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Happy California Native American Day!

UCLA American Indian Studies Center would like to wish the many California Native Tribes a very Happy Native American Day – 2022.

UCLA American Indian Welcome Event

October 28, 2022September 22, 2022 AISC, indigenous, native american, Native Americans, native bruin, UCLA

Welcome back to campus! The UCLA American Indian Studies Center will be hosting a welcome event for American Indian Students. “We’ll have food and you’ll meet the other students on campus as American Indian faculty and staff!” RSVP here: https://UCLA_AmericanIndianWelcome2022.eventbrite.com

[CBC] Photo project celebrates Kahnawake boys with braids

September 22, 2022September 21, 2022 News canada, Children, indigenous, indigenous peoples, Kahnawake, native american

Charlie Mayo has been growing his hair long since the day he was born. “It’s important because our ancestors had long hair,” said Mayo, who is Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) from Kahnawake, south of Montreal. The 10-year-old boy is among three dozen in his community photographed for a campaign to celebrate boys with braids. “It was really … Read more

California Native American Day

October 28, 2022September 19, 2022 AISC, alumni, american indian, graduate, indigenous, indigenous peoples, native american, native bruin, Native Bruins, Tongva, UCLA, UCLA AISC

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022 – 3:00 – 4:00 PM (PST) CELEBRATING CALIFORNIA INDIAN DAY California Native American Day is celebrated each year on the fourth Friday of September. This state holiday serves not only to recognize tribal people but also to teach about California tribal cultures, histories, and heritage. UCLA’s American Indian Studies Center is delighted … Read more

[WSJ] Indigenous Community Reels After Stabbing Attacks in Canada

September 20, 2022September 18, 2022 News canada, indigenous, indigenous peoples, James Smith Cree Nation, Native Americans, Saskatchewan, violence

JAMES SMITH CREE NATION, Saskatchewan—On a recent day in this small community on the Canadian prairie, people gathered in the school gym listening to traditional indigenous drums and mournful music at back-to-back funerals. Outside, people huddled in groups, crying and smoking. It has been two weeks since this territory of 2,000 people became the scene … Read more

[Austin American-Statesman] Indigenous tribe continues to push UT to return human remains

September 20, 2022September 16, 2022 News indigenous, indigenous peoples, Miakan-Garza Band, Native Americans, Texas, University of Texas

The Miakan-Garza Band, a Native American tribe local to Central Texas, is renewing calls for the University of Texas to “return” ancestral human remains to the tribe — more than six years after its original request. The Miakan-Garza Band first requested three sets of ancient human remains located at UT’s Texas Archeological Research Laboratory in … Read more

Working with Indigenous Communities for 3D Digitization and Replication of Cultural Heritage Items.

October 28, 2022September 15, 2022 3D, AISC, alumni, heritage, Heritage items, indigenous, indigenous peoples, Native Americans, native bruin

Working with Indigenous Communities for 3D Digitization and Replication of Cultural Heritage Items: R. Eric Hollinger, Ph.D., Tribal Liaison, Repatriation Program, Smithsonian Institution 3D digitization and replication of cultural objects is an emerging domain for museums and Indigenous communities working together to explore shared interests. The Smithsonian Institution, led by the National Museum of Natural … Read more

[Lakota Times] Wounded Knee land comes home at last

September 22, 2022September 14, 2022 Uncategorized indigenous, indigenous peoples, native american, Native Americans, Oglala Sioux tribe, Wounded Knee, Wounded Knee National Historic Landmark

It was the last resolution of the day but it was a stunner. The Oglala Sioux tribal council voted in an historic decision Sept. 7 to purchase 40 acres of Wounded Knee land from Jeanette Czywczynski for $500,000 – a move that now puts almost all of the Wounded Knee National Historic Landmark site under … Read more

[ICT] Victims identified in Canada’s stabbing rampage

September 8, 2022September 7, 2022 News canada, indigenous, indigenous peoples, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Murder, Native Americans

They were neighbors, friends and family, mothers, aunts and uncles, as old as 78 and as young as 23. Elders who had so much to share and young people just beginning their life’s journey. All but one are from the James Smith Cree Nation in Saskatchewan, Canada, victims of one of the largest mass killings … Read more

[Forbes] New Research On Indigenous Students And College Affordability

September 22, 2022September 6, 2022 News college, education, graduate, Higher education, indigenous, Native Americans, native bruin, student, UCLA, UCLA AISC

The National Native Scholarships Providers (NNSP) recently released its first National Study on College Affordability for Indigenous Students. The report, which was funded by Lumina Foundation, found that the main obstacle to completing college for Native students is affordability. The report is the result of a collaboration between the nation’s four Native scholarship providers: the … Read more