Randall Akee Appointed Next Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr. Chair in Social Justice Public policy professor is cited for his commitment to Indigenous communities and accomplishments as an economist June 5, 2024 Professor of Public Policy and American Indian Studies Randall Akee has been appointed the next Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr. Chair in Social Justice at UCLA Luskin. … Read more
Op-Ed on UCOP NAOP written by UCLA Professors Randall Akee, Paul Ong, Desi Small-Rodriguez and UC Berkeley Director of Native American Student Development Phenocia Bauerle. The University of California system is one of the largest and most prestigious post-secondary educational institutions in the country. Its beginnings 170 years ago were as fraught as they were … Read more
Dear UCLA AIS Community Members, We would like to send out a hearty farewell and congratulations to Dr. Peter Nabokov who retired on July 1, 2021 from the departments of World Arts and Cultures and American Indian Studies at UCLA. Dr. Nabokov faculty line was held by the American Indian Studies Center, and he taught … Read more
Randall Akee and KJ Ward Thursday, May 13, 2021 Recent events have made clear the pervasive and continuing animus towards various race and ethnic groups in the U.S. The current COVID-19 epidemic has become the latest impetus for acting on old biases of “otherness” or not belonging towards Asians and baselessly holding them responsible for … Read more
Native Americans have been among the hardest hit by COVID-19. They have been more than three times as likely to get the virus as white Americans. In response to the crisis, many tribal communities pushed their efforts and are reporting high vaccination rates. On top of that, the most recent COVID-19 relief bill, which was … Read more
US Census Response Rates on American Indian Reservations in the 2020 Census and in the 2010 Census Randall Akee Paul Ong Desi Rodriguez-Lonebear May 15, 2020 The U.S. Census is the backbone of the U.S. official statistics system. A decennial census is constitutionally mandated to determine proportional representation in Congress. It also provides population counts … Read more
Professor Randy Akee quoted in the article— For decades, government officials have struggled to accurately count Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders nationwide. Members have been mislabeled or gone uncounted because of an unwillingness or inability to participate in the census. Every 10 years the U.S. Census Bureau undertakes a massive effort to count the American … Read more
A Message From Dean Hunt Dear Colleagues, I am delighted to share the news that Professor Randall Akee has agreed to chair the Interdepartmental Program in American Indian Studies for a three-year term, beginning July 1, 2020. As you know, AIS is in the process of preparing a proposal for departmentalization status, and working with … Read more
April 25, 2020 The SARS-CoV-2 virus is causing widespread devastation as rates of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) grow across the world. The United States is experiencing one of the largest outbreaks with over half a million confirmed cases as of mid-April 2020. However, outbreaks on tribal lands are largely ignored by the federal government, mainstream … Read more
Dr. Randall Akee has been appointed Editor-in-Chief for the American Indian Culture and Research Journal. As the editor-in-chief, Dr. Akee will serve for three years and will help shape content, manage peer review, and manage the publishing process of the journal. In print since 1971, the American Indian Culture and Research Journal (AICRJ) is an internationally renowned … Read more