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Native Bruin Highlight: Past, Present & Emerging – Angelo Isaac Sandoval
Native Bruin Highlight: Past, Present & Emerging – Angelo Isaac Sandoval

This November we are highlighting Native Bruin, Angelo Isaac Sandoval  (Apache/Dine) Class of 2009. Angelo Isaac Sandoval is a staff attorney and clinical supervisor with the Clean Slate Practice at the East Bay Community Law Center through UC Berkeley’s School of Law. He leads the work to end the criminalization of poverty, advocates for the ... Read more

An Indigenous Present: Indigeneity in Made in L.A. 2023
An Indigenous Present: Indigeneity in Made in L.A. 2023

Co-presented with the UCLA American Indian Studies Center Celebrating the launch of the new book An Indigenous Present, conceived by artist Jeffrey Gibson, this panel takes a closer look at Made in L.A. 2023: Acts of Living from the perspective of Indigenous intersectionality. Made in L.A. artists Teresa Baker, Melissa Cody, Ishi Glinsky, and Esteban Ramón Pérez join Gibson and curator Pablo José Ramírez in this ... Read more

LA SKINS Pow Wow
LA SKINS Pow Wow

The LA SKINS FEST will host the 5th Annual Hollywood Pow Wow at the iconic courtyard at Ovation Hollywood. The Pow Wow takes place Saturday November 18th, 2023 starting at 9am. The event will feature traditional singing, dancing and youth performances from numerous tribes around the country. Located at the Ovation Hollywood Center Courtyard. For more information email ... Read more

THE FLORENTINE CODEX: A TREASURE OF INDIGENOUS MEXICAN CULTURE
THE FLORENTINE CODEX: A TREASURE OF INDIGENOUS MEXICAN CULTURE

https://www.international.ucla.edu/LAI/events/16338 THE FLORENTINE CODEX: A TREASURE OF INDIGENOUS MEXICAN CULTURE Public Event at UCLA  Free admission, RSVP required November 16, 2023, 5:30–7:30 p.m. UCLA Fowler Museum, Lenart Auditorium The UCLA Latin American Institute will host a public event about the Florentine Codex, a 12-book manuscript of Indigenous Aztec (or Nahua) culture and knowledge, on November 16. The ... Read more

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UCLA American Indian Studies Library and pick up some FREE books!
UCLA American Indian Studies Library and pick up some FREE books!
Film screening: Mãri Hi: The Tree of Dream
Film screening: Mãri Hi: The Tree of Dream

Mãri Hi: The Tree of Dream with special guests from Brazil Director Morzaniel Ɨramari and Yanomami Leader and Shaman Davi Kopenawa   November 9, 2023 7:00 PM Dodd Hall 146 Q&A Moderated by Thiago Puglieri, Department of Art History  “When the flowers of the Mãri tree blossom, dreams arise.” The words of a great shaman guide viewers in a dream-like experience through a ... Read more

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UC Native American Opportunity Plan: Details about the Plan’s administration are still unfolding. We continue to update the UCLA American Indian Studies Center and the American Indian Studies Interdepartmental programs’ website with more information. For further information about Financial Aid at UCLA and how this may be impacted by the Plan, call 310-206-0400.

UCLA AISC Hybrid Model
Effective March 28, 2022, the UCLA American Indian Studies Center will be open five days a week, from 10 am until 4 pm, with the staff working a hybrid remote and in-person schedule. Hours and schedules are subject to change. Please contact the staff if you have any questions. You can find staff contact information here.

Click on the bold links below to hear the audio files for the pronunciation for the Tongva-language words.

AIS and AISC at UCLA acknowledge the Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (Los Angeles basin, So. Channel Islands) and are grateful to have the opportunity to work for the taraaxatom (indigenous peoples) in this place. As a land grant institution, we pay our respects to Honuukvetam (Ancestors), ‘Ahiihirom (Elders), and ‘eyoohiinkem (our relatives/relations) past, present and emerging.

 

Welcome to the UCLA American Indian Studies Center

The UCLA American Indian Studies Center (AISC) was founded in 1969 as a research institute dedicated to addressing American Indian issues and supporting Native communities. The AISC serves as a hub of activities for Indigenous students, staff, faculty, alumni, and community, as well as serving as a bridge between the academy and indigenous peoples locally, nationally, and internationally. We foster innovative academic research by students and faculty, publish leading scholarship in the field of American Indian Studies, and support events and programming focused on indigenous issues.

The Center also works in collaboration with some of the country’s most influential and respected scholars writing and teaching in American Indian Studies today, who have made UCLA one of the highest ranked and most respected universities in the field. We invite you to explore our website to learn more about us.

Dr. Shannon Speed

Dr. Shannon Speed
Director, American Indian Studies Center
Professor, Department of Gender Studies and Anthropology

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