Higher education’s contribution to society rests upon the ability of educators to wrestle with challenging topics, no matter how complex or difficult to discuss. Such is the case with food safety, income inequality, institutionalized racism and a wide range of matters pertaining to public policy, just to name a few. Universities have historically expected the … Read more
The Indigenous Peoples’ Journal of Law, Culture & Resistance (IPJLCR) is accepting submissions for Volume 3. Submissions are being accepted until December 31, 2015. IPJLCR is a law journal at the University of California Los Angeles School of Law that is interdisciplinary in nature, consisting of academic articles, legal commentary, poetry, songs, stories, and artwork. … Read more
Princeton professor ANGUS DEATON was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Economics last week in recognition of his work focusing on measuring and assessing poverty. He has long been interested in looking at poverty not by income level, but by what people consume, their educational attainment and their life expectancy and how these factors should … Read more
The Institute of American Cultures offers in-residence appointments to support research on African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans, and Chicanas/os. We especially encourage applications that advance our understanding of new social and cultural realities occasioned by the dramatic population shifts of recent decades, including greater heterogeneity within ethnic groups and increased interethnic contact. Two types … Read more
UPDATE: PRESS CONFERENCE WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE RAIN LOCATION TODAY: Secretary Jewell to Kick off Tribal Solarthon with Shinnecock Nation in New York SHINNECOCK NATION, N.Y. U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will visit the Shinnecock Nation in New York today, Thursday, October 1 to kick off the Tribal Solarthon as part of the … Read more
In late-October, the Seneca Art & Culture Center will open its new facility, designed by FdM:Arch, on the Ganondagan State Historic Site, just southeast of Rochester, New York. The Seneca Art & Culture Center will explore the histories, traditions, and cultures of the Seneca and Iroquois people, and highlight the significance of the site as … Read more
By Noah Bierman August 2, 2015 The tidal river that surrounds this spit of scrubby land has long functioned like a moat that rises and falls through the day. A single road connects the reservation’s sycamore, poplars and modest houses with miles of cornfields that separate the tribe from large retail stores and suburban office … Read more
Drafting and adopting a constitution is a collective journey of self-discovery and reflection for any nation, Indigenous or non-Indigenous. This book is a guide for communities engaged in the process of drafting a constitution and for students who are studying that process. It draws on research, firsthand experience with constitution writing and constitutional change, and … Read more
Mapping Indigenous LA Place-Making Through Digital Storytelling A map of Los Angeles does not tell the story of its people. In a megalopolis like Los Angeles, this is a story that is often invisible to policy makers and even the city’s notion of itself as a global crossroads. This story includes layered, sedimented cultural geographies … Read more