Diné Studies Association

05/21/2026

Today is Native nonprofit day! What better day to support us as we inch closer to our conference.

The Diné Studies Conference, Inc. is an all-volunteer, Indigenous-led nonprofit
organization dedicated to preserving and strengthening Diné culture and language through our
biannual conference. The conference gathers emerging scholars, established academics, and traditional knowledge holders from across the country to share contemporary research, developments in language and cultural education, and methodologies cultivated from Diné philosophies. The 24th Diné Studies Conference will be held in collaboration with Fort Lewis College on October 9th-11th, 2026.

Please support the work we do by donating to our organization today! Please visit the link in bio or https://dinestudies.org/donate .

05/12/2026

The Diné Studies Conference, Inc. is an all-volunteer, Indigenous-led nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and strengthening Diné culture and language through our biannual conference.

The conference gathers emerging scholars, established academics, and traditional knowledge holders from across the country to share contemporary research, developments in language and cultural education, and methodologies cultivated from Diné philosophies. The 24th Diné Studies Conference will be held in collaboration with Fort Lewis College on October 9th-11th, 2026.

Please support the work we do by donating to our organization today! Please visit the link in bio or https://dinestudies.org/donate .

05/01/2026

Save the date for the 24th Diné Studies Conference happening at on October 9-11!

Theme: Halee Bee Nánís’dzá — Pathways Back to the Homeland

This year’s theme reflects Diné ceremonial teachings that guide us back to our homelands and remind us that knowledge is collective, lived, and shared across generations.

We are seeking proposals that explore our relationships to land, culture, history, and future pathways of Diné communities.

Conference Tracks:
• Nourishing Our Homelands: Land, Water, and Climate Stewardship
• Storying Our Return: Diné Aesthetics in Art and Literature
•Tracing Our Pathways: History, Anthropology, and Archaeology
• Hózhó as Homecoming: Culture, Community,
and Ceremony
• Living Knowledge: Language, Education, and Diné Ways of Knowing

The deadline is June 15th - submit yours today! 📄

01/23/2024

12/03/2023

We hope you’re staying warm and safe! Please join our friends at Diné College this coming week on December 5 at 5:30pm in person for an author interview with Ezra Rosser by Dr. Wendy Greyeyes, or stream live from the Diné College page.

11/29/2023

This Giving Tuesday, we have three exciting announcements! First, we have a new name. We are now the Diné Studies Association (be patient with us as we make the change across all our platforms). Second, we have a beautiful new logo—three new logos, in fact. All designed by Ryan Allison, our logos represent the origins of our knowledge in corn and share the collaborative spirit of our mission statement: Diné be’iiná binahjį’ náásgóó bidziilgo yiikah, We are stronger because of our Diné way of life. Third, and perhaps most exciting of all, our conference video recordings are now available on our website! Please, take a moment to browse this library of presentations, enjoy sessions you were unable to attend, revisit ones you did, and share with friends and relatives. And also, please consider donating to support our work of strengthening Diné knowledge of all kinds. Your contributions allow us to make resources like these session recordings more available and accessible within our communities.

To view conference session recordings:
https://dinestudies.org/2023-conferenceprogram

To donate:
https://dinestudies.org/donate

11/28/2023

We are so excited to share our third and final new logo with our new name, the Diné Studies Association. Today is Giving Tuesday and we hope you’ll take the opportunity to visit our website, explore the recordings from this summer’s conference sessions, and consider donating to support our work or join us for future programming!

To donate:
https://dinestudies.org/donate

To view conference presentation recordings:
https://dinestudies.org/2023-conferenceprogram

11/28/2023

This Giving Tuesday, we have three exciting announcements! First, we have a new name. We are now the Diné Studies Association (be patient with us as we make the change across all our platforms). Second, we have a beautiful new logo—three new logos, in fact. All designed by Ryan Allison, our logos represent the origins of our knowledge in corn and share the collaborative spirit of our mission statement: Diné be’iiná binahjį’ náásgóó bidziilgo yiikah, We are stronger because of our Diné way of life. Third, and perhaps most exciting of all, our conference video recordings are now available on our website! Please, take a moment to browse this library of presentations, enjoy sessions you were unable to attend, revisit ones you did, and share with friends and relatives. And also, please consider donating to support our work of strengthening Diné knowledge of all kinds. Your contributions allow us to make resources like these session recordings more available and accessible within our communities.

https://dinestudies.org/2023-conferenceprogram

https://dinestudies.org/donate