Consider Princeton The land on which the University stands is part of the ancient homeland and traditional territory of the Lenape people. We pay respect to Lenape peoples, past, present and future and their continuing presence in the homeland and throughout the Lenape diaspora.
NATIVES AT PRINCETON Natives at Princeton (NAP) is a student organization that provides a support network for American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawai’ian and Indigenous students at Princeton University. NAP works to also increase the visibility of Native peoples as well as foster awareness and understanding of Native and Indigenous issues. NAP brings Indigenous speakers, activists and artists to campus to engage with Princeton students and faculty. Every November NAP hosts Native American Heritage Month (NAHM) in conjunction with the Carl A. Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding. During NAHM, NAP hosts speakers, movie viewings, a fry bread night and a Native American cultural food night in the Whitman College dining hall. To learn more about NAP, visit the Natives at Princeton website or the Natives at Princeton Facebook page.
NATIVE IVY COUNCIL
ENDOWED CHAIR FOR INDIGENOUS STUDIES
Founded in 2004, the Ivy Native Council (INC) is a student organization of indigenous representatives from all of the Ivy League schools. INC is dedicated to raising awareness about Native American issues in the Ivy League institutions, as well as local communities, while providing a valuable network of support for Native American students and alumni. Princeton hosted its first INC annual conference in April 2017. More than 100 students from participating institutions gathered for discussions on issues related to Native communities.
A new professorship of Indigenous studies, endowed by a $5 million gift from Wendy Schmidt and her husband, Eric Schmidt, a 1976 alumnus, will build on Princeton’s interdisciplinary strengths and expand its faculty expertise in an area of study that is critically important to the University. The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Professor of Indigenous Studies, founded in 2020, will catalyze and unite conversations on indigeneity across disciplines and engage other faculty and students in a broad dialogue.
To learn more about INC, visit the Ivy Native Council Facebook page.
PARTNERSHIP WITH COLLEGE HORIZONS At Princeton, we work hard to ensure that our community is diverse and intellectually stimulating. Whether in the classroom, dining hall or residential college, you will bring the entirety of yourself, your background and your experience to every interaction. Living and learning in a rich cultural environment will transform your life, as well as the lives of everyone you meet. Princeton University is committed to supporting Native students on campus and is a proud partner of College Horizons, a pre-college program for Native American high school students open to current sophomores and juniors.
INDIGENOUS STUDIES WORKING GROUP Organized in 2011, the Princeton American Indian and Indigenous Studies Working Group (PAIISWG) aims to be a hub for graduate students and faculty from Princeton and beyond who work on Native American and Indigenous studies topics.
NATIVE AMERICAN & INDIGENOUS INCLUSION Princeton seeks to build relationships with Native American and Indigenous communities through academic pursuits, partnerships, historical recognitions, community service and enrollment efforts. To learn more about these intitiatives, visit inclusive.princeton.edu.
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