News
- Director Angela Riley becomes newly elected member in the American Law Institute (ALI)
Professor Riley will serve as an Advisor for the newly implemented American Indian Law Project. [Updated: Friday, October 5, 2012, 8:56 AM PST] Read about the current project, Restatement Third, The Law of American Indians. The American Law Institute, http://www.ali.org/, is the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, … Read more
- Professor Fred Hoxie Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
The McNickle Center is pleased to share the news that Fred Hoxie, Swanland Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and former director of the McNickle Center has been named the winner of this year’s American Indian History Lifetime Achievement Award, in recognition for his many years of advancing the field of … Read more
- Appointment of M. Belinda Tucker as Vice Provost of the Institute of American Cultures
To: Deans, Faculty, Vice Provosts, Vice Chancellors, Chief Administrative Officers, Institute of American Cultures Staff, and Ethnic Studies Centers Staff I am pleased to announce that Professor M. Belinda Tucker has accepted an offer from Chancellor Block and me to serve in the newly established position of vice provost of the Institute of American Cultures. … Read more
- New Red Circle Project Website
Hi Friends & Colleagues: We would like to announce the launch of the new Red Circle Project’s website at www.redcircleproject.org. This website is designed to provide project information, HIV/AIDS information & resources both locally and nationally, Two Spirit Identity, and resources available in the local Native community. We are very excited to be able to … Read more
- 2012-2013 IAC Visiting Scholar/Researcher Program in Ethnic Studies
The UCLA Institute of American Cultures (IAC), in cooperation with UCLA’s four Ethnic Studies Research Centers (American Indian Studies Center, Asian American Studies Center, Bunche Center for African American Studies, Chicano Studies Research Center) offers fellowships to visiting scholars and researchers to support research on African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans, and Chicanas/os. We especially … Read more
- United Nations-Indigenous Peoples Partnership approves six country projects and one regional program to advance indigenous peoples’ rights
An Information Update The United Nations-Indigenous Peoples Partnership (UNIPP) held its second Policy Board meeting in New York on 27-28 October 2011 to review and approve proposals for UN country programs designed in partnership with indigenous peoples. The Board saw the active participation of indigenous expert members Raja Devasish Roy (Co-Chair of UNIPP and Member … Read more
- UCLA American Indian Studies alumnus, Amanda Burke, successfully argues Pascua Yaqui Tribe Case
Today, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld tribal courts’ consecutive sentencing authority to impose up to a one-year term of imprisonment for each discrete criminal violation committed by offenders in their jurisdictions. The American Indian Studies Center would like to highlight the efforts of one alumna who helped make this legal milestone possible. Amanda … Read more
- United Nations-Indigenous Peoples Partnership makes key decisions at its inaugural Policy Board Meeting
(GENEVA) – The first global inter-agency initiative to promote and protect the rights of indigenous peoples concluded its inaugural Policy Board meeting today. The United Nations-Indigenous Peoples Partnership is a commitment to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and calls for its full realisation through the mobilisation of financial and technical assistance. … Read more
- AISC Launches Collaborative Research Institute with the U.S. Indian Law and Order Commission
UCLA Institute on Criminal Law in Indian Country The UCLA American Indian Studies Center is delighted to announce the launch of Partners for Justice: UCLA Institute on Criminal Law in Indian Country. Partners for Justice is a research initiative designed to support the work of the United States Indian Law and Order Commission (ILOC), which … Read more
- Appointment of Carole E. Goldberg as Vice Chancellor – Academic Personnel
To: Administrative Officers, Deans, Department Chairs, Directors, Faculty and Vice Chancellors Dear Colleagues: I am pleased to announce the appointment of Carole E. Goldberg as Vice Chancellor – Academic Personnel, effective July 1, 2011. A member of the UCLA School of Law faculty for nearly four decades, Carole is the Jonathan D. Varat Distinguished Professor … Read more