Sociology of Indigenous Peoples and Native Nation’s Best Publication Award
This award alternates annually between a Book Award and Article Award.
2025: Aggie Yellow Horse, Arizona State University, Francesca Acciai, Arizona State University, and Kimberly R. Huyser, University of British Columbia, “The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Crisis and the Life Expectancy Gap for Native Americans, 2010–2019.” Psychosocial Epidemiology, 33(5). 2022.
2025 Honorable Mention: Theresa Ambo, University of California, San Diego, and Theresa Rocha Beardall, University of Washington, “Performance or Progress? The Physical and Rhetorical Removal of Indigenous Peoples in Settler Land Acknowledgements at Land-Grab Universities.” American Educational Research Journal, 60(1). 2023.
Sociology of Indigenous Peoples and Native Nation’s Graduate Student Award
This award alternates annually between a Dissertation Award and an Article Award.
2025: Caroline Martínez, University of California, Irvine, “Indigenous Identity and Struggles for State Recognition.”
Sociology of Indigenous Peoples and Native Nation’s Outreach Award
Awarded to scholarly projects that support the value of community engagement, relationships, and reciprocity.
2025: Kevin Lujan Lee, Ngoc T. Phan, Nolan Flores, Josiah Gabriel Mesngon, Aria Palaganas, Chauntae Quichocho, Nikki Aubree San Agustin, for the 2021 Guåhan Survey.