Department of American Indian Studies
Department of American Indian Studies
PO Box 1510
Pembroke, NC 28372
Phone: 910.521.6266
Fax: 910.521.6606
Email: ais@uncp.edu
Location: Old Main, Room 231
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The University of North Carolina at Pembroke was established in 1887 as an institution for American Indians. Since 1953, it has had a multi-racial student body and today, 20% of the student body is American Indian.
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke has the distinction of being one of the only two universities east of the Mississippi which offers a bachelor's degree in American Indian Studies. Because of the University's heritage, AIS offers a program to educate students about the rich diversity of American Indian history and culture, to promote research and scholarship concerning American Indian issues, and to prepare students for professional or scholarly careers.
The Department offers a Bachelor of Arts, a minor, and an academic concentration in American Indian Studies. Students are encouraged to select courses that touch on as many different aspects of American Indian history and culture as possible.
LATEST NEWS
Dr. Linda Oxendine to retire
After more than 20 years with UNC Pembroke, Dr. Linda E. Oxendine will retire June 30, 2009.
Dr. Oxendine served as Director and Curator of the Native American Resource Center from 1982 to 1986 and became Chair of the Department of American Indian Studies in 1989. She remained chair of AIS through 2006. She has written numerous articles and books on a variety of topics that concern American Indian and Lumbee languages, histories, and cultures.
Dr. Oxendine's family has been instrumental in shaping the history of the the university. Her father, the namesake for the Herbert G. Oxendine Science Building, served as Head of Education Department and Dean of the Faculty at UNCP. Her uncle, Adolph L. Dial, for whom the Adolph Dial Humanities Building is named, established the American Indian Studies Department at UNCP in 1972. Her great-grandfather W.L. Moore was one of the founders and the first superintendent of UNCP. Moore Hall is named in his honor.
"Linda is a person with a wealth of knowledge about American Indian peoples that she presents in a humble style that embodies the Native world view." Mary Ann Jacobs, Chair and Assistant Professor, American Indian Studies.
"Dr. Linda is a mentor to those who are Native, but also to those who care about Native communities. Her graciousness on this campus will be missed!" Dr. Rose Stremlau, Assistant Professor, History
"I have been impressed and inspired by Dr. Oxendine's ability to treat all people with the utmost respect and equality. Her fine work on this campus and in the larger scholarly community has added significantly to the discipline of American Indian Studies, to Native self-determination, and to the broader project of anti-racist, anti-sexist understanding between human beings. Her absence will be felt by all of us. Thank goodness she'll still be just across the road!" Dr. Jane Haladay, Assistant Professor, American Indian Studies
Updated: Friday, May 22, 2009
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