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[OPB] University of Oregon and Eastern Oregon University announce programs supporting Native American students

By the end of Indigenous Peoples’ Day all of Oregon’s public universities had programs moving forward aimed at giving financial support to Native American students. Both the University of Oregon and Eastern Oregon University announced programs Monday, following Oregon’s five other public universities that made similar strides in the past few months. University of Oregon’s Home … Read more

Happy California Native American Day!

October 11, 2022September 23, 2022 News AISC, alumni, american indian, American Indian Day, California, California Native American Day, graduate, indigenous, indigenous peoples, Indigenous Peoples Day, native american, Native American Day, Native Americans, native bruin, UCLA, UCLA AISC

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

[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

Native Bruin- Past, Present, & Emerging – Angela Mooney D’Arcy

September 1, 2022 Native Bruins AISC, alumni, graduate, indigenous, indigenous peoples, native american, Native Americans, native bruin, Native Bruins, UCLA, UCLA AISC

This September we are highlighting Native Bruin Angela Mooney D’Arcy (Acjachemem), class of 2004, J.D., Concentration in Federal Indian Law and Critical Race Studies. Angela Mooney D’Arcy is Acjachemem. Her Nation’s ancestral homelands include the area also known as Orange County, California. She has been working with Native Nations, Indigenous people, grassroots and nonprofit organizations, … Read more

[ABC7] California ‘Feather Alert’ bill for missing indigenous peoples passes 6-1

September 8, 2022August 31, 2022 News California Native American, indigenous, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, native american, Native Americans

NORTHSTATE, Calif. — On Tuesday this week, Aug. 29, Assembly Bill No. 1314 was passed by a vote of 6-1. The bill would authorize a law enforcement agency to request the Department of the California Highway Patrol (CHP) to activate a “Feather Alert,” if specified criteria are satisfied with respect to an endangered indigenous person … Read more

[CNN] Mary Peltola set to make history as the first Alaska Native in Congress

September 1, 2022August 31, 2022 News Alaska, American Indian/Alaska Native children, Congress, Democrat, House of Representatives, indigenous, indigenous peoples, Mary Peltola, native american, Native Americans

Democrat Mary Peltola is set to make history as the first Alaska Native in Congress – while thwarting the attempted political comeback of former Gov. Sarah Palin – by winning a special House election, according to unofficial ranked-choice voting results released Wednesday by the state Division of Elections. Her unlikely bid for the House was … Read more

[NPR] How teens brought a skate park to their Native American reservation

September 1, 2022August 30, 2022 News Arizona, Hopi, indigenous, indigenous peoples, native american, Native Americans, skateboard, skating, teenagers, teens

The village of Tewa, Ariz., recently ramped up its skating scene. Kids living on the Hopi reservation get to drop in on a new halfpipe in the town’s first ever skate park thanks to a team of five teens known as Skate264. “There wasn’t really any place to skate down here. Most of the surrounding … Read more