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SUMMARY:Lighting a Path Forward: UC Land Grants, Public Memory, and Tovaangar
DESCRIPTION:\nPublic Event:\nTuesday, October 15, 2019\n9 am to 5 pm\nUCLA James West Alumni Cente\nJoin UCLA’s American Indian Studies Center for an interdisciplinary public symposium on October 15th about the past, present, and future of the University of California’s relationship with tribes. On the 15th, three panels will be held, discussing UCLA’s centennial anniversary with respect to California Indians, the current state of relationships and projects between the UCs and tribal communities and institutions, and future innovative practices working with tribal communities. On October 16th, three workshops will be conducted whose goal is to create policy papers for developing community-engaged classrooms, creating better practices for American Indian and Indigenous retention and recruitment, and generating practices that ensure repatriation and maintenance of cultural heritage. This symposium is part of a series of 50th-anniversary events sponsored by the AISC.\nMural by River Garza (Gabrieleno/Tongva)\nRegister for the conference at http://bit.ly/Lighting-a-Path-Forward for the October 15th event.\n \nProgramDownload a PDF of the program ( https://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/images/Lighting%20a%20Path%20Forward%20-%20Program.pdf )\n \nOCT 15, 2019 Day 1: Public Symposium \n8:30–9:00 Coffee and Bagels\n9:00–9:15 Welcome, Mishuana Goeman (Tonawanda Band of Seneca), Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Emily Carter, and Shannon Speed (Chickasaw)\n9:15–10:00 Keynote: Where You Stand: 50 site-specific years in retrospect, Cindi Alvitre (Gabrieleno/Tongva), T’iat Society, NAGPRA Coordinator & Faculty at CSULB American Indian Studies\nCindi Alvitre will reflect on the Tongva relationship with UCLA American Indian Studies. This year marks the 50th anniversary of American Indian Studies at UCLA. For the local tribes, it was a parallel universe, one that existed as a liminal state, invisible but present and more frequently – unacknowledged. As time has passed, the metaphoric rivers have converged, and the Tongva, Tatavium and Chumash have a genuine seat at the table. The journey has been long and difficult and from it a genuine collaboration has emerged from one of the most prestigious academic institutions in our collective country. As a new cultural confidence has emerged, we look forward to a continued relationship that will endure seven generations into the future.\n10:00–11:30 PAST: Histories of the Land, UCs, and Land-Grant Institutions\nThis roundtable will explore the establishment of Western educational institutions in California and their essential role to the state’s development as an economic, political and educational leader in the region. Most importantly, we will focus on what that ascension has meant to California Indians who have conducted their own tribal educational systems since before contact with white settlers.\nModerator: Mishuana Goeman, UCLA\n\nCarole Goldberg, Distinguished Professor Emeritus Law School, UCLA \nCraig Torres (Gabrieleno/Tongva)\nLaura Miranda (Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians)\nRudy Ortega Jr. (Tribal President, Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians) \n\n11:30–12:00 Lunch Break\n12:00–1:00 Keynote: From Tovaangar to UCLA, Theresa Stewart Ambo (Gabrieleno/Tongva, Luiseño), Assistant Professor of Education, UCSD \nSeveral US colleges and universities have publicly acknowledged and atoned for the role that chattel slavery played in the establishment of their institutions; however, postsecondary institutions continue resist recognizing their role in the colonization and dispossession of Indigenous communities. In this presentation, Dr. Ambo will provide a documented link between the original inhabitants of Tovaangar and UCLA, tracing the illegal seizure of land by Spanish missionaries to construct Mission San Gabriel Arcángel in 1771, privatization of land into rancheros under Mexican governance in 1833, and subsequent subdivision and sale of property by private landowners under the US after 1950. Lighting a path forward, this history underscores the responsibility of land-grant institutions—in this case the UC system and UCLA—to fortify institutional relationships with and reconsider accountability to Indigenous nations and communities.\n1:00–2:15   PRESENT: Current Tribal Relationships in the California Education System\nThis roundtable will examine the current state of American Indian education in California and current work between tribal communities and institutions. What is working, what is not, and what can we learn from current projects that bring tribal communities and education together?\nModerator: Ananda Marin (Choctaw), UCLA\n\nJoely Proudfit (Luiseño), CSUSM \nJoyce Perry (Acjachemen), UCI\nBeth Rose Middleton (African-Caribbean and European), UC Davis\nMia Lopez (Chumash), UCSB Tribal Liaison for the Coastal Band of the Chumash Nation\n\n2:15–2:30 Break\n2:30–3:50 FUTURE: Lighting a Path Forward—Beyond Collecting Indians\nThe history of Indian education has been painful and problematic, from the collecting of ancestors for “scientific” study to forced assimilation and miseducation that have led to erasure and exclusion. This roundtable will lay the groundwork of Indigenous futurities, discussing how not only to come to terms with the past, but move forward with educational practices that enable our communities to thrive.\nModerator: Nancy Marie Mithlo (Chiricahua Apache), UCLA\n\nRobin Maria DeLugan (Lenape/Cherokee), UCM\nRandall Akee (Native Hawaiian), UCLA\nRicardo Torres (Wintu), CSU Sacramento\nKeri Bradford (Choctaw), UCSB\n\n4:00–5:20 California Indian Tribal Listening Session\nModerator: Angela R. Riley (Citizen Potawatomi Nation), UCLA\n\nCindi Alvitre (Gabrieleno/Tongva)\nMia Lopez (Chumash)\nJulia Bogany (Cultural Advisor, Gabrieleno/Tongva)\nDesiree Martinez (Gabrieleno/Tongva)\nLaura Miranda (Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians)\nJoyce Perry (Acjachemen)\nJoely Proudfit (Luiseño) \nRudy Ortega (Tribal President, Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians)\nCraig Torres (Gabrieleno/Tongva)\nRicardo Torres (Wintu)\n\n5:20–5:30 Julia Bogany (Cultural Advisor,Gabrieleno/Tongva), Closing\n \nCo-sponsored by the UCLA American Indian Studies Interdepartmental Program, American Indian Alumni of UCLA, UCLA American Indian Studies Center, UCLA Center for Community Learning, UCLA Department of Anthropology, UCLA Institute of American Cultures, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, and Tribal Learning Community & Education Exchange.\nUCLA is a tobacco-free campus. All-day parking ($13) and short-term parking (payable at pay stations) are available in Lots 2, 3 and 4 (enter the campus at Hilgard and Westholme avenues). For more information, call 310-825-7315.\n \n
URL:https://main.aisc.ucla.edu/events/lighting-a-path-forward-uc-land-grants-public-memory-and-tovaangar/
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