The creation of a student podcast series about Red Lake Ojibwe language, culture and history.

The purpose of this project is to create a student-driven podcast that will use student voices to disseminate information and ideas about the Red Lake Ojibwe language, culture, and history to the Red Lake community, Red Lake tribal members living off the reservation, and the public. The goal is to enhance student-centered learning and student engagement with the humanities at Red Lake Nation College. The content of this podcast, while stemming from class assignments, will be in the voice of our students. The podcast will be a product of their collective and individual knowledge. It is a way for students to actively engage in both their humanities education as well as their Red Lake language, history, and culture. The impact of a student-driven podcast focused on Ojibwe language, culture, and history would be formidable in terms of increased student engagement and motivation as well as oral and written communication skills.

The development of a three-year project devoted to the study and documentation of Navajo art and artists.

The School of Arts, Humanities and English at Diné College will strengthen and encourage the college’s mission to cultivate Navajo culture and identity through a three-year study and documentation of contemporary Navajo art and artists, focused on enhancing the academic Art History component of the Humanities curriculum. The project will involve both students and faculty, as well as outside scholars and consultants, in three distinct phases: (1) on-campus seminars with visiting Navajo artists, (2) an exhibition of the artists’ work at the College museum, and (3) development of a scholarly publication documenting the exhibition and offering a critical assessment of the evolution of the Navajo visual arts from a Native perspective. By addressing the lack of significant attention given specifically to contemporary Navajo art and artists, this initiative will result in a much-needed educational resource for wide use in Art History courses at both Diné College and other similar schools.

A one-year forum series and subsequent digital publication project focused on the Navajo concepts of land and dwelling. 

Sacred Dinétah connects insights from traditional tribal wisdom to humanistic fields and equips students with a sense of agency, and inspires them to address the threats and opportunities facing the Navajo homeland.