By Lois Elfman November 15, 2018 Building a supportive network is crucial for Native American scholars, many of whom are the only scholars in their field at a college or university. While academia is replete with associations and conferences, for Native American scholars connections with other Native American scholars are fundamental to their success in … Read more
The Honored One Award recognizes individuals whose contributions have significantly benefited the preservation and advancement of indigenous cultural heritage. Dr. Wendy G. Teeter exemplifies the embodiment of that spirit. As Curator of Archaeology for the Fowler Museum, and NAGPRA Coordinator at the University of California, Los Angeles, Dr. Teeter has advocated on behalf of tribes … Read more
Congratulations to Wendy Teeter on receiving the 2018 International Guardians of Culture and Lifeways “Honored One” Award. On behalf of the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums (ATALM), Wendy Teeter has been awarded the 2018 International Guardians of Culture and Lifeways Honored One Award. The award recognizes individuals who have significantly benefited the preservation … Read more
On Tuesday, September 25, 2018, several faculty, community members, and students met for lunch with Congressional candidate Deb Haaland from New Mexico hosted by Director Shannon Speed of the UCLA American Indian Studies Center. If elected, Deb Haaland would become the first Native American woman in Congress.Top row: Jaye Darby, Wendy Teeter, Angela Riley, Deb … Read more
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