Community Engagement

Large group of students and faculty with signs of support, on a green lawn.

Faculty, students, and community members in support of #NoDAPL

With support of the Department of Indigenous Studies, student groups at the Undergraduate (First Nations Student Association and AISES) and Graduate level (Native Graduate Association) are involving the UB community in Indigenous centered events that share our foods, culture heritage and worldviews.

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Haudenosaunee Social Dances

One of the main ways in which we share our culture with the Community is through hosting Haudenosaunee Social Dances. 

Zoom image: social dance in a large room. social dance in a large room.
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Zoom image: social dance in a large room. social dance in a large room.
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Culture Demonstrations

Along with theses social dances we often hold culture demonstrations for the UB community. 

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Zoom image: Community demonstration. Community demonstration.
Zoom image: Girls demonstrating a dance. Girls demonstrating a dance.
Zoom image: Community demonstration of cultural dance. Community demonstration of cultural dance.

Student Groups

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Zoom image: Students in front of toy drive donation bin. Students in front of toy drive donation bin.

Student groups volunteer to help local Native communities through the Native American Community Services TOY DRIVE.

Student Groups are also involved in increasing awareness on campus of current issues facing Indigenous Peoples’. In support of Orange Shirt day the First Nations Student Association painted the Paint-a-Bull outside the student Union and handed out information about the significance of Orange Shirt day to Indigenous Peoples’

Student Organizations

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UB Haudenosaunee - Native American Studies Research Group

Launched in 2009, the Haudenosaunee-Native American Studies Research Group has worked to sustain Indigenous-centered intellectual culture on our campus and to actively foster Indigenous inclusion and community engagement. The HNA is comprised of Indigenous and non-Indigenous allied faculty and students from across disciplines at UB and provides a forum for discussion of work in the ever-emerging interdisciplinary field of Indigenous studies. 

UB Haudenosaunee - Native American Studies Research Group