Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Trent University. Indigenous Studies
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Native Studies
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1972-
History
Trent University was the first post-secondary Canadian institution to establish a well-defined Department of Native Studies. The Department was established in 1972, although an earlier effort, the “Indian and Eskimo Studies Program,” had been underway since 1969.