Dr. Amanda Butler of Anthropology and Earth Science, was invited to give the evening lecture at this year’s Minnesota Archaeological Society Annual Meeting held in September. She presented on her ongoing research regarding a Cahokian religious movement. This research examines interactions at the periphery of the Mississippian world to better understand the founding and expansion of a religious movement that […]
As part of the Fargo, Moorhead, and West Fargo 1 Book 1 Community fall 2024 reading project, please join Erik Gooding (Anthropology) and Gunner Baker (Dakota) on Sunday, September 22, at 2 pm at the Main Library as they introduce and facilitate a discussion following William Kent Krueger’s Dakota 38 film. This documentary follows horseback riders on a 330-mile route […]
Anthropology Program’s Dr. Erik Gooding was invited to speak at the University of Texas at Austin as part of the symposium, Translating the Field: Music, Power, Praxis, on the issues of Indigenous translation. Gooding collaborated with University of Oklahoma music professor Maxwell Yamane on their presentation, “‘From Beautiful Colors to Black and White’: Politics and Issues in Translating Native Songs […]
Dr. Erik Gooding of the Anthropology Program and MSUM student Lily Gooding had their article “A Divided Tribe is a Colonized Tribe”: A Re-examining of Meskwaki Patrilineal Tribal Membership (Pre-1937) was accepted for publication in the peer-reviewed journal “Proceedings of the 55th Algonquian Conference.” Their research focused on historic and ongoing tribal enrollment issues centering on the 1937 Meskwaki tribal […]
Faith Sycaoyao, an MSU Moorhead student double majoring in Economics and Business Administration, has been featured in UNESCO YoU-CAN’s latest newsletter as one of the “Faces of Change.” This recognition highlights Faith’s dedication to climate-related efforts through her work with Climate Cardinals, alongside two other inspiring young leaders, Alexa Theodoropoulos and Bernice Deng. Faith, who serves as Graphics Deputy Director […]