The Women’s Studies Program at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) was established in 1979 with the goal of meeting the unique needs of women. The program was designed to give clarity and organization to existing data on women, increase research in neglected areas, create new research, and evaluate feminist theory. The program was initiated in 1978 when UNLV staff members formed a Women’s Studies Committee. The Women’s Studies program was originally housed under the College of Arts and Letters as an interdisciplinary degree.

The Spirit Lake Tribe is a Native American nation with a reservation located in North Dakota. The Spirit Lake Tribe includes the Sisseton, Wahpeton, and Cut-Head bands of Yanktonai who were placed on the Devil’s Lake Reservation in 1867. As of 2014 the nation has over 7,200 enrolled members. The Spirit Lake Tribe own the Sioux Manufacturing Company, the Spirit Lake Casino and Resort, and a number of other economic enterprises.

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