Help support the STOP Act: Problem. Tribes have long faced illegal trafficking in their tribal cultural heritage items, which are essential to their religious and cultural practices and identities. Many dealers know that, once they export such items abroad, the federal government and tribes have little power to secure their repatriation. Congress through the PROTECT … Read more
Dear AISC friends and family, Everyone, please join me in congratulating our collaborators, Kelly Lytle Hernandez and Victoria Sork, along with the other UCLA colleagues elected to the AAAS! Dr. Shannon Speed (Chickasaw) Professor, Gender Studies and Anthropology Director, American Indian Studies Center UCLA Past President, Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA) 2019-2020 Stuart … Read more
This April we are highlighting Native Bruin Heather Torres, a citizen of the San Ildefonso Pueblo, who also comes from the Diné and Mexican peoples. A graduate of 2011 with a BA in English and American Indian Studies, cum laude, and a 2017 JD, specialization in Critical Race Studies. A “Bruin4Life,” Heather Torres Esq. is … Read more
Native Americans have been among the hardest hit by COVID-19. They have been more than three times as likely to get the virus as white Americans. In response to the crisis, many tribal communities pushed their efforts and are reporting high vaccination rates. On top of that, the most recent COVID-19 relief bill, which was … Read more
Congratulations to Professor Mishuana Goeman who was awarded a UC Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives grant from the University of Califorinia, Office of the President! The research project, Centering Tribal Stories of Cultural Preservation in Difficult Times, was awarded for a 3-year grant along with Co-PIs from the UC Davis, UC Riverside, and UC San … Read more
This March we are highlighting Native Bruin Tazbah Rose Chavez from the Bishop Paiute Tribe. Tazbah Rose Chavez is a performance poet turned director and television writer. She is currently a Co-producer on FX’s new series Reservation Dogs, a former Story Editor on NBCUniversal’s Rutherford Falls and was a staffer writer for SyFy’s Resident Alien. … Read more
UCLA Professor Shannon Speed‘s new book, Incarcerated Stories: Indigenous Women Migrants and Violence in the Settler-Capitalist State, examines the myriad forms of violence that Indigenous women from the Americas face. Dr. Speed, UCLA American Indian Studies Center Director and Gender Studies and Anthropology Professor, characterizes the structural violence these women endure as “neoliberal multicriminalism” where … Read more
Assistant Professor Desi Lonebear Rodriguez quoted in the article— Covid is killing Native Americans at a faster rate than any other community in the United States, shocking new figures reveal. American Indians and Alaskan Natives are dying at almost twice the rate of white Americans, according to analysis by APM Research Lab shared exclusively with … Read more
This February we are highlighting Native Bruin Wendy Red Star from the Apsáalooke (Crow) Nation. Raised on the Apsáalooke (Crow) reservation in Montana, Wendy Red Star’s work is informed both by her cultural heritage and her engagement with many forms of creative expression, including photography, sculpture, video, fiber arts, and performance. An avid researcher of … Read more
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is excited to announce two Open-Rank Positions in American Indian Studies. Please share will all interested individuals. Thank you The American Indian Studies Program at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (https://ais.illinois.edu/) invites applications for (2) assistant, associate, or full professor positions (full time, tenure-track or tenured position). These … Read more