Membership | Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA)

NAISA membership is handled by the University of Minnesota Press, the publisher of our journal, Native American & Indigenous Studies (NAIS). Click for more information on the journal NAIS.

There are now two steps to complete to the membership process:

You must complete the JotForm on the UMP website located here: https://www.upress.umn.edu/naisa-signup/
Upon completing this form, you will be automatically redirected to a second step, a checkout page via UMP’s shopping cart system where you can purchase the membership you selected within the form.

Join or Renew Your Membership

Membership Categories

Individual Memberships

Individuals may sign up for membership at tiered rates.

Students, retired people, and community members: $25 USD
Limited resources: People starting out in their careers (would include many assistant professors) and others with limited resources: $50 USD
Comfortable: People who have stability in their careers (would include many associate professors and some independent scholars: $100 USD
Well established: People who have achieved positions of sustained security (would include most full professors): $150 USD
Lifetime membership: $2000 USD

Membership includes:

A subscription to the journal NAIS, the official publication of NAISA, which is printed twice per year. Members also receive digital access to the journal NAIS through Project MUSE during the membership year. Previously, access to the digital version of NAIS was only available through academic institution library portals. This membership benefit allows independent scholars and unaffiliated community researchers access to not only the latest issue of NAIS, but the entire NAIS archive. Members will be emailed instructions on how to access digital NAIS at the beginning of the month following membership purchase or renewal.
Complimentary job postings on the NAISA Opportunities page (privilege available to Individual memberships only)
The privilege to vote in the regular and special elections (privilege available to Individual memberships only)
The privilege to vote for publication awards
Reduced conference rates for NAISA's Annual Meetings
Access to the member's only Facebook group

Institutional Memberships

Institutional memberships are available for libraries, schools, colleges, universities, academic departments, and educational non-profits to be able to subscribe to the NAIS journal.

Please note: Aside from a NAIS journal subscription, an institutional membership does not include other privileges of an individual membership, such as the complimentary posting of job announcements on our Opportunities page, and cannot be used for NAISA conference admission.

International Members

If you are having difficulty signing up for a membership with an out-of-US credit card, the University of Minnesota Press advises: Please be sure that the address and phone number entered in the “Billing Address” matches the address and phone number associated with the credit card. The UMP payment system is very particular about having a precise match between the billing address you provide and the address associated with the credit card. To enter the address you wish to use for your NAISA membership, use the space lower down on the form for “shipping or correspondence address.” For help, contact the Press at journals@umn.edu