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Native Bruin: Past, Present & Future Deniale Urbina, Acoma Pueblo, Class of 2012
Native Bruin: Past, Present & Future Deniale Urbina, Acoma Pueblo, Class of 2012

Bruin Highlight: Past, Present & FutureThis October 2024 we are highlighting Native Bruin Deniale Urbina from the Acoma Pueblo tribe with a major in International Development Studies class of 2012.Raised in a military household, Deniale experienced a childhood marked by frequent relocations across the United States and Europe. She completed her high school education in Heidelberg, Germany, before relocating to Los Angeles to pursue her college studies. Her roommates were taken aback when they anticipated a German international student, only to find a Native American woman as their new housemate. Deniale attended UCLA on an Army ROTC scholarship and, upon ... Read more

UCLA Native Welcome Event
UCLA Native Welcome Event

The UCLA American Indian Studies Center and Department extend a warm invitation to all American Indian/Native American and Pacific Islander individuals to connect with fellow native professors, staff, and students involved in various native student organizations. This event also provides an opportunity to interact with current students and alumni, as well as to gain deeper insights into the native community at UCLA. please RSVP

Sharing cultures: Wahanaungatanga
Sharing cultures: Wahanaungatanga

Derived from the word ‘whānau’, or family, Whanaungatanga is about building relationships and making connections. Join us for an afternoon featuring a haka performance and presentation by a delegation of Māori warriors and performers from Te Reikura and Te Rōpū Kahurere visiting Los Angeles to share and connect us with their culture. Te Reikura and Te Rōpū Kahurere are a passionate group of women who want to positively share their love of Māori music (waiata), joy of kapa haka as a social group, and cultural knowledge with their own communities and the wider world. Members of both groups reside in ... Read more

Indigenous Peoples day Celebration
Indigenous Peoples day Celebration

Indigenous Peoples day Celebration Come join the students of the American Indian Student Association’s celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day, where complimentary frybread will be provided by the AISA and AISC at UCLA. Students will engage in discussions regarding the challenges faced by Native communities, as well as partake in vending and fundraising activities. Location: UCLA Bruin Walk  

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The New York Times: Book Review ‘An American Genocide,’ by Benjamin Madley

By Alan Taylor May 27, 2016 The state of sunshine and pleasure is drenched in the blood of Indians, the victims of mass killings. These peaked between 1846, when Americans conquered California from Mexico, and 1873, when they snuffed out the last group resistance by natives in the state. The slaughter of California’s Indians was … Read more

Newsweek: ‘California Slaughter: The State-Sanctioned Genocide of Native Americans’

By Alexander Nazaryan August 17, 2016 The tally is relentlessly grim: a whole settlement wiped out in Trinity County “excepting a few children”; an Indian girl raped and left to die somewhere near Mendocino; as many as 50 killed at Goose Lake; and, two months later, as many as 257 murdered at Grouse Creek, scores … Read more

The Nation: Naming America’s Own Genocide

By Richard White August 17, 2016 This spring, the US Congress passed a unanimous resolution condemning ISIS for its genocide against Yazidis, Christians, and Shiites. “Naming these crimes is important,” Secretary of State John Kerry said after the vote, “but what is essential is to stop them.” It’s far too late to stop the genocidal … Read more

AISC Supports Standing Rock Against the Pipeline

Chairman Dave Archambault II Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Building 1 North Standing Rock Ave Fort Yates, ND 58530 August 17, 2016 Dear Chairman Archambault, I am writing to express the support of the American Indian Studies Center (AISC) at UCLA for the historic struggle of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe against the Dakota Access Pipeline. … Read more

AISC Supports Standing Rock Against the Pipeline

Chairman Dave Archambault II Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Building 1 North Standing Rock Ave Fort Yates, ND 58530 August 17, 2016 Dear Chairman Archambault, I am writing to express the support of the American Indian Studies Center (AISC) at UCLA for the historic struggle of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe against the Dakota Access Pipeline. … Read more

American Indian Culture and Research Journal: Vol. 40, No. 1 (2016)

Ready to order an individual article (PDF) online? Ready to order your print copy online? To pay by check, click here. Close American Indian Culture and Research Journal: Vol. 40, No. 1 (2016) Settler Colonialism and the Legislating of Criminality Guest Editor: Luana Ross In Memoriam: Patrick Wolfe (February 18, 2016) by Mishuana Goeman Introduction … Read more

The New York Times: Book Review ‘An American Genocide,’ by Benjamin Madley

By Alan Taylor May 27, 2016 The state of sunshine and pleasure is drenched in the blood of Indians, the victims of mass killings. These peaked between 1846, when Americans conquered California from Mexico, and 1873, when they snuffed out the last group resistance by natives in the state. The slaughter of California’s Indians was … Read more

Angela Robinson, Winner of the Summer Institute on Global Indigeneities (SIGI) Competition

Congratulations to Angela Robinson (Wito clan of Chuuk, Micronesia), an ABD student in the UCLA Gender Studies program, winner of the Summer Institute on Global Indigeneities (SIGI) competition! Robinson will be representing UCLA in June 2016 at the University of Washington where the Summer Institute on Global Indigeneities (SIGI) will be hosted. SIGI is a … Read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Urgent Forum: The Murder of Lenca Activist Berta Cáceres and the future of Indigenous and Afrodescendant Rights in Honduras

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