Historic Colorado Tribes and Native Americans Today
October 13 & 20, 2024
Class Description
October 13: Contemporary and historic tribes of Colorado: how Colorado has been shaped by Indigenous nations
October 20: Indigenous community’s resilience, joy, and community building: A view from the Brothertown Indian Nation’s Shape Note Singing
About Kelly Fayard
Kelly Fayard, Ph.D., is a citizen of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians and hails from LA (the other LA—lower Alabama). She holds a BA in cultural anthropology and religion from Duke University, and an MA, Ph.D., and certificate in Museum Studies from the University of Michigan. She joined the University of Denver in 2019 in the department of anthropology as an assistant professor. Before her current position, she was assistant dean of Yale College and Director of the Native American Cultural Center at Yale University. Prior to that, she held a position as assistant professor of anthropology in the Sociology and Anthropology Department at Bowdoin College. She held the Anne Ray fellowship at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, NM in 2014-2015.