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• Vice Chancellor, Academic Personnel Carole Goldberg Receives the Lawrence Baca Lifetime Achievement Award
  

  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



• NYTimes: Quietly, Indians Reshape Cities and Reservations
  

  By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS Published: April 13, 2013 MINNEAPOLIS — Nothing in her upbringing on a remote Indian reservation in northern Minnesota prepared Jean Howard for her introduction to city life during a visit here eight years ago: an outbreak of gunfire, followed by the sight of people scattering. She watched, confused, before realizing that she … Read more



• NYTimes: Auction of Hopi Masks Proceeds After Judge’s Ruling
  

  By TOM MASHBERG Published: April 12, 2013 PARIS- A contested auction of sacred Hopi Indian masks went forward Friday in Paris and generated more than $1 million in sales despite the presence of protesters inside and outside the auction house who urged patrons not to take part. One featured item, a headdress known as the … Read more



• NYTimes: Far From Reservation, Sisters Lead Louisville
  

  By JERÈ LONGMAN Published: April 6, 2013 OKLAHOMA CITY — Louisville had just advanced to the women’s Final Four, and the sisters Shoni and Jude Schimmel had helped cut the nets in celebration, a rare achievement for American Indian athletes. But it was not the biggest family news of the day. As the sisters left … Read more



• NYTimes: Hopis Try to Stop Paris Sale of Artifacts
  

  By TOM MASHBERGH Published: April 3, 2013 In a rare case of a cultural heritage claim arising from the sale of American artifacts abroad, the Hopi Indians of Arizona have asked federal officials to help stop a high-price auction of 70 sacred masks in Paris next week. The tribe is receiving advice from the State … Read more



• Vision Media Maker: Films Featuring Urban Indians & Cutting Edge Indigenous Animation Coming to PBS
  

  Urban Rez explores the lasting legacy of the relocation policies that encouraged Native Americans to leave their homelands and relocate to urban areas across the country. From award-winning producer Lisa D. Olken and director Larry T. Pourier (Lakota), the film features personal stories from multiple tribal perspectives with both urban- and reservation-based views. Read more… … Read more



• “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