August 2020 – UCLA American Indian Studies Center

[Daily Bruin] USAC unanimously passes resolution in support of renaming Janss Steps to Tongva Steps

June 24, 2021August 10, 2020 News gabrielieno-tongva, janss steps, tongva steps, Undergraduate Students Association Council

By Maddie Rausa Posted: August 7, 2020, 5:25 pm More than 20 student organizations have endorsed a student government resolution calling on UCLA to rename a campus landmark after a Native American tribe that originally inhabited Los Angeles. The Undergraduate Students Association Council unanimously passed the resolution, which calls on UCLA to rename Janss Steps … Read more

Native Bruins: Past, Present & Emerging – Tyson Walker

June 24, 2021August 1, 2020 Native Bruins, News alumni, graduate, native bruin, tyson walker, UCLA

This August we are highlighting Native Bruin – Tyson Walker from the White Mountain Apache tribe. Dr. Tyson Walker was raised on the Fort Apache and Navajo reservations in Arizona. In 2004, Tyson graduated from Alchesay High School in Whiteriver, AZ. He then joined the Air Force and was honorably discharged in 2008. Prior to … Read more