The Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies was founded to provide scholarships for American Indians and has grown into one of the most respected centers in the nation for academic advancement and study of American Indian issues related to social work.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PROFILES
Film Screening of Passing Poston - Panel Discussion to Follow

In collaboration with the Center for the Study of Ethics and Human Values and the Ethnic Profiling Exhibit and Educational Programs, we are presenting the film Passing Poston and a panel discussion to follow this film about a Japanese internment camp.

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Osage Nation Trip
As part of the American Indian course offered this fall, "Community Development with American Indian and other Indigenous Communities", 10 Brown School students (7 of whom are Buder Scholars), 1 PhD student from the Dept. of Education, Professor Miriam Jorgensen, Amy Hertel, and Stephanie Kettler visited the Osage Nation in Pawhuska, OK.

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Position Announcement: Director of Kathryn M. Buder Center
Washington University in St. Louis invites applications and nominations for the position of Director of the Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies in the George Warren Brown School of Social Work.