Penn Center for Native American Studies

Temike!

Temike is the Lenape word for “welcome.” It also translates as “to enter” or “to come on in.” So, temike to the website of the Penn Center for Native American Studies. The University of Pennsylvania is an exciting place to be for Native American Studies. Penn faculty, staff, students, and alumni are busy conducting innovative research with, for, and about past and present indigenous communities from all across the Americas. Of special note are Six Directions, the Native American undergraduate interest group, the Penn Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology, and the McNeil Center for Early American Studies.

Mission Statement

The Penn Center for Native American Studies promotes research and education to foster cross-cultural understanding of the indigenous peoples of the Americas. Towards this end, it serves as a clearing-house for Native American activities on the Penn campus. The Center also seeks to enhance the diversity of the Penn community by actively assisting in the recruitment of Native American students and increasing the number of Native American faculty and staff. The Center is committed to conducting outreach to Native American communities, particularly the Lenape (Delaware Indian) people upon whose ancestral lands the university sits.

Contact

Robert W. Preucel, Director
Penn Center for Native American Studies
Penn Museum
33rd and Spruce Sts.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-898-9017
rpreucel@sas.upenn.edu