To have your work considered for this unique collaboration, please carefully review each press's acquiring statements and submission guidelines. Each publishing partner brings a special foci and expertise in Native American and Indigenous studies to the books that they publish. Submission guidelines vary among presses.
The University of Arizona Press is acquiring works in the areas of ethnohistory, contemporary issues such as Indigenous rights and resource management, language revitalization, ethnoecology, collaborative archaeology, ethnography, gender studies, literature, and the arts.
The University of Minnesota Press is interested in acquiring and publishing interdisciplinary Native and Indigenous studies works arising out of anthropology, sociology, political science, and literary and cultural studies, with a special emphasis on global Indigenous cultures.
The University of North Carolina Press seeks to publish innovative, interdisciplinary scholarship on Indigenous history, culture, law and policy; traditions of expression and performance in literatures, music, media, and the arts; material culture; Indigenous religion; and Indigenous environmental studies. We are also keenly interested in recent and contemporary histories of activism for and expressions of Indigenous political, economic, and cultural sovereignty.
The Oregon State University Press acquires and publishes works in history, culture, language, and cultural resource management throughout the Pacific Northwest, the Pacific Islands, and the Pacific Rim. Additional publishing foci include Native American and Indigenous perspectives on the cultural, social, and/or physical impacts of climate change, natural resource management, agriculture and food, geography and cartography, environmental matters, and practice and representation in the arts.
First Nations, Lasting Nations: Community and University Partnerships in Indigenous New England
September 17th - September 18th, 2010
The theme is partnerships between universities and indigenous communities. We seek to initiate a conversation among academics and community activists who wish to move beyond (or who have already moved beyond) the "expert" model, whereby academics "study" Native communities or Native "guests" make isolated appearances on campus. What obligations do universities have to local Native American communities? How can Native activists partner with academics to produce (and protect) new knowledge? What have been some of the challenges and rewards of academic/community partnership?
First Peoples will be exhibiting at the Latin American Studies Association's conference in Toronto. Come visit us at booth 104 and check out our many new publications focused on the Indigenous peoples of Latin America.
