Native Philosophy Project
Rockefeller Foundation Humanities
Fellowship Program
The Lakehead University Native Philosophy Project is a
cross-cultural interdisciplinary research program committed
to further understanding of the manner in which the world is
viewed by the Aboriginal peoples of the Americas.
Rockefeller Foundation Visiting Humanities Fellows are
encouraged to explore any aspect of Native Philosophy,
including such concepts as 'person,' 'self,' 'individual,'
'community,' 'self-government,' 'environment,' 'value,' and
'spirit,' as well as possible interrelationships between
such concepts, and methodological issues arising from this
unique interdisciplinary area of research. Given the
interdisciplinary nature of the Project, research proposals
are invited from senior and emerging scholars with a
humanities background in Native Studies, Native Art History,
History, Language, Literature or Philosophy.
Lakehead University will host up to three Visiting Fellows
each year (depending on length of stay). The fellowship
stipend is between $30,000 and $35,000 (CDN) for the regular
academic term, and pro-rated for shorter residences.
Although local Ojibwa communities and Elders are the
wellspring nourishing the Native Philosophy Project, the
Project is particularly interested in the underlying
philosophical assumptions (if any) common to all, or almost
all, Native world views. Applications for Visiting
Fellowships are therefore invited from Native and non-native
scholars interested in the philosophies of any of the Native
peoples of North, Central or South America.
Deadline for applications is January 15, 1994 (similarly in
1995 and 1996) for residencies beginning in September of
that year.
For further information, contact:
Dr. Connie Nelson
Director of Research and Graduate Studies
Lakehead University
Thunder Bay, Ontario
Canada P7B 5E1