Indigenous Governance Program

The page has been quiet this year. BUT JIT 2025 is in full swing! If you're in Tucson, join us later today for a celebration of Dr. Steve Cornell as he concludes his final year of teaching during JIT!

Lunch provided by the Indigenous Peoples Law & Policy Program.

Wednesday, 1/15/25 | 12:30-1:15pm | Room 160 @ University of Arizona Law

Special thanks to Prof Diamond for kicking off our JIT Speaker Series!

Thank you to Professor Diamond for being the first featured speaker for the JIT Speaker Series and for sharing your research on incorporating Indigenous practices into tribal criminal courts!

Native Nations Institute

Good morning from the Land of Enchantment! IGP is on the road hosting “Rebuilding Native Nations: An Introduction” at the National Indian Programs Training Center. We have 26 senior executives from the Department of the Interior’s Indian Affairs team joining us in ABQ from across the country.

Data is not just numbers. Data is about people, cultures, traditions and our environment. Data governance can be used to support and uphold Indigenous rights. Sign up to learn more with us at the PYT-UA Microcampus Yaqui Tribe of Arizona. Scholarships are available!

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A few of our January in Tucson profs are speaking tomorrow at IndigiWellbeing's National Missing Murdered Indigenous People's Day of Awareness Symposium! Tune in via Zoom for as long as you can, register for the link here: https://uarizona.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1YBe8ZyrHQ4S4su

Our next speaker to be announced is Seánna Howard!

Seánna Howard teaches courses in International Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples and is the Director of the International Human Rights Advocacy Workshop. Professor Howard has been a staff attorney and professor with the University of Arizona Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program since 2006. She has represented indigenous communities before the Inter-American and United Nations human rights systems, including the Western Shoshone, the Chiricahua Apache, the Navajo Nation and the Water Protectors Legal Collective in the US; the Maya of Belize; and the Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group of Canada. Through the Workshop, law students are directly involved in live cases and advocacy efforts before these international human rights bodies. Since the Fall of 2020, Professor Howard and her students have been supporting the mandate of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, preparing communications to governments and researching and drafting country reports and thematic studies.
In preparation of our 2nd Annual National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples Day of Awareness Symposium, we are sharing information on our distinguished speakers!

Register using the link in our Instagram bio or by following the QR code or by following this link: https://tinyurl.com/MMIPSymposium

👀Check out the latest commentary from our IGP Faculty!

Listen to an interview with Indigenous Governance Program Manager, Tory Fodder on the Native America Calling podcast!

NAC spoke with Tory about the Biden Administration's many commitments to Native Peoples and discussed how the President is doing when it comes to keeping his promises.

Listen to the episode here: https://www.nativeamericacalling.com/monday-february-13-2023-assessing-bidens-presidency-so-far/

Thanks to all involved for making JIT 2023 such a meaningful and memorable event!

This year's January in Tucson (JIT) brought together a global cohort for intensive Indigenous governance education. This year's program was especially significant, as it marked the first time JIT resumed its in-person offerings since 2020. The program brought together a global cohort of 116 participants, who collectively took 217 credit hours of classes.

More on JIT 2023 ▶️ https://law.arizona.edu/news/2023/02/january-tucson-2023-brings-together-global-cohort-intensive-indigenous-governance

We didn’t post this here first, but happy to share the summary of ! Thanks to all involved for making this year’s JIT our best yet!

We're celebrating our best attendance ever!!

The University of Arizona's Indigenous Governance Program welcomed more than 100 students to our three-week program of accelerated, Master's-level learning for the first time in JIT history.

This included 79 enrolled Tribal members representing 56 individual Tribes and Native nations plus nearly 50 Tribal professionals who came to learn from our team of subject-matter experts on Tribal governance and Indigenous sovereignty.

Learn more and find a link to sign up for NNI's newsletter so you can stay in the know about plans for in our wrap up post here: https://udallcenter.arizona.edu/news/January-in-Tucson-2023-by-the-numbers

Considering a Master's degree? 👀Check out our MPS in Indigenous Governance!

Master of Professional Studies in Indigenous Governance The Master of Professional Studies (MPS) in Indigenous Governance degree has been designed with working professionals in mind, combining brief but intensive on-campus classes with a diverse menu of online courses and externship credits that can be earned in a student’s home community. The 30-credi...

🚨📰 Interesting commentary on the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act from IGP faculty members Joe Kalt, and Jonathan Taylor. Details below:

Tribes in Maine left out of Native American resurgence by 40-year-old federal law denying their self-determination Three Harvard Kennedy School scholars write that Maine's Wabanaki Nations have been left out of an economic development boom.

Thanks ya’ll for making this JIT2023 our biggest and best yet. See you all next year!

#JIT 2023 was an academic whirlwind!🍃 Thank you to the more than 100 students and nearly 30 faculty members from around the world who joined us for our latest accelerated educational adventure. Mark your calendars for next year -- we look forward to kicking off another round of masters-level courses in (you guessed it!) January 2024! Indigenous Governance Program

Enjoying the third and final lecture of the 2023 JIT Speaker Series! Thanks to Prof. Heather Whiteman Runs Him!