美洲原住民研究中心(The Center for the Study of the First Americans)為探索早期美洲原住民環境的組織，本中心從事研究、教育和公眾推廣：
(1)研究：本中心發展古美洲原住民的緣起、散佈、居住型態、體質和文化等等的新知識。
(2)教育：訓練研究美國原住民的學生。
(3)公眾推廣：藉由出版品，將原住民的研究結果推廣給大眾。
The Center for the Study of the First Americans explores the questions surrounding the peopling of the Americas. The Center pursues research, education, and public outreach.
Research: The Center develops new knowledge regarding PaleoAmerican origins, human dispersal, settlement, and cultural and biological development that occurred during the late Pleistocene.
Education: The Center trains students who will go on to continue First Americans research.
Outreach: The Center disseminates the results of academic research into the first Americans to the general public through our publications.