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Institute of American Cultures 2016-2017 Visiting Scholar/Researcher Fellowship Program in Ethnic Studies

June 24, 2021October 15, 2015 News institute of american cultures, research, visiting scholar

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

TODAY: Secretary Jewell to Kick off Tribal Solarthon with Shinnecock Nation in New York; Press Conference Will Take Place at Rain Location

June 24, 2021October 5, 2015 Events, News Secretary Jewell, Shinnecock Nation, Solarthon

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

Major New Native American Education Facility to Open

June 24, 2021September 28, 2015 News Native American Education Facility, Onondowa'ga', Seneca Art & Culture Center

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

LA Times: Pocahontas’ tribe, the Pamunkey of Virginia, finally recognized by U.S.

June 24, 2021August 2, 2015 News LA Times, Pamunkey.

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

Angela R Riley, Director of the American Indian Studies Center (AISC) and Professor of Law, to step down upon completion of her 5th year as AISC director.

June 24, 2021August 1, 2015 News AISC director, angela r riley, step down

New from UCLA American Indian Studies Center Press: Structuring Sovereignty: Constitutions of Native Nations

June 24, 2021August 1, 2015 Publications Structuring Sovereignty Constitutions of Native Nations

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 Project Launched

June 24, 2021June 1, 2015 News Digital Storytelling, Mapping Indigenous LA, Mishuana Goeman

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

LATimes: Tribe fights Coachella Valley water agencies for aquifer rights

June 24, 2021March 31, 2015 News Coachella Valley, LA Times, Water

By Matt Stevens March 31, 2015, 4:00 a.m. In drought-ravaged California, the vast freshwater aquifer beneath the Coachella Valley is a rare bright spot. The U.S. Geological Survey once tried to measure how much water it held but gave up because the supply was so plentiful. But there is growing concern by some that local … Read more

The Assassination of Lenca Activist Berta Cáceres: Letter to Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández

June 24, 2021March 7, 2015 News Berta Caceres, Juan Orlanda Hernandez, Shannon Speed

Click here for the Spanish version. President Juan Orlando Hernández Casa Presidencial Bulevar Juan Pablo II Tegucigalpa, Honduras FAX: 504 2221 4570 March 4, 2016 Mr. President, The American Indian Studies Center at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) expresses its condemnation of the murder of Lenca activist Berta Cáceres. The targeting and … Read more

Article: Is This Crazy Horse? Investigating Indian Country’s Most Controversial Photo

June 24, 2021February 23, 2015 Publications Angela Aleiss, Crazy Horse, Custer Battlefild Museum.

By Angela Aleiss Once again, the debate over the alleged tintype photo of Crazy Horse has surfaced. True West magazine in its January 2015 issue features “100 Best Historical Photos of the American Indian,” and photo number 97 includes the tantalizing caption, “Is This Crazy Horse?” The privately owned Custer Battlefield Museum in Garryowen, Montana, … Read more