering Indigenous research and archival storytelling. He seeks to highlight moments of love, joy, humor, resistance, desire and futurity through storytelling and literature.
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Heritage language learning opportunities expand at University of Oregon

Several Tribes from the Pacific Northwest are working diligently to revitalize the endangered Native American language, Ichishkíin, and a committed group of educators, linguists and Tribal members at the University of Oregon are supporting those efforts. The latest achievement is the extension of the two-year language learning program to include a third year of instruction in at the University of Oregon.
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