This January 2024 we are highlighting Native Bruin Avory Wyatt (Wašiw & Nümu) class of 2023. Avory Wyatt is Wašiw (Washo) and Numu (Northern Paiute) and a member of the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony. Before entering higher education, Avory grew up on the Hungry Valley Reservation which is located about thirty minutes outside of Reno, Nevada. … Read more
This January 2023 we are highlighting Native Bruin Maya Rose Dittloff (Mandan, Hidatsa, and Blackfeet) class of 2019. Maya Rose Dittloff (ǔkkayǔ”kwīyinnimǎakii/Many Pipes Woman) is a queer Mandan, Hidatsa, and Blackfeet writer, director, and producer. A graduate of the School of Theater, Film, and Television with a concentration in screenwriting and cinematography in 2019. Maya … Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: California Speaking Tour for Distinguished Native Writer and Legal Scholar, Walter Echo-Hawk, kicks off in Los Angeles with Book Talk Event for the UCLA American Indian Studies Center and UCLA Native Nations Law & Policy Center, February 5, 2020. Los Angeles, California, January 29, 2020. UCLA American Indian Studies Center in partnership with … 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
Click here for the Spanish version. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 7, 2016 Urgent Forum: The Murder of Lenca Activist Berta Cáceres and the future of Indigenous and Afrodescendant Rights in Honduras American Indian Studies Center UCLA Contact: Dr. Shannon Speed Phone: (512) 470-0341 Email: sspeed@aisc.ucla.edu On April 8, 2016 an Urgent Forum organized by the … 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
ATLANTA — Fifty years after to the date and time of day Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington, people across America are asked to ring bells and American Indian drums are asked to sound on to “let … Read more
Jennifer Weddle, Carole Goldberg, Angela Riley, Mike McBride at the Federal Bar Association/Native American Bar Association Indian Law Conference at Pueblo of Pojoaque where Angela Riley presented to Carole Goldberg the Lawrence Baca Lifetime Achievement Award. The 38th Annual Federal Bar Association Indian Law Conference was held on Thursday-Friday, April 11-12, 2013 at Santa … Read more
Established in 2007, through a collaboration of CRS students and faculty, the CRS Symposium is the signature event of the UCLA School of Law’s Critical Race Studies Program. The purpose of the event is to foreground the most innovative ideas and strategies to end racial injustice, to promote learning and collaboration across disciplines, and to … Read more
Director Angela Riley will be speaking on “Consent & Culture: Indigenous Lands & Traditional Knowledge” at the Free, Prior and Informed Consent: Pathways for a New Millennium Conference, along with panelists: Kristen Carpenter (Moderator), Colorado Law, Susan Anthony, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, and Preston Hardison, Tulalip Tribes. Free, Prior and Informed Consent: Pathways for … Read more