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• “The Jurisgenerative Moment in Indigenous Human Rights” by Kristen Carpenter and Angela Riley
  

  Abstract: As indigenous peoples have become actively engaged in the human rights movement around the world, the sphere of international law, once deployed as a tool of imperial power and conquest, has begun to change shape. International human rights law is now serving as a basis for indigenous peoples’ claims against states and even influencing … Read more



• Professor Mishuana Goeman’s New Book Featured on UCLA Today
  

  By Razmig Sarkissian March 8, 2013 Mishuana Goeman, assistant professor of gender studies, has written a new book, “Mark My Words: Native Women (Re)mapping Our Nations.” The book examines the role of 20th-century native women’s literature in remapping settler geographies. “Mark My Words” traces settler colonialism as an enduring form of gendered spatial violence, demonstrating … Read more



• Director Angela Riley and Professor Addie Rolnick at the Critical Race Studies 6th Annual Symposium 2013: Building Our Home
  

  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 to speak at Free, Prior and Informed Consent: Pathways for a New Millennium Conference
  

  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



• USAToday: Alcoholism joke on CBS sitcom angers Arizona tribes
  

  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP)  Arizona tribal members say they’re shocked by a television sitcom that made fun of one of the most pervasive social ills on American Indian reservations and alcoholism. One of the characters on the CBS show Mike & Molly joked about drunken Indians in Arizona, a state that is home to 21 federally … Read more



• Congress Enacts Historic Legislation to Help Indian Tribes Combat Violence Against Native Women
  

  (February 28, 2013) Today, by a vote of 286 to 138, the U.S. House of Representatives passed S. 47, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013. Because the U.S. Senate, by a vote of 78 to 22, passed the same VAWA reauthorization bill on February 12, it will now be presented to the President … Read more



• Professor David Delgado Shorter Featured on UCLA Today
  

  By Cynthia Lee and Carmen Cebreros Urzaiz Feb 28, 2013 To keep endangered languages spoken by indigenous people alive and vibrant, a professor of world arts and cultures has set up a UCLA user-driven website where speakers of languages that could go extinct can contribute to a working dictionary, chat, post audio and video clips, … Read more



• NYTimes: Rape on the Reservation
  

  TWO Republicans running for Congressional seats last year offered opinions on “legitimate rape” or God-approved conceptions during rape, tainting their party with misogyny. Their candidacies tanked. Words matter. Having lost the votes of many women, Republicans now have the chance to recover some trust. The Senate last week voted resoundingly to reauthorize the Violence Against … Read more



• President Obama Signs VAWA Reauthorization into Law!
  

  President Barack Obama this morning signed into law the reauthorized Violence Against Women Act that includes tribal provisions. “Previously, tribes had no jurisdiction over non-tribal members, even if they are married to Native women or reside on native lands. But as soon as I sign this bill, that ends,” Obama said before the signing. Read … Read more



• New Book: Language Planning and Policy in Native America, by Professor Teresa L. McCarty
  

  Format: Paperback – 304 pages ISBN: 9781847698629 Published: 19 Feb 2013 Publisher: Multilingual Matters Dimensions: 234 x 156 (R8vo) Availability: Available (recent release) “This work is a beautiful testimonial to this historic time when Native American communities are taking control of their own linguistic futures. In contrast to the view of language policy as primarily … Read more