- Indian Law and Order Commission – an independent, all-volunteer advisory group, to help with the greatest challenges to securing equal justice for Native Americans living and working on Indian lands. (The UCLA AISC serves as the sole repository for the Indian Law and Order Commission’s online materials, which we will maintain and make available for research purposes.)
- Los Angeles Urban Indian Roundtable – a comparative study of Los Angeles American Indian/Alaska Native population trends
- Kateri Tekakwitha and the Los Angeles Indian Community – this project focuses on Kateri (Catherine) Tekakwitha’s influence on the City of Angels Kateri Circle.
- Indigenous Rights Advocacy and Human Rights: The Past, the Future and the Visions of Change, a roundtable discussion at the Institute for the Study of Human Rights – The roundtable examines connections between history of indigenous political mobilization and the social and political contexts of making indigenous human rights, with the focus on the United Nations human rights forums.
- Partners for Justice – a research initiative designed to support the work of the United States Indian Law and Order Commission (ILOC), which was recently established by the Tribal Law and Order Act.
- InSight: Indigenous Youth, Digital Images, and Violence Prevention Final Report – Seven American Indian youth living in the greater Los Angeles area were given digital cameras. After a week of brainstorming sessions and photography instruction, they generated five themes around which they would create a series of images.
- Presentation at California Indian Conference – AISC: Addressing California Indian Educational Needs by Bridging the Academy and the Community – This presentation emphasizes the vital role that the Center plays in strengthening California Indian communities by examining the leadership the Center has provided through decades of education, research, and work within the community.
- Tribal Legal Development Clinic – This Clinic projects emphasize skills of legislative drafting and cross-cultural representation through assisting tribes with development of dispute-resolution processes, legal codes, and constitutions, as well as pursuit of federal recognition.
- Center Reports
- Project Peacemaker – Providing Education and Community Empowerment by Maintaining and Keeping the Earth and All Our Relatives through Tribal Justice Systems
- Mashantucket Pequot Thesaurus Project – The purpose of this project is to construct a user-centered thesaurus, designed to reflect the information-seeking behavior of scholars and researchers who study American Indian subjects.
- The Helping Hand – This two-year intervention program was designed to develop and test culturally sensitive breast-cancer education materials among members of the Indian Health Council service population (San Diego County)
- Gabrieleno/Tongva – The Gabrieleno/Tongva Recognition Project focused on the historical, political, and legal research necessary for the Gabrieleno/Tongva Nation’s petition for federal recognition, pursuant to federal guidelines.