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HistoryBeginning in the late 1980s, Native students and faculty have been calling for a dynamic cultural space, a first-rate academic program, and an assistant dean to oversee recruitment and retention efforts and to advocate for the issues related to Indian students. After about 15 years of Native student protests and lobbying efforts by university affiliated individuals and Urbana-Champaign community members, the Native American House (NAH) opened in 2002. In 2006, tenure-track faculty began to develop a curriculum for the discipline of American Indian Studies (AIS). It will be the first of this kind with this focus on the UIUC campus. |
