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Director Angela Riley Presented ‘The History of Native American Lands and the Supreme Court’ at 2012 Leon Silverman Lecture Series

January 11, 2021November 16, 2012 Events angela r riley, leon silverman lecture series

2012 Leon Silverman Lecture Series The 2012 Leon Silverman Lecture Series focuses on the Constitution and the Supreme Court’s earliest history on property rights. Reservations are required to gain entry and seating is limited. Reservations for the entire series will be given priority. Please call 202-543-0400 to make reservations. Reservations are on a first come … Read more

Vice Chancellor Carole Goldberg on Tribal Courts and the Federal System at Harvard Law School

January 11, 2021November 16, 2012 News carole goldberg, conference, harvard gazette, harvard law school, indian law and order commission, troy eid

Law and disorder on the reservation By Valerie Vande Panne Harvard Correspondent Thursday, November 15, 2012 At Harvard Law School (HLS) Nov. 8 for the first day of a two-day conference titled “Tribal Courts and the Federal System,” Troy Eid, chairman of the Indian Law and Order Commission (ILOC) started his talk with a quiz. … Read more

NYTimes: Louise Erdrich’s Novel ‘The Round House’ Wins National Book Award

January 11, 2021November 12, 2012 News louise erdrich, national book award, new york times, the round house

Novel About Racial Injustice Wins National Book Award By LESLIE KAUFMAN Published: November 14, 2012 Beating out an unusually competitive field, Louise Erdrich won the National Book Award for fiction on Wednesday night for “The Round House,” a novel about a teenage boy’s effort to investigate an attack on his mother on a North Dakota … Read more

An Open Letter to No Doubt, Supersonic Public Relations and Interscope Records in Response to No Doubt’s Video, “Looking Hot”

January 11, 2021November 5, 2012 News looking hot, no doubt, open letter

The American Indian Studies Center is a research institute founded in 1969 at the University of California, Los Angeles, dedicated to addressing American Indian issues and supporting Indian nations. The Center also serves as a bridge between the academy and indigenous peoples locally, nationally, and internationally, with a goal of advancing understandings between Native and … Read more

President Obama Announces National Native American Heritage Month Proclamation

January 11, 2021November 2, 2012 News barack obama, native american heritage month, presidential proclamation, united states of america

Presidential Proclamation — National Native American Heritage Month, 2012 NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, 2012 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION As the first people to live on the land we all cherish, American Indians and Alaska Natives have profoundly shaped our country’s … Read more

Review of Professor Paul Kroskrity’s “Telling Stories in the Face of Danger: Language Renewal in Native American Communities”

January 11, 2021October 17, 2012 News book, paul kroskrity, review, telling stories in the face of danger

Telling Stories in the Face of Danger: Language Renewal in Native American Communities. Edited by Paul V. Kroskrity. 2012. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. 264 pages. ISBN: 978-0-8061-4227-2 (hard cover). Custer on Canvas: Representing Indians, Memory, and Violence in the New West. By Norman K. Denzin. 2011. Walnut Creek: Left Coast Press. 279 pages. ISBN: … Read more

Director Angela Riley becomes newly elected member in the American Law Institute (ALI)

January 11, 2021October 5, 2012 News american indian law project, angela r riley

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

January 11, 2021October 5, 2012 News american indian history, fred hoxie, lifetime achievement award, mcnickle center, professor

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

January 11, 2021May 11, 2012 News ethnic studies centers, institute of american cultures, m belinda tucker, scott l waugh, vice provost

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

January 11, 2021January 18, 2012 News red circle project

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