Native American Studies Center (USCL)

📺Dr. Evan Nooe, Center Historian and USCL Assistant Professor of History, appeared in last week’s debut of the SCTEV documentary, “Our Story, Too: Women, Native Americans and African Americans in the Revolutionary War.” Stream the program at this link: scetv.org/watch/ourstory…

Next Tuesday at USC's McCausland College of Arts and Sciences Close-Hipp Building!

Make plans to attend our March Lunch and Learn in person or online! To attend via Zoom, register via this link: bit.ly/3YCLfHf

📅 Saturday, March 21 | 10am-4pm 🎨 Artwork by Marie George and Dakota Little Hawk Simerly 📍 Native American Studies Center | 119 S. Main St, Lancaster, SC 🎟️ Free and open to the public!

“Tribal leaders and members of all eight of North Carolina’s state-recognized tribes and four Urban American Indian Organizations were in attendance at the conference.” citizen-times.com/story/news/202…

"If confirmed by the Senate, Mullin, a Cherokee Nation citizen, will be the second Native American man to be in the president’s cabinet, the first Native person to be Homeland Security secretary, and the second Native person to run an agency." ictnews.org/news/mullin-to…

The podcast is produced by UCF graduate history students Sebastian Garcia and John Lancaster and hosted by the UCF Center for Humanities and Digital Research. Now available at the above link, or wherever you listen to podcasts!

Last month, The Memory of Negro Fort Podcast debuted “Episode 1: A Multiracial World,” featuring Center Historian Dr. Evan Nooe for a discussion of the roles that frontier violence and Native American history played at Negro Fort. chdr.cah.ucf.edu/podcasts/theme…

Now available on YouTube! Watch our February Lunch and Learn, presented by USC Lancaster Instructor of Criminal Justice and Ph.D. candidate Deborah Rowell: youtube.com/watch?v=_UsbZm…

It’s almost time for our March pop-up market! This month’s event features canned goods and beadwork by Marie George (Catawba Nation) and jewelry by Dakota Little Hawk Simerly (PAIA Lower Eastern Cherokee Nation SC).

Thanks to all who attended today’s lecture, and to Rowell for presenting “The Dark Side of Women’s History: How Female Serial Killers Defy the Narrative.” The lecture will be posted to our YouTube channel soon!

Just days ahead of #WomensHistoryMonth, USC Lancaster Instructor of Criminal Justice and Ph.D. candidate Deborah Rowell presented a fascinating look at female serial killers for her talk today as part of the W. Brent Burgin Lecture Series!

“With the videos, she hopes to teach people about Anishinaabe lifeways and to advocate for immigrants, whom she sees as kin.” wpr.org/news/jingle-dr…

“Kretzmann, who is from the Hotevilla village on the Hopi Reservation, is the first Native American runner to qualify for the 2028 Olympic marathon trials.” azfamily.com/2026/02/13/nat…

“Red dresses hung from various spots at the event, a symbol of remembrance, justice and awareness for the crisis of violence against Indigenous women, girls and Two-Spirit people.” postandcourier.com/columbia/news/…

This Friday! Join us in person, or virtually (register via this link: bit.ly/3XYCWF9)

“When America’s founders were walking the cobblestones of Philadelphia in 1776 while forging a new nation, Native Americans were walking beside them.” whyy.org/articles/nativ…

“Before he left home for Italy, George worked on beadwork projects so he could take his own offerings to the Winter Olympics.” ictnews.org/news/how-snoop…

“She also became the first Native American woman to represent the United States in the Winter Olympics as a member of the U.S. team in 2002 in Salt Lake City, Utah.” ictnews.org/news/dream-big…

This Sunday! Free and open to the public.