On September 10, 2018, a research partnership between UCLA Professor Paul Kroskrity and the Village of Tewa began a new phase. Funded by the Institute of American Cultures (IAC) through the UCLA American Indian Studies Center (AISC), the project “Designing a Dictionary for Tewa Youth” seeks to expand the dictionary documentation for the distinctive language … Read more
By Randall Akee September 10, 2018 Just when we thought there couldn’t be any more reasons to oppose the administration’s “Zero Tolerance” policy toward immigrants seeking asylum across the U.S.-Mexico border, another horror surfaces: the death of an immigrant child who had been held in custody by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at an … Read more
By Jessica Wolf | August 07, 2018 Shannon Speed, professor of anthropology and director of UCLA’s American Indian Studies Research Center, has been named president of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association. Speed takes on a three-year leadership role in the professional organization that promotes scholarship and research into indigenous peoples from around the … Read more
By Jessica Wolf | August 07, 2018 Shannon Speed, professor of anthropology and director of UCLA’s American Indian Studies Research Center, has been named president of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association. Speed takes on a three-year leadership role in the professional organization that promotes scholarship and research into indigenous peoples from around the … Read more
Please distribute widely. APPLY TODAY: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/apply/JPF03903 Job #JPF03903 INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN CULTURES – AMERICAN INDIAN STUDIES CENTER Recruitment Period Open date: July 16th, 2018 Next review date: August 13th, 2018 Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee. Final date: September 10th, 2018 Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, … Read more
Congratulations to Professor Benjamin Madley!! His book, An American Genocide, just won the Charles Redd Center-Phi Alpha Theta Award for the Best Book on the American West
From LA to the Bay and everywhere in between, we are coming together to support our relatives in Northern California who are impacted by the Sulfur fire and the other fires occurring in Napa and Sonoma Counties. We are collecting clothing, gift card, and food donations in an effort to support Native American families affected … Read more
By Hedy Wang Posted: October 10, 2017 1:38 am A tribal elder of the FernandeñoTataviam Band of Mission Indians burned sage in the air as the chair of the Los Angeles City and County Indian Commission gave a blessing to all those present at an Indigenous Peoples Day celebration Monday. The event, which was hosted by … Read more
The American Indian Culture and Research Journal is seeking applicants for its Editor-in-Chief position. Key qualities and qualifications sought include an established record of scholarship in the field; managerial skills to oversee the editorial cycle and meet deadlines; the ability to recruit quality manuscripts; the ability to attract respected experts to the editorial board; the … Read more
By Jessica Wolf August 2, 2017 Tongva educator Julia Bogany was interviewed recently by her great-granddaughter Marissa Aranda for a school report. The 11-year-old asked her great-grandmother: “How do you feel to be a Native American woman?” Bogany answered honestly: “I feel invisible.” “That is exactly how I feel,” Marissa replied. This exchange between two … Read more