Welcome to American Indian and Indigenous Studies at UC Santa Barbara. On this website you will find information about UC Santa Barbara’s undergraduate and graduate programs, find out about student services support, American Indian and Indigenous Studies courses, community outreach, social and cultural events, and learn about the American Indian Cultural Resource Center (AICRC), as well as news and information about our faculty and students.

The American Indian programs at UC Santa Barbara strive to develop new generations of educated native and non-native peoples who will study and contribute to the building of indigenous communities. Our goals include recruitment and retention practices that enable indigenous students to complete their academic programs at UCSB while providing a challenging curriculum for undergraduate and graduate students in American Indian and Indigenous Studies that encompasses a variety of disciplines, utilizes university resources, and reflects an accurate portrayal of indigenous peoples within historical, social and contemporary areas.