UCLA American Indian Studies Center http://www.aisc.ucla.edu UCLA American Indian Studies Center en-us UCLA American Indian Studies Center http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/images/rss.gif http://www.aisc.ucla.edu 36 36 Standing with Mother Earth with Dennis Banks, Robby Romero, and Raye Zaragoza http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/standingmotherearth.aspx April 21, 2017, 5-7 PM, Haines A18 River Revere: Jimmie Durham's Enigmatic Serpent The Banks of the Ohio http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/allen_talk.aspx April 18, 2017, 3-5 PM, 6275 Bunche Hall. Presented by Dr. Chadwick Allen Against Possession Through Whiteness: Challenging Race and Settler Colonialism in Hawai'i http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/arvin_talk.aspx February 24, 2017, 2-4 PM, Hacienda Room, UCLA Faculty Center The Indigenous Other: Native Photography's Desires and Discontents http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/mithlo_talk.aspx February 22, 2017, 4-6 PM, Sierra Room, UCLA Faculty Center Somos Piedras: Indigeneity, Feminicide, and Migration in Central American Art http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/somospiedras.aspx March 8, 2017, 3-5 PM, Founders Room, James West Alumni Center. Presented by Dr. Kency Cornejo Pursuing the PhD?: Process of the PhD Path, Application Tips, and Choosing a Program http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/pursuingthephd2016.aspx Come and find out about doctoral programs from three UCLA professors. RSVP required Damaging Minds and Bodies: Trauma, Violence and the Criminal Justice System http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/damagingminds.aspx 2-day symposium on February 10 and 11 [SCPR] AirTalk | Roundtable: the many competing interests at Standing Rock http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/scpr_speed.aspx Director Shannon Speed speaks on the Dakota Access Pipeline, Standing Rock Clementine Bordeaux discusses the North Dakota pipeline http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/fox11_bordeaux.aspx Good Day LA, December 6, 2016 TODAY: 3:30 PM at Conference Room 2 and 3, Student Activities Center, Solidarity with the Indigenous Peoples of Mexico in Resistance http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/nasaavi.aspx 10/24, 3:30 PM, Conference Room 2 and 3, Student Activities Center Institute of American Cultures 2017-2018 Visiting Scholar/Researcher Fellowship Program in Ethnic Studies http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/iac1718_visitingscholar.aspx The Institute of American Cultures offers in-residence appointments to support research on African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans, and Chicanas/os. Institute of American Cultures 2017-2018 Research Grant Program in Ethnic Studies http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/iac1718_researchgrant.aspx The Institute of American Cultures (IAC) invites applications for support of research on African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans, and Chicanas/os for 2017-2018. UCLA AISC: Tenured or Tenure-Track Full-Time Faculty Appointment http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/aisc_facultyappt.aspx The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) invites applications for a tenure-track or tenured position for an Indigenous Studies scholar in anthropology, sociology, history, or related fields. Solidarity with the Indigenous Peoples of Mexico in Resistance http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/nasaavi.aspx 10/24, 3:30 PM, Conference Room 2 and 3, Student Activties Center Save the Date: UCLA American Indian Welcome http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/aiwelcome2016.aspx 10/3, 5-7 PM, Pauley Pavilion Clubhouse, RSVP required AISC Supports Standing Rock Against the Pipeline http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/aisc_standingrock.aspx Letter of support from Director Shannon Speed OPEN POSITION: Assistant Director, Native American/Alaskan Native Recruitment, UCLA Undergraduate Admissions! http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/nannounce.aspx Posting closes 7/5/16 Professor Benjamin Madley announced as Interim Chair of American Indian Studies Interdepartmental Program http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/idp_interimchair.aspx Effective July 2016 as IDP Chair, Professor Benjamin Madley Campaign Put a Name and Face to the Political Prisoners http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/campaign_political.aspx June 3, 3-5PM, 144 Haines Hall Racialized State Violence in Global Perspective http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/racializedstate.aspx May 25-26, Keynote in Fowler Museum; Panel and Roundtable in Royce 314 TODAY: Fantasizing and Reframing the (Un)Human: Lived Settler Logics and Literary Sites of Disruptive Relationality http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/dietrich_talk.aspx Wednesday, April 6, 4-6 PM, 2125 Rolfe Hall Call for Applicants: Summer Institute on Global Indigeneities (SIGI)! Apply today! http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/sigi.aspx In June 2016, the University of Washington will host the Summer Institute on Global Indigeneities (SIGI), a program for 12 graduate students from UW and partner institutions. EVENT CHANGE: A Student Luncheon and Discussion with Dr. Tarajean Yazzie-Mintz http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/yazzie-mintz_talk.aspx Meet and Greet with Dr. Tarajean Yazzie-Mintz TODAY: Trying Times: Disability, Activism and Education in Samoa by Dr. Juliann Anesi, 3-5PM, 2343 Public Affairs http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/anesi_talk.aspx Lecture by Dr. Juliann Anesi [UCLA AISC] March 2016 eNewsletter http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/enewsletters/march2016.aspx Check out these upcoming events! TODAY: "Biopolitics, Aging and the Struggle for Indigenous Elsewhere" by Professor Sandy Grande http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/grande_talk.aspx February 18, 2-4 PM, Cypress Room, UCLA Faculty Center!! [UCLA AISC] February 2016 eNewsletter http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/enewsletters/february2016.aspx Check out these upcoming events! Save the Date: 17th Annual Youth Conference and Basketball Tournament http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/youthconference2016.aspx Friday-Sunday, March 18-20, 2016 Save the Date: 31st Annual UCLA Pow Wow - May 7 and 8 http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/powwow2016.aspx ALl day, UCLA North Athletic Field. Open to the Public and Free Admission! Read the welcome message from Director Shannon Speed in our January eNewsletter! http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/enewsletters/january2016.aspx Welcome message and save the dates! [2/5] UCLA Law Review�s 2016 Symposium: �The Next Frontier in Federal Indian Law: Building on the Foundational Work of Carole E. Goldberg.� http://www.uclalawreview.org/symposia/ 8:30 AM � 7:00 PM, UCLA School of Law, Free and open to the public Deadline (2/1) for applications for the IAC 2016-2017 Visiting Scholar/Researcher Fellowship Program in Ethnic Studies! Apply today! http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/iac1617_visitingscholar.aspx The Institute of American Cultures offers in-residence appointments to support research on African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans, and Chicanas/os. Like us on our new Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/uclaaisc http://www.facebook.com/uclaaisc Through this avenue, we hope to reach out and connect with the Native American community. We will still be managing the AISC Facebook group, but have started the Page to become easily accessible to those without Facebook accounts. Call for Submissions: The Indigenous Peoples' Journal of Law, Culture & Resistance http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/cfs_ipjlcr.aspx Submissions are being accepted until December 31, 2015 TODAY: Dying from Improvement Presented by Sherene H. Razack http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/razack_talk.aspx Thursday, December 3, 2015, 4-6 PM, Law School Room 1314 TODAY: Beyond Indian Boarding Schools: Discourses about Historical Trauma and Natives as Victims by Professor K. Tsianina Lomawaima http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/lomawaima_talk.aspx Tuesday, December 1, 2015, 12:30-2 PM, Room 3340 Moore Hall Two special lectures this week: 12/1 and 12/3! http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/enewsletters/november2015_thisweek.aspx December 1: K. Tsianina Lomawaima and December 3: Sherene H. Razack Save the Date: Beyond Indian Boarding Schools: Discourses about Historical Trauma and Natives as Victims by Professor K. Tsianina Lomawaima http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/lomawaima_talk.aspx Tuesday, December 1, 2015, 12:30-2 PM, Room 3340 Moore Hall Save the Date: Dying from Improvement Presented by Sherene H. Razack http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/razack_talk.aspx Thursday, December 3, 2015, 4-6 PM, Law School Room 1314 Join us TODAY for Pursuing the PhD?: Process of the PhD Path, Application Tips, and Choosing a Program http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/pursuingthephd2015.aspx Monday, November 16, 2015 at 12-2 pm, Public Affairs Room 3343. Lunch will be served. RSVP for Pursuing the PhD?: Process of the PhD Path, Application Tips, and Choosing a Program http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/pursuingthephd2015.aspx Monday, November 16, 2015 at 12-2 pm, Public Affairs Room 3343. Lunch will be served. TODAY: "No Explanation, No Resolution, and No Answer:" Bordertown and Navajo Resistance to Settler Colonialism http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/denetdale_talk.aspx Monday, November 9, 2015 at 3:00 � 5:00 pm, Public Affairs Room 2355 November 2015 eNewsletter: Upcoming Events http://aisc.ucla.edu/enewsletters/november2015_upcoming.aspx Check out these upcoming events in November! Pursuing the PhD?: Process of the PhD Path, Application Tips, and Choosing a Program http://aisc.ucla.edu/events/pursuingthephd2015.aspx Monday, November 16, 2015, 12-2 PM, Public Affairs Building, Room 3343 CORRECTION: Sports and Indigeneity Panel, 5-7PM, Hedrick Hall Classroom 115 http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/sportsandindigeneity.aspx A visit from Indigenous players from the National Rugby League and Professor Roannie Ng Shiu of Australian National University (in a partnership with the Pasifika outreach program). TODAY: Sports and Indigeneity Panel, 5:30=7PM, DeNeve Dining Room http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/sportsandindigeneity.aspx A visit from Indigenous players from the National Rugby League and Professor Roannie Ng Shiu of Australian National University (in a partnership with the Pasifika outreach program). TODAY: LIVE STREAMING So That Any Child May Succeed -- Indigenous Pathways toward Justice and the Promise of Brown, 2:45-4:30 PM, Moore Hall, Reading Room 3340 http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/mccarty_aera.aspx Hosted by the UCLA American Indian Studies Center, American Indian Studies Interdepartmental Program, and Department of Education Seri Tribal Representatives Visit UCLA from Sonora, Mexico http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/images/UCLA_Flyer_Seri_091015.4.jpg Join us for a sharing of Indigenous Cultures on November 5 from 11:00 AM to 2:30 PM at the Student Activities Center, Conference Rooms! Save the Date: From Trading Posts to Today: The Commodification of American Indian Arts! http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/fromtradingpoststotoday.aspx November 8, 2015, 1-4 PM, Fowler Museum [UCLA AISC] Upcoming October and November Events! http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/eNewsletters/october2015_upcoming.aspx Save the Dates for these upcoming events in October and November! We hope you'll join us! October 22, LIVE STREAMING So That Any Child May Succeed -- Indigenous Pathways toward Justice and the Promise of Brown, 2:45-4:30 PM, Moore Hall, Reading Room 3340 http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/mccarty_aera.aspx Hosted by the UCLA American Indian Studies Center, American Indian Studies Interdepartmental Program, and Department of Education Native Law and Policy Internship http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/nannounce.aspx?categoriestab=2 The Tribal Law and Policy Institute is seeking two or more graduate or undergraduate students to serve as research interns for our project on sex trafficking in Indian country. TODAY: Gallery Talk with Jim Enote http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/ Wednesday, October 7, 12:30 PM, Fowler Courtyard. Please join us today at 12:30 at the Fowler to have a conversation and gallery walk through with Jim Enote about the Zuni Geography exhibit. We welcome you all! Save the Date: Dying from Improvement, a lecture by Professor Sherene H. Razack http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/razack_talk.aspx Thursday, December 3, from 4-6 PM at School of Law Room 1314. 5th Annual LA SKINS Music Fest http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/laskins2015.aspx September 12, 2015, 5:30 PM, Barnsdall Gallery Theater. Free admission and parking! 2015 Tiospaye, Gathering to Honor and Build http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/tiospaye2015.aspx September 26, 2015, 1-3:30 pm, Episcopal Church, Echo Park 2015 Tiospaye, Gathering to Honor and Build http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/tiospaye2015.aspx September 26, 2015, 1-3:30 pm, Episcopal Church, Echo Park [UCLA AISC] August 2015 eNewsletter http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/enewsletters/august2015.aspx August 2015 eNewsletter [UCLA AISC] June 2015 eNewsletter http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/enewsletters/june2015.aspx June 2015 eNewsletter [TODAY!] Decolonizing American Literature: Indigenous Literacies, NDN Pictography, and a Kiowa Captivity Narrative http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/rasmussen_talk.aspx Birgit Brander Rasmussen, Assistant Professor of American Studies at Yale University. June 1, 2015, 4 - 5:30 PM, 193 Humanities Building Decolonizing American Literature: Indigenous Literacies, NDN Pictography, and a Kiowa Captivity Narrative http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/rasmussen_talk.aspx Birgit Brander Rasmussen, Assistant Professor of American Studies at Yale University. June 1, 2015, 4 - 5:30 PM, 193 Humanities Building 4th Annual American Indian Research Symposium http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/airesearch_symposium.aspx June 3, 2015, 10AM-2PM, UCLA School of Law, Room 2448. Join the Interdepartmental Program as we celebrate the research of the graduating class of 2015! Q&A: Rethinking the history of the American West with UCLA professor Stephen Aron http://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/q-a-rethinking-the-history-of-the-american-west-with-ucla-professor-stephen-aron Aron reveals how Manifest Destiny influenced the Nazis and talks about the evolution of scholarship about the West Native Voices 17th Annual Festival of New Plays http://TheAutry.org/NativeVoices The Native Voices 17th Annual Festival of New Plays presenting 3 staged readings by Native American and Alaska Native playwrights featuring Native actors and directors Save the Date:"Cherokee Medicine, Colonial Germs: An Indigenous Nation's Fight against Smallpox, 1518-1824" Book Talk Presented by Professor Paul Kelton http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/nannounce.aspx Tuesday, May 19, 4-6 PM, Bunche Hall 6275 TODAY: Thinking in Pictures: Inuit, Colonialism, and the Unbidden Image http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/stevenson_talk.aspx Monday, April 20, 2015, 3-5 PM, 352 Haines Hall TODAY: Painting a Cultural Resurgence: Northern California Indian Artists in the 1960s and 1970s http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/rosenthal_talk.aspx IAC visiting American Indian Studies Scholar, Nicolas G. Rosenthal! April 16, 2015, 11-12:30 PM, 3232 Campball Hall Forum to Reclaim Diversity, April 23rd from 3 pm to 8 pm, Pauley Pavilion http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/nannounce.aspx April 23rd from 3 pm to 8 pm, Pauley Pavilion Painting a Cultural Resurgence: Northern California Indian Artists in the 1960s and 1970s http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/rosenthal_talk.aspx April 16, 2015, 11-12:30 PM, 3232 Campball Hall UCLA AISC: April 2015 eNewsletter http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/enewsletters/april2015.aspx Check out the upcoming events in April! UCLA IRLE Labor, Entertainment, and Sports Conference http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/irle_2015conference.aspx April 17-18, 2015, Crowne Plaza Beverly Hills Hotel, Los Angeles, CA Thinking in Pictures: Inuit, Colonialism, and the Unbidden Image http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/stevenson_talk.aspx Monday, April 20, 2015, 3-5 PM, 352 Haines Hall SJP-UCLA Presents: Fred Moten and David Shorter in Conversation http://heyevent.com/event/1408915022744113/sjp-ucla-presents-fred-moten-and-david-shorter-in-conversation Wednesday, March 4, 2015, 6:30-8:30 PM, Franz 2258A Indigenous Planning for Dummies: Why We Must Care About How Communities Are Developed http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/jojola_talk.aspx Thursday, February 19, 2015, 12:30-2 PM, Public Affairs 5391 Save the Date: The 30th Annual UCLA Pow Wow http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/powwow2015.aspx Saturday-Sunday, May 2-3, 2015, UCLA North Athletic Field. Free and Open to the Public. APPLY ONLINE: Institute of American Cultures 2015-2016 Research Grant Program in Ethnic Studies http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/iac1516_researchgrant.aspx Deadline Extended to February 9, 2015 APPLY ONLINE: Institute of American Cultures 2015-2016 Visiting Scholar/Researcher Fellowship Program in Ethnic Studies http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/iac1516_visitingscholar.aspx Applications must be received by 11:59 pm February 2, 2015. Save the Date: Pursuing the PhD?: Process of the PhD Path, Application Tips, and Choosing a Program http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/pursuingthephd.aspx February 4, 2015 at 12-1:15 PM in the Public Affairs Building, Room 3343 Save the Date: UCLA Law Review Symposium: "Examining the Roots of Human Trafficking and Exploitation" http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/uclalawreview_symposium.aspx January 29-30, 2015 at the UCLA School of Law PLEASE DISTRIBUTE: UCLA AISC: Director Job Search http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/aisc_director.aspx The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) invites nominations and applications for the position of Director for the American Indian Studies Center (AISC). UCLA AISC: Director Job Search http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/aisc_director.aspx The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) invites nominations and applications for the position of Director for the American Indian Studies Center (AISC). UCLA AISC: Director Job Search http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/aisc_director.aspx The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) invites nominations and applications for the position of Director for the American Indian Studies Center (AISC). TODAY: AIGSA Presents Rhymes for Young Ghouls Film Screening http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/aigsa_filmscreening.aspx Thursday, November 13, 2014 at 6:30 PM in Royce 154 AISC Job Opening: Management Services Officer II http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/aisc_mso.aspx The UCLA American Indian Studies Center is seeking a Management Services Officer II. Professor Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Presents "An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States" http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/dunbar-ortiz_talk.aspx Wednesday, November 5, 12-1:30 PM, 6275 Bunche Hall From Chiapas to the UN: Women in the Struggle for Indigenous Rights http://www.csw.ucla.edu/events/womens-activism-and-international-indigenous-rights-margarita-gutierrez-romero Wednesday, October 22, 2-4 PM, Royce 314 Who We Be: The Colorization of America, Book Talk and Signing with Jeff Chang http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/aasc_jeffchang.aspx Save the date: November 5, 2014, 4 PM, Humanities A51, presented by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center. Indigenous People's Day Rally Presented by the Native American Law Student Association http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/nalsa_rally.aspx Please join the Native American Law Student Association this Monday, October 13 at 12:00 in the Sharpiro courtyard by the Law School for an Indigenous People's Day Rally! We hope to start a dialogue about Indigenous issues and ending the celebration of genocide.� Sundance Institute and UCLA American Indian Studies Center Present: This May Be the Last Time, 11/8, 5:30 PM at the Autry http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/sundance_filmscreening.aspx More than fifty years after his grandfather mysteriously disappeared, filmmaker Sterlin Harjo (Seminole and Creek) explores how music helped his community to cope with the loss and examines the role song has played in Native American cultures. This May Be the Last Time (90 min.) premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. WATCH the Good Native Governance Conference on YouTube http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/gng/video.aspx Recap the one-day conference sponsored by the UCLA American Indian Studies Center showcasing innovative research around the theme of Good Native Governance, with a focus on law, education, and economic development. Additionally, three concurrent breakout panels will focus on California issues: Gaming, Constitutions, and Cultural Resources. Op-Ed by President Obama in Indian Country Today http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/obama_oped.aspx/ >This morning, in an op-ed published in Indian Country Today, President Obama announced his upcoming travel to Cannonball N.D. to visit the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe on Friday, June 13. The Supreme Court of the United States Affirms in Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/michigan_baymills.aspx/ The Supreme Court of the United States Affirms in Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community TODAY: "Racial Passages: Politics, Race, Change" with Don Nakanishi, Director Emeritus of UCLA Asian American Studies Center and Professor Emeritus of UCLA Departments of Asian American Studies and Education http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/fowler_nakanishi.aspx/ Tuesday, May 20th from 4:00 to 6:00pm at The Barbara and Joseph Goldenberg Terrace of Fowler Museum at UCLA Film Screening: The Exiles (Director: Kent Mackenzie, 1961, 72 minutes, black and white) http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/fowler_exiles.aspx/ Thursday, May 22, 2014, 7:30 PM, UCLA Fowler Museum TODAY: Dr. Michelle Jacob will be discussing her book, Yakama Rising: Indigenous Cultural Revitalization, Activism, and Healing, at 1 PM in the UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library, Room 11348! http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/jacob_talk.aspx/ Thursday, May 15, 2014 at 1 PM, Charles E. Young Research Library RSVP for Reflections on Water: The Sharing of Intercultural Encounters http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/reflectionsonwater.aspx/ Saturday, May 10, 2014 at 12 PM in Rolfe Hall Yard. RSVP at Eventbrite. Director Angela R. Riley Presenting Seeking Equality: Justice for Native Nations at Pitzer College http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/riley_pitzer.aspx/ Monday, April 28 at 5 PM in the Benson Auditorium. 'I am Te Urewera and Te Urewera is Me' - Place and Identity in the New Zealand Rainforest http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/warne_nz.aspx/ Kennedy Warne, May 2, 12-1 PM, La Kretz Hall, Suite 300. RSVP required. Southern California Indian Center Presents A Practical Guide to Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/scic_icwa.aspx/ Saturday, May 26, 8AM-1PM, Monterey Hill Restaurant, Monterey Park, CA 91754 The 29th Annual UCLA Pow Wow http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/powwow2014.aspx/ Saturday-Sunday, May 3-4, 2014, UCLA North Athletic Field. Free and Open to the Public National Museum of the American Indian: 21st Century Native Cultural Governance at Work http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/west_talk.aspx/ Tuesday, May 6, 2014, 12-2 PM, Sequoia Room, UCLA Faculty Center. Lunch will be served. RSVP required. UCLA's Native Nations Law and Policy Center's 7th Annual Student/Alumni Reception: Honoring the Life of Chastity E. Bedonie http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/nativenations_bedonie.aspx/ Honoring the Life of Chastity E. Bedonie, 4/10, 5-6:30 PM, Executive 5th Floor Hospitality Suite, Buffalo Thunder Resort and Casino TODAY: Poster Session Contest and Welcome Reception beings 6:00 PM at the Hotel Angeleno http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/gng/conference.aspx/ Poster Session Contest and Welcome Reception beings 6:00 PM at the Hotel Angeleno Pre-registration for Good Native Governance: Innovative Research in Law, Education, and Economic Development Conference Ends March 4, 2014! Register today! http://gngconference.eventbrite.com/ A conference sponsored by the UCLA American Indian Studies Center showcasing innovative research around the theme of Good Native Governance, with a focus on law, education, and economic development. Additionally, three concurrent breakout panels will focus on California issues: Gaming, Constitutions, and Cultural Resources. The Good Native Governance: Innovative Research in Law, Education, and Economic Development Conference is two weeks away! Register today! http://gngconference.eventbrite.com/ A conference sponsored by the UCLA American Indian Studies Center showcasing innovative research around the theme of Good Native Governance, with a focus on law, education, and economic development. Additionally, three concurrent breakout panels will focus on California issues: Gaming, Constitutions, and Cultural Resources. ICTMN: Three Tribes to Begin Prosecuting Non-Indian Domestic Violence Offenders http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/ictmn_threetribes.aspx Three pilot tribes have been chosen by the Obama Administration to take early advantage of Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) provisions passed by Congress last year that allow tribes to prosecute non-Indian offenders for domestic violence offenses on reservations. Justice Department Announces Three Tribes to Implement Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction under VAWA 2013 http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/doj_vawa.aspx Three American Indian tribes � the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona, the Tulalip Tribes of Washington, and the Umatilla Tribes of Oregon � will be the first in the nation to exercise special criminal jurisdiction over certain crimes of domestic and dating violence, regardless of the defendant�s Indian or non-Indian status, under a pilot project authorized by the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (VAWA 2013). Race, Labor, and the Law Conference http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/racelaborlaw.aspx The UCLA Institute for Research and Employment presents it's 2014 conference on Race, Labor, and the Law. In coordination with the Critical Race Studies Program at the UCLA School of Law, the conference will take place at UCLA on Friday and Saturday, February 28 and March 1, 2014. Register for the Good Native Governance: Innovative Research in Law, Education, and Economic Development Conference, March 6-7, 2014 http://gngconference.eventbrite.com Free for all UCLA Faculty, Staff, and Students. Check out our registration prices on our Eventbrite page. A Recap of a Roadmap for Making Natie America Safer http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/iloc_symposium.aspx Check out the photos from the special one-day symposium. Professor Randall Akee's Work Mentioned in NYTimes's "What Happens When the Poor Receive a Stipend?" http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/nytimes_stipend.aspx Growing up poor has long been associated with reduced educational attainment and lower lifetime earnings. Some evidence also suggests a higher risk of depression, substance abuse and other diseases in adulthood. Through her Lens: Women & Photojournalism http://communicationleadership.usc.edu/blog/cclp_brings_together_acclaimed_photojournalists_for_next_journalism_forum.html At the Geoffrey Cowan Forum, ASCJ 207, on Janaury 28th, 2014 from 12:00pm to 1:00pm. Lunch will be served. Please RSVP at commlead@usc.edu. Tribal Sovereignty and Legal Pluralism: The American Indian as Homo Sacer http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/duthu_talk.aspx Presented by Bruce Duthu (Dartmouth), Monday, February 10, 2014, 4-6 PM, 6275 Bunche Hall A Roadmap For Making Native America Safer Draft Agenda Out http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/images/iloc_draft_agenda.pdf This is a draft agenda and is subejct to change. A Roadmap For Making Native America Safer http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/iloc_symposium.aspx This event is free and open to the public. RSVPs are not required, but highly recommended for the lunch portion. Institute of American Cultures 2014-2015 Visiting Scholar/Researcher Fellowship Program in Ethnic Studies http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/iac1415_visitingscholar.aspx Completed applications are due by February 5, 2014. The UCLA Institute of American Cultures (IAC), in cooperation with UCLA�s four Ethnic Studies Research Centers (American Indian Studies Center, Asian American Studies Center, Bunche Center for African American Studies, Chicano Studies Research Center) offers fellowships to visiting scholars and researchers to support research on African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans, and Chicanas/os. Written in Blood: Poetics and Nationhood Presented by Heid Erdrich http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/erdrich_talk.aspx Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 4 � 6 PM, Royce 314. RSVP Required by January 24, 2014. Save the Date: A Roadmap For Making Native America Safer http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/iloc_symposium.aspx Join the Indian Law & Order Commission (ILOC), special guest commentators, and the UCLA American Indian Studies Center's Partners for Justice: UCLA Institute on Criminal Law in Indian Country for a special one-day symposium showcasing the ILOC report on the state of justice in Indian Country. Indianz.com: Senate confirms nominee with Indian law experience to court http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/millett_senate.aspx The Senate voted 56 to 38 on Tuesday to confirm Patricia Ann Millett for a seat on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. First Public Hearing of the American Indian and Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence Task Force Held in Bismarck, N.D. http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/doj_hearing.aspx The Attorney General�s Advisory Committee of the Task Force on American Indian/Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence held its first public hearing today in Bismarck, N.D., convening tribal researchers, advocates and local community members to discuss domestic violence and child physical and sexual abuse in Indian Country.� DEADLINE EXTENDED (1/3/14): Call for Posters: Good Native Governance: Innovative Research in Law, Education, and Economic Development, UCLA American Indian Studies Center, March 6-7, 2014 http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/gng/posters We encourage submissions on topics broadly related to Native Governance for Indigenous communities and work from various disciplines such as the Humanities, Social Sciences and Physical Sciences, as well as from professional schools. We will consider research from undergraduate students, graduate students, tribal researchers, post-docs and 1st year assistant professors. Indian Law and Order Commission Releases Report on Criminal Justice in Indian Country http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/enewsletters/november2013_iloc.aspx The 2010 Tribal Law and Order Act (TLOA), signed into law by President Obama with bipartisan support, created the Indian Law and Order Commission (ILOC). Living into the Grace of Leadership: Ulu a'e ke welina a ke aloha! http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/benham_talk.aspx Room Change: California Room Living into the Grace of Leadership: Ulu a'e ke welina a ke aloha! http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/benham_talk.aspx Presented by Dean Maenette Benham, Ed.D. Monday, November 18, 2013, 12 � 2 PM, UCLA Faculty Center, Hacienda Room. RSVP Required. Diane Humetewa nominated to be a District Court Judge for the US District Court for the District of Arizona http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/humetewa_nomination.aspx The National Native American Bar Association applauds the historic nomination of Diane Humetewa to be a district court judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. Native American Heritage Week Presented by AISA http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/aisa_nahw.aspx Wednesday-Friday, November 14-16, 2013 "Engaging Diversity: More Important Than Ever" http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/gurin_talk.aspx UCLA Presents Patricia Y. Gurin. November 6, 11:00 am - 12:15 pm, UCLA Faculty Center Sequoia Room Sundance Institute Sneak Peek: Behind the Scenes of Sydney Freeland's Film Drunktown's Finest http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/sundance_drylake.aspx Saturday, November 9, 2013, 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm, The Autry in Griffith Park: Wells Fargo Theater Indian Country Today Media Network: 9 Notable Women Who Rule American Indian Law http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/ictmn_womenlaw.aspx Justice systems are never easy to come by, as the U.S. vertical hierarchy of courts, jury options and appeals processes attest. Call for Posters: Good Native Governance: Innovative Research in Law, Education, and Economic Development, UCLA American Indian Studies Center, March 6-7, 2014 http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/gng/posters We encourage submissions on topics broadly related to Native Governance for Indigenous communities and work from various disciplines such as the Humanities, Social Sciences and Physical Sciences, as well as from professional schools. We will consider research from undergraduate students, graduate students, tribal researchers, post-docs and 1st year assistant professors. Reclaiming Home: Hapa Culture and Identity in Hawai'i http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/reclaiminghome.aspx Special two-day event! Wednesday-Thursday, October 30-31, Charles E. Young Research Library - Main Conference Room 11360. Enjoy the literary and film work of Native Hawaiian artists Kristiana Kahakauwila and Christen Marquez "Engaging Diversity: More Important Than Ever" http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/c_n_resources/patricia gurin updated flyer.pdf UCLA Presents Patricia Y. Gurin. November 6, 11:00 am - 12:15 pm, UCLA Faculty Center Sequoia Room Professor Keith Camacho announced as Senior Editor of Amerasia Journal http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/camacho_seniored.aspx The UCLA Asian American Studies Center is very pleased to announce that Professor Keith Camacho will become the senior editor of Amerasia Journal, effective 1 January 2014. NYTimes: Obama Points to 'Legitimate Concerns' Over Redskin' Name http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/nytimes_redskins.aspx The long-simmering debate over the Washington Redskins' name took a new turn when President Obama said that he would consider changing it if he were the team's owner. Lutu Chuktiwa (Cutting the Cord) Film and Open Discussion http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/lutuchuktiwa.aspx An indigenous ritual - an ethnographic film, Thursday, October 17, 3-4:30 PM, Kaufman Hall 200. Good Native Governance: Innovative Research in Law, Education, and Economic Development Conference, March 6-7, 2014 http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/gng/conference.aspx A conference sponsored by the UCLA American Indian Studies Center showcasing innovative research around the theme of Good Native Governance, with a focus on law, education, and economic development. Additionally, three concurrent breakout panels will focus on California issues: Gaming, Constitutions, and Cultural Resources. Director Angela R. Riley speaks at The Allan C. Lebow Supreme Court Review - Equality Under The Roberts Court http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/law_screview.aspx UCLA School of Law's annual review of the Supreme Court's most recent term and its implications for lawyers, academics and citizens. Cases include Fisher, Shelby, Windsor, Perry, and Baby Veronica. Call for Posters: Good Native Governance: Innovative Research in Law, Education, and Economic Development, UCLA American Indian Studies Center, March 6-7, 2014 http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/gng/posters We encourage submissions on topics broadly related to Native Governance for Indigenous communities and work from various disciplines such as the Humanities, Social Sciences and Physical Sciences, as well as from professional schools. We will consider research from undergraduate students, graduate students, tribal researchers, post-docs and 1st year assistant professors. Save the Date: Living into the Grace of Leadership: Ulu a'e ke welina a'ke aloha! http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/benham_talk.aspx Monday, November 18, 2013 from 12 PM to 2 PM, UCLA Faculty Center, Hacienda Room. RSVP required at http://benham.eventbrite.com by November 13. UN Human Rights: USA / Indigenous peoples: UN expert urges respect for the rights of Cherokee child in custody dispute http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/unhr_childdispute.aspx GENEVA (10 September 2013) - The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, James Anaya, today called on the relevant state, federal and tribal authorities in the United States of America to take all necessary measures to ensure the wellbeing and human rights of �Veronica,� an almost four year old Cherokee child at the center of a highly contentious custody dispute. Fowler at Fifty http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/nannounce.aspx The Fowler Museum at UCLA will honor its 50th anniversary with a suite of special exhibitions and programs from fall 2013-fall 2014. The exhibitions in the fall of 2013 will fill the Fowler's Getty Trust and Lucas Family galleries with nearly 1,000 objects from the Fowler's vast, acclaimed, and diverse permanent collections. Native News Network: Let Freedom Ring � American Indian Drums Asked to Sound Wednesday at 3pm edt http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/nnn_freedom.aspx ATLANTA � Fifty years after to the date and time of day Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington, people across America are asked to ring bells and American Indian drums are asked to sound on to "let freedom ring." Save the Date: UCLA American Indian Welcome http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/aiwelcome.aspx Students, Faculty, Staff are invited to the UCLA American Indian Welcome, Tuesday, October 1, 2013, 6 PM, Student Activities Basement Center. Please RSVP by 9/30. The LA Times reviewed Onondaga writer Eric Gansworth's YA novel, If I Ever Get Out of Here http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/latimes_gansworth.aspx Eric Gansworth's first novel for young people, rings true with a sophisticated look at what it's like to be an outsider and what it takes to be a true friend. In Memoriam: Robert Owens-Greygrass (1954-2013) http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/autry_robert.aspx Robert Owens-Greygrass performed professionally for more than twenty years as a storyteller and actor. The Autry will host a memorial service in honor of Robert on Saturday, September 28, 3:00 p.m. Assistant Director Rebecca H. Rosser at the Native & Pacific Islander Summer Intensive Transfer Experience (SITE) Program http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/site2013.aspx Assistant Director Rebecca H. Rosser sharing some final thoughts with the students who participated in the inaugural Pacific Islander/Native American SITE program, Friday, July 26. 3rd Annual L.A. Skins Music Fest http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/laskinsfest.aspx Saturday, July 20, 2013 6 PM at the Autry. Free Admission. Parking is provided. Job Opportunity: Work-Study Position http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/job_workstudy.aspx The UCLA American Indian Studies Center is looking to hire a work-study student for the 2013-14 school year. Please see information below for details. Assistant Director Rebecca H. Rosser honored as "Woman of the Year" http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/rhr_woty.aspx Dr. Rebecca Hernandez Rosser, Assistant Director of the American Indian Studies Center (Mescalero Apache/Mexican American) and Kenneth Ramos, graduating undergraduate and outgoing president of the American Indian Student Association (Kumeyaay from the Barona Band of Mission Indians), at the UCLA American Indian Graduation, when Rebecca was honored as "Woman of the Year." June 14, 2013. NNABA Attends White House Meeting on Judicial Nominations http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/nnaba_whitehouse.aspx Phoenix, AZ. � On June 5, 2013, National Native American Bar Association (NNABA) Treasurer and Co-Chair of NNABA's Judicial Review Committee Lawrence Baca met with White House officials along with community and organizational leaders from around the country to discuss the judicial vacancy crisis that has left over 80 courts vacant and 32 judicial emergencies across the country. UCLA AISC Year End 2012-2013 Newsletter http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/enewsletters/12-13_newsletter.aspx UCLA AISC Year End 2012-2013 Newsletter American Indian Studies 2nd Annual Research Symposium http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/aisymposium2013.aspx TODAY: Friday, June 7, 2013, 10:30 AM - 2:30 PM, Law 1314. Lunch will be provided. Film Screening: TUSHKA http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/tushka.aspx Wednesday, May 22, Student Activities Center, B-Level, Conference Room 4, 12 to 2 PM TODAY: The Poaching of Our Wildest Dreams: Indigenous Peoples, Predation and the Law http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/eji_aguon.aspx TODAY: Thursday, April 25, 2013, 4 to 6 PM, UCLA IPAM Lecture Hall 1200. Lecture by Julian Aguon. Presented by UCLA American Indian Studies Center and UCLA Asian American Studies Center. "Protecting and Recovering Sacred Places: American Indian Struggles" http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/champagne_talk.aspx Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 4-6 PM, Humanities Bldg. Room 365. This talk focuses on issues of social and cultural change in both historical and contemporary Native American communities. Press Release - NNABA Commends Confirmation of Derrick Watson http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/nnaba_watson.aspx Fourth Native Hawaiian in U.S. History to be Federal Judge Vice Chancellor, Academic Personnel Carole Goldberg Receives the Lawrence Baca Lifetime Achievement Award http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/goldberg_award.aspx Jennifer Weddle, Carole Goldberg, Angela Riley, Mike McBride at the Federal Bar Association/Native American Bar Association Indian Law Conference at Pueblo of Pojoaque where Angela Riley presented to Carole Goldberg the Lawrence Baca Lifetime Achievement Award. NYTimes: Quietly, Indians Reshape Cities and Reservations http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/nytimes_indiansreshape.aspx Nothing in her upbringing on a remote Indian reservation in northern Minnesota prepared Jean Howard for her introduction to city life during a visit here eight years ago: an outbreak of gunfire, followed by the sight of people scattering. NYTimes: Auction of Hopi Masks Proceeds After Judge's Ruling http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/nytimes_hopiauction.aspx A contested auction of sacred Hopi Indian masks went forward Friday in Paris and generated more than $1 million in sales despite the presence of protesters inside and outside the auction house who urged patrons not to take part. Volunteers Needed for 28th Annual UCLA Pow Wow http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/powwow2013.aspx Volunteers needed for the Ms. UCLA Pow Wow Pageant and 28th Annual UCLA Pow Wow! Save the Date: Guest Lecture by Professor Deborah Miranda author of "Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir" http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/miranda_badindians.aspx Tuesday, April 16, 2013, 12:30-1:45 PM, Bunche Hall 2209A. Professor Miranda is associate professor of English at Washington and Lee University. NYTimes: Hopis Try to Stop Paris Sale of Artifacts http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/nytimes_hopis.aspx In a rare case of a cultural heritage claim arising from the sale of American artifacts abroad, the Hopi Indians of Arizona have asked federal officials to help stop a high-price auction of 70 sacred masks in Paris next week. "The Jurisgenerative Moment in Indigenous Human Rights" by Kristen Carpenter and Angela Riley http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/riley_carpenter_article.aspx A new article published in the Social Science Research Network and the forthcoming California Law Review by Kristen Carpenter and Angela Riley. The 28th Annual UCLA Pow Wow http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/powwow2013.aspx Saturday-Sunday, May 4-5, UCLA North Athletic Field, Open to the Public and Free Admission Professor Mishuana Goeman's New Book Featured on UCLA Today http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/goeman_newbook.aspx Mishuana Goeman, assistant professor of gender studies, has written a new book, "Mark My Words: Native Women (Re)mapping Our Nations." Save the Date: The Poaching of Our Wildest Dreams: Indigenous Peoples, Predation and the Law http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/eji_aguon.aspx Thursday, April 25, 2013, 4 to 6 PM, UCLA IPAM Lecture Hall 1200. Lecture by Julian Aguon. Presented by UCLA American Indian Studies Center and UCLA Asian American Studies Center. UCLA AISC: March 2013 eNewsletter http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/enewsletters/march2013.aspx Check out our March 2013 eNewsletter! The Making of Kateri - The First American Indian Saint of the Catholic Church http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/makingofkateri.aspx Saturday, April 27, 2013, 11 AM to 1 PM, American Indian Families Partnership Congress Enacts Historic Legislation to Help Indian Tribes Combat Violence Against Native Women http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/vawa_passed.aspx Today, by a vote of 286 to 138, the U.S. House of Representatives passed S. 47, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013.�Because the U.S. Senate, by a vote of 78 to 22, passed the same VAWA reauthorization bill on February 12, it will now be presented to the President for his signature. NYTimes: Rape on the Reservation http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/nytimes_vawa.aspx TWO Republicans running for Congressional seats last year offered opinions on "legitimate rape" or God-approved conceptions during rape, tainting their party with misogyny. Their candidacies tanked. Words matter. New Book: <em>Language Planning and Policy in Native America</em>, by Professor Teresa L. McCarty http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/mccarty_newbook.aspx Language Planning and Policy in Native America Professor Teresa L. McCarty, available now! Director Riley Lectured on the History of the Supreme Court and Native American Lands http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/riley_supremecourt.aspx Angela Riley spoke in the Supreme Court chamber about the history of the Supreme Court and Native American lands. The lecture, which took place in the Supreme Court chamber, was one in a series hosted by the Supreme Court Historical Society on the Constitution, the Supreme Court, and property rights. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg introduced Professor Riley. Save the Date: Indian Land and Indian Gaming under the Obama Administration http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/newland_indiangaming.aspx Wednesday, 2/13, 12-1:30pm, Room 2357, UCLA Law School. Bryan Newland is a Member of Fletcher, PLLC, a firm based in Lansing, Michigan that provides tribal clients with legal and strategic consulting services on matters ranging from gaming and economic development to land use. CBS: Native American Women Veterans Celebrate President's Inauguration http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/cbs_nawv.aspx About 2,800 groups applied to be part of the Inaugural parade on Monday. The president's inaugural committee chose 60, including one with deep roots in this land. Idle No More hits Zocalo! http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/zps_canada.aspx Up North, Indigenous People Are Steadily Challenging What Used To Be a Complacent Self-Image Canada: UN expert calls for meaningful dialogue with Aboriginal leaders after weeks of protests http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/un_anaya.aspx The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, James Anaya, urged the Government of Canada and Aboriginal leaders to undertake meaningful dialogue in light of First Nations protests and a month-long hunger strike by Chief Theresa Spence of the Attawapiskat First Nation. Save the Date: Save tbe Date: Superdiversity California Style: New Approaches to Race, Civil Rights, Governance and Cultural Production http://www.iac.ucla.edu/news/inauguralconference.html Thursday, February 28, 2013, 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm and Friday, March 1, 2013, 9:00 am - 7:00 pm. Los Angeles has come to epitomize the global phenomenon of dramatically increased ethnic, racial, linguistic, and religious diversity. Environmental Justice Initiative Lecture Series: Dr. Joseph K. Lyou, Experiences of an Environmental Justice Advocate http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/eji_lectureseries.aspx Thursday, January 10, 2013, 4-5:30 pm, Dr. Joseph K. Lyou, Experiences of an Environmental Justice Advocate, UCLA IPAM Institute of American Cultures 2013-2014 Fellowships and Grants information http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/iac1314_info.aspx The Institute of American Cultures, which houses the four Ethnic Studies Research Centers�the American Indian Studies Center, the Asian American Studies Center, Bunche Center for African American Studies, and the Chicano Studies Research Center�invites applications. Huffington Post: Violence Against Women Act: Eric Cantor, Joe Biden In Talks Amid Stalled Tribal Provision http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/hp_vawa.aspx Vice President Joe Biden is quietly working with House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) to try to pass an inclusive version of the Violence Against Women Act in the lame-duck Congress. And so far, sources tell HuffPost, Cantor is on board as long as one thing is stripped from the bill: a key protection for Native American women. ILTF: Pe' Sla Returns to Oceti Sakowin http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/iltf_pesla.aspx This afternoon at 2:00 pm MST in Rapid City, South Dakota, full ownership and control of the sacred site�Pe� Sla, located in the Black Hills, was officially returned to the Oceti Sakowin (Great Sioux Nation).�We would like to offer our sincere and heartfelt�congratulations to the Oceti Sakowin�on its return of the control of this sacred site to all the people of the Nation and its relatives today and for all future generations. CNN: Native American designers fight cultural caricatures http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/cnn_nadesigners.aspx This November, events nationwide celebrated the traditions, fashion and food of the nation's 566 recognized Indian tribes as part of Native American Heritage Month. But a few high profile missteps surrounding the use of indigenous cultural imagery made bigger national headlines than any heritage month event. The Story: The Black Hills Meets Indiegogo http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/blackhills.aspx Chase Iron Eyes, a member of the Lakota tribe, is using crowd funding to help raise millions of dollars to buy back part of South Dakota�s Black Hills prairie land. This land is up for sale and the money must be raised by Nov. 30th. NYTimes: Lawlessness on Indian Land http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/lawlessness_indianland.aspx Violence and crime rage unchecked in Indian country, yet the federal government, the primary law enforcer on reservations, is investigating and prosecuting fewer violent felonies, and reducing financing for tribal courts and public-safety programs. That is a scandal. NYTimes: Louise Erdrich's Novel 'The Round House' Wins National Book Award http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/erdrich_novelaward.aspx Beating out an unusually competitive field, Louise Erdrich won the National Book Award for fiction on Wednesday night for �The Round House,� a novel about a teenage boy�s effort to investigate an attack on his mother on a North Dakota reservation, and his struggle to come to terms with the violence in their culture. Director Angela Riley Presented 'The History of Native American Lands and the Supreme Court' at 2012 Leon Silverman Lecture Series http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/riley_leon2012.aspx The 2012 Leon Silverman Lecture Series focuses on the Constitution and the Supreme Court�s earliest history on property rights. Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 6pm, The History of Native American Lands and the Supreme Court UCLA AISC Releases an Open Letter to No Doubt, Supersonic Public Relations and Interscope Records in Response to No Doubt's Video, �Looking Hot� http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/aisc_openletter.aspx The American Indian Studies Center is a research institute founded in 1969 at the University of California, Los Angeles, dedicated to addressing American Indian issues and supporting Indian nations.�The Center also serves as a bridge between the academy and indigenous peoples locally, nationally, and internationally, with a goal of advancing understandings between Native and non-Native communities.�One particular challenge faced by American Indians in the United States is a perceived invisibility and a corresponding lack of understanding of the contemporary existence and relevance of Native peoples.�We work to dismantle such barriers at the American Indian Studies Center, which remain due to a lack of knowledge about Native communities, including, for example, the fact that Los Angeles is home to the nation�s largest urban Native American population. President Obama Announces National Native American Heritage Month Proclamation http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/obama_nahm.aspx BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. As the first people to live on the land we all cherish, American Indians and Alaska Natives have profoundly shaped our country's character and our cultural heritage. Today, Native Americans are leaders in every aspxect of our society -- from the classroom, to the boardroom, to the battlefield. This month, we celebrate and honor the many ways American Indians and Alaska Natives have enriched our Nation, and we renew our commitment to respecting each tribe's identity while ensuring equal opportunity to pursue the American dream. Report: American Law Institute Begins Work on Three New Restatements http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/ali_restatements.aspx This fall, The American Law Institute has taken up work on three new Restatements of the Law. At its meeting in New York City on October 18 and 19, the ALI Council gave its approval to the start of new Restatement projects dealing with intentional torts and foreign relations law, and in September the Council approved the initiation of work on a Restatement of American Indian Law. Director Angela Riley to speak at Harvard Law School�s conference on Tribal Courts and the Federal System http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/riley_hls.aspx Thursday and Friday, November 8th and 9th, 2012, Harvard Law School, What are the major jurisdictional issues that tribal courts confront? How do tribal courts approach sentencing alternatives? What should be the long-term plan for strengthening tribal courts? What is being done to provide defense for indigent defendants? Sundance Institute at the Autry Presents Native Films, 11/3, 7pm, Autry National Center http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/autry_filmscreening.aspx Saturday, November 3, 7:00 pm, Autry National Center, Free admission; reservations highly recommended. The Autry National Center and Sundance Institute announce the second Sundance Institute at the Autry Presents Native Films program, a partnership that enables free public screenings of films created by emerging filmmakers from around the world, organized in cooperation with the University of California, Los Angeles, American Indian Studies Center. FNX blogs about InSight Exhibit http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/insight_fnx.aspx A year�s worth of work from seven young Native American artists was made available for the public to see during the opening of the �InSight: Indigenous Youth, Digital Images and Violence Prevention Photography Exhibit� at the Autry National Center. A group - which included faculty from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), center staff, and community members - gathered to recognize the youth participants and see the photos on Tuesday, October 16. National Indian Child Welfare Association Responds to the Dr. Phil Show's Coverage of South Carolina Indian Child Welfare Act Case http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/nicwa_drphil.aspx On October 18, 2012, the Dr. Phil show aired an episode that focused on a disputed custody case involving an American Indian child, Veronica. The case pits a loving father�s attempts to parent his daughter against a non-Indian couple from South Carolina�the Capobiancos�and their attorneys who orchestrated an illegal attempt to adopt Veronica. The National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) is gravely disappointed in the heavy slant toward the Capobiancos� recounting of the situation and interpretation of the legal issues in the case. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Mourns Passing of Judge Betty Binns Fletcher http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/ninth_fletcher.aspx The Honorable Betty Binns Fletcher, a distinguished senior circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, died Monday evening (October 22, 2012) in Seattle with family members at her bedside. She was 89. Review of Professor Paul Kroskrity's "Telling Stories in the Face of Danger: Language Renewal in Native American Communities" http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/kroskrity_bookreview.aspx The traditions of American Indians constituted one of the four original areas of concern of the American Folklore Society, and while interest in the traditions of Native North America has vacillated among folklorists during the century and a quarter since the organization's founding, it remains vital to the discipline. Folklorists can take heart that when non-folklorists consider those traditions, they often draw some of their ideas from interpretive approaches developed in folklore studies. Two recent books illustrate how folklore informs the work of appreciating American Indian traditional cultures. 2012 American Indian Heritage Month Celebration http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/aihmc2012.aspx The Los Angeles City/County Native American Indian Commission presents 2012 Ameircan Indian Heritage Month Celebration. Friday, November 9, 2012, 10:00 AM, City Hall, Council Chambers - 3rd Floor. Please RSVP and reserve parking by November 2, 2012 at 5:00PM 213-922-9762 or SP-RSVP@lacity.org New Funding Opportunity from the Institute of American Cultures http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/iac_funding.aspx The Institute of American Cultures (IAC) announces a new program to support faculty work groups at UCLA that explore critical aspxects of the �emerging America.� The goal of this program is to facilitate one-quarter work groups focused on transformative interdisciplinary research with clearly defined outcomes. Deadline: 11/14/12 Inside Out: Social Justice, Activism and the 2012 Vote http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/inside_out.aspx A diverse panel will explore the meaning of the 2012 elections through a social justice frame. Issues such as race, class, voter suppression efforts and alternatives to electoral politics will be considered. Co-sponsors include the Academic Advancement Program and the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Politics. Vice Chancellor Carole Goldberg speaks at the 12th Annual California Indian Law Association Conference at Pechanga http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/goldberg_cilac.aspx Vice Chancellor Carole Goldberg spears about "Update on California Indian Law Litigation and Legislation" at the 12 Annual California Indian Law Association Conference at Pechanga. White et al v. University of California: Motions to Dismiss Granted http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/whitevuc.aspx On October 9, 2012, the federal District Court in San Francisco granted the University�s motion to dismiss the White v. UC lawsuit without leave to amend. Native American Tribe's Battle Over Beer Brews http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/npr_beer.aspx Anheuser-Busch, Pabst and MillerCoors are among the big beer makers the Oglala Sioux tribe has accused of illegally selling millions of cans of beer each year in Whiteclay, Neb. Tribe Considers Lifting Alcohol Ban in South Dakota http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/sd_ban.aspx The Oglala Sioux Tribe will propose lifting an alcohol ban on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota as a way to regulate the flow of beer and malt liquor onto the reservation, which has been plagued by alcohol problems for years, officials said Thursday. Professor Fred Hoxie Receives Lifetime Achievement Award http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/ca_proclamation.aspx The McNickle Center is pleased to share the news that Fred Hoxie, Swanland Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and former director of the McNickle Center has been named the winner of this year's American Indian History Lifetime Achievement Award. Professor Fred Hoxie will be visiting UCLA on January 9 and 10, 2013 for a visit and public lecture/book signing. Dr. David Shorter Creates Digital Ethnography, "Planting the Seeds" http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/shorter_plantingseeds.aspx In 2003, Dr. David Shorter completed a web-based ethnography that reflected his work with the Yaqui people in Mexico. That digital publication, "Vachiam Eecha/Planting the Seeds," featured ethnographic interpretation, museum footage, historical narrative, language lessons, video footage of rituals, and more, all within a media-rich, tri-lingual, Yaqui-centered visual aesthetic. A leading example of webresentations of indigenous people, Shorter's site has recently been updated into a second edition. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. names 9/28 as Native American Day http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/ca_proclamation.aspx California has been home to human beings for at least 12,000 years, with the period of European-American settlement representing only a tiny fraction of this time. The first Europeans to arrive in California encountered hundreds of thousands of people organized into hundreds of distinct tribal groups. They flourished in the bountiful hills and valleys of what would someday become the Golden State. Director Riley to speak at Indian Tribes and Human Rights Accountability Symposium, 10/4 to 5, Michigan State University http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/riley_msusymposium.aspx Presented by the Michigan State Law Review and Michigan State University College of Law's Indigenous Law & Policy Center Indian Law and Order Commission Presentation, Q&A, and Reception http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/iloc_presentation.aspx Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 4:30 pm, at UCLA School of Law, Library Tower InSight Exhibit Opening at the Autry http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/insight_autry.aspx Opening Reception, Tuesday, October 16, 2012, 5 to 7 p.m., Autry National Center, "Our West" Student Art Gallery Op-Ed by Professor William Bauer on the Proclamation by the Governor of the State of California http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/bauer_proclamation.aspx Earlier this month, Governor Edmund J. Brown proclaimed September 28, 2012 as "Native American Day" and celebrated how far California has come since the mid-nineteenth century. Yet, commemorations like this account for the decline of American Indian people far better than they highlight the ability of California Indian people, families, communities and nations to survive and make "Native American Day" meaningful. I think we might be able to best see this with a short biography. Press Release: Los Angeles Urban Indian Roundtable http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/lauir_pr.aspx LOS ANGELES- The Los Angeles Urban Indian Roundtable is excited to announce the steps it is taking to address the visibility of American Indian/Alaska Natives (AI/AN) in Los Angeles County. The representatives of this Roundtable support the need for research, analysis of existing policies, and advocacy to raise the quality of life for AI/AN. Assistant Professor Ben Madley Publishes "The Genocide of California�s Yana Indians" in Centuries of Genocide: Critical Essays and Eyewitness Accounts http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/madley_genocide.aspx The fourth edition of Centuries of Genocide: Essays and Eyewitness Accounts addresses examples of genocides perpetrated in the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries. Kevin Washburn Confirmed as Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/washburn_ia.aspx Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today applauded the Senate�s confirmation of Kevin K. Washburn, a member of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, to serve as Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs at the Department of the Interior. W. Richard �Rick� West, Jr. to Lead Autry National Center http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/autry_rick.aspx The Board of The Autry National Center of the American West has announced W. Richard �Rick� West, Jr. will be joining the museum as its new President and CEO. Professor Kevin Terraciano wins Gold Shield Faculty Prize http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/terraciano_facultyprize.aspx Kevin Terraciano, professor of history and acting director of UCLA�s Latin American Institute, is the 2012 winner of the Gold Shield Faculty Prize. Director Angela Riley speaks about Indian Criminal Jurisdiction and Public Law 280, Federal Bar Association Annual Conference http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/riley_icjpl280.aspx On September 20, 2012, Director Angela R. Riley spoke about the Indian Criminal Jurisdiction and Public Law 280 at the Federal Bar Association Annual Conference in San Diego, California. Call for Information: Seeking Yellow Thunder Recipients http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/news/callforyt.aspx The AISC is seeking to get in touch with past recipients of the Yellow Thunder Scholarship, which has offered support to students for decades. If you received a scholarship through this fund, we'd love to hear from you. Please contact us at aisc@ucla.edu.