Edited by Gina Starblanket and Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark
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As the journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS) is based in North America but seeks to bridge the distances across the Indigenous world. The editors of NAIS are committed to creating a dynamic intellectual space for the communication and dissemination of excellent scholarship related to Indigenous Studies.
NAIS is the recipient of the 2015 award for Best New Journal from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals.
NAIS is currently seeking applicants for editorial board members. Learn more here (Deadline: 7/30/2024, or until Board is named)
Gina Nicole Starblanket (Saulteaux/Cree, Star Blanket Cree Nation), University of Victoria
Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark (Anishinaabekwe/Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa descent), University of Victoria
Sabrina Lamanna (Mi’kmaq from Ktaqmkuk and Italian/Irish descent), University of Victoria
Kelly McDonough (White Earth Ojibwe / Irish descent), University of Texas at Austin, 2019-23
K . Tsianina Lomawaima (Mvskoke/Creek descent), 2019-23
Jean M. O’Brien (White earth Ojibwe), University of Minnesota, 2013-19
Robert Warrior (Osage), University of Kansas, 2013-19
Jennifer Adese (Otipemisiwak/Métis), University of Toronto, Mississauga
Chadwick Allen (Chickasaw ancestry), University of Washington
Alejandra Dubcovsky, University of California, Riverside
Mishuana Goeman (Tonawanda Band of Seneca), University at Buffalo
Alyosha Goldstein, University of New Mexico
Joyce Green (English/Ktunaxa/Cree-Scottish Metis, Ktunaxa Nation)
Hiʻilei Julia Hobart (Kanaka Maoli), Yale University
Elizabeth Sumida Huaman (Wanka/Quechua), University of Minnesota
Arini Loader (Ngāti Raukawa te au ki te Tonga), Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington
Raymond I. Orr (Citizen Potawatomi), Dartmouth College
Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio (Kanaka Maoli), University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Keith Richotte (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians), University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill
Mark Rifkin, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Deondre Smiles (Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe), University of Victoria
Cristina Stanciu, Virginia Commonwealth UniversityDavid Tavárez, Vassar College
John Troutman, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian
Eve Tuck (Aleut Community of St. Paul Island), University of Toronto
Caroline Wigginton, University of Mississippi
Jani Wilson (Ngāti Awa, Ngā Puhi, Mātaatua), Te Kūnenga o Pūrehuroa Massey University of Wellington
Michael John Witgen (Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe), Columbia University
All manuscripts must be submitted to electronically to journal@naisa.org
All empirical studies must document: (1) the use of accepted ethical protocols for research with human subjects; and (2) site-specific approvals when required, including research and/or institutional review board approvals required by Native nations, tribes, or bands.
Manuscripts that are not anonymous or appropriately formatted will be returned. Authors must certify that the manuscript is not being considered by another publisher. NAIS reviews only one feature-length, Notes from the Field, or Teaching NAIS manuscript at a time from an author (or co-author). If a manuscript is under review, the Editorial Team cannot accept another manuscript (either single-authored or co-authored) until the first manuscript clears the editorial review process; Reviews are exempt from this policy. If a submitter has previously published in NAIS, the editors will not consider another manuscript until three years after the initial publication; Reviews, Notes from the Field, and Teaching NAIS manuscripts are exempt from this policy. The Editors use iAuthenticate software to check all feature-length, Notes from the Field, and Teaching NAIS manuscripts for evidence of inappropriate overlap with published sources.
All submissions should be double-spaced in 12-point Times New Roman font (including Reference List and Notes) with 1-inch margins all around. NAIS requires that all manuscripts be prepared according to Chicago Manual of Style, either Author-Date or Note-Bibliography style.
Please note that both styles require a bibliography, that is, a reference list.
All headings should be flush left, with headline-style capitalization.
Level 1 or A: FLUSH LEFT, BOLD, ALL CAPS
Level 2 or B: Flush Left, Upper and Lower Case, Bold
Level 3 or C: Flush Left, Upper and Lower Case, Italicized
Notes should be anonymous for peer review, length 7,000 to 9,000 words including endnotes and reference list. Notes from the Field offers a forum to report on issues of debate within the field; ongoing projects of research or practice; and descriptive, evaluative, or policy-oriented analyses of innovative models or practices within Indigenous Studies. Submit the same documents (including abstract) as described under Feature-length manuscripts.
Teaching NAIS offers a forum to address all aspects of the teaching and learning process focused on Indigenous studies, inside and outside of classrooms. We encourage manuscripts that focus on education in the home and community as well as within institutional settings such as schools. Possible topics could include curriculum development, pedagogical methods, learning outcomes, institutional settings and policies, best practices, program development, student-centered inquiry, and more – topical areas are open. Manuscripts might take the form of an original scholarly research article (10,000-12,000 words) or Notes from the Field (7,000-9,000 words).
NAIS publishes reviews of books and other materials such as films, plays, or exhibits on topics relevant to our field. The journal does not accept unsolicited reviews. To see materials that are available for review, follow us on Twitter (@review4NAIS) and like our page on Facebook (NAIS: Native American and Indigenous Studies).
Reviews should be no more than 750 words and submitted in 12-point double-spaced Times New Roman font. Please cite all direct quotes from the source being reviewed with page numbers. We will consider essays of greater length that review multiple books, films, or other materials on a particular topic, theme, or area, but please communicate with NAIS editorial staff before undertaking such an essay.
With the exception of reviews, all material published in NAIS undergoes double-anonymous peer review (author and peer reader identities are kept anonymous). Our peer review process comprises both an internal review by the editors and an external review by at least two, preferably three to four peer reviewers external to the editorial team. Authors whose manuscripts receive a favorable internal review may be given an opportunity to revise before external review, or their manuscript might be sent directly to external reviewers. The internal developmental review and revision process, which can take two to six months, helps to ensure both quality in NAIS and timeliness in the external review process. Click on the link to access a PDF version of the NAIS Peer Review form.
NAIS is a member of COPE, the Committee on Publication Ethics, and follows COPE guidelines for promoting integrity in scholarly research and its publication. COPE offers leadership and direction for ethical conduct by publishers, editors, authors, and peer reviewers. Click for more information regarding COPE and publication ethics.
NAIS editors take great care to minimize actual and potential conflicts of interest in the editorial process. Discussions and deliberations about submissions from editors, editorial board members, editorial managers, and current or past students of the editors do not include the editor with the conflict until a final decision is made on the manuscript. For instance, a submission by a former graduate student of one of the editors is handled with no input from that editor. Instead, the co-editor will ask a member of the Editorial Board to work with him or her in consideration of the manuscript.
NAIS welcomes work that is the product of collaborative authorship. The Journal’s standard practice is to list co-authors alphabetically. We will, on request, list authors in the order of their request to conform to disciplinary or other professional conventions. Co-authored manuscripts should include statements of positionality for all authors that describe the character and degree of each co-author’s contribution.
NAIS accepts only one feature-length or Notes from the Field manuscript at a time from an author (or co-author). If a manuscript is under review, the Editorial Team cannot accept another manuscript (either single-authored or co-authored) until the first manuscript clears the editorial review process. Reviews are exempt from this policy.
Complaints or queries regarding NAIS content or editing should go to journal@naisa.org, one of the editors, or an editorial board member. Subscription inquiries should be sent to journals@umn.edu.
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