Doctoral candidate Christopher Getowicz participated in Newberry Consortium in American Indian and Indigenous Studies (NCAIS) Summer Institute. Getowicz was one of sixteen graduate students from a range of disciplines nominated and selected from Newberry Consortium institutions. His participation was supported generously by the University of Illinois American Indian Studies Program.
Every year, the Newberry Consortium in American Indian and Indigenous Studies (NCAIS) Summer Institute brings students to the Newberry for a four-week intensive graduate course on an important theme in Indigenous Studies. The 2024 NCAIS Summer Institute focused on changes and approaches to writing Native American history since the late nineteenth century. Participants from institutions across the United States and Canada examined the field of Native American historiography from a variety of historians, scholars, anthropologists, academics, and activists to understand how the field has changed and developed over time.
Drawing on the Newberry’s world-renowned collections in American Indian and Indigenous Studies, the institute encourages students to explore a range of primary source materials that illuminate class readings and deepen the students' expertise as emerging scholars in their field. Student participants complete research projects as part of their involvement in the program.
As a selected participant Getowicz conducted archival research on the history of the Department of American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota as part of his dissertation examining the history of education in postwar Minneapolis, Minnesota.
