Happy New Year! This January we are highlighting Native Bruin Jesse Johnson (Kumeyaay) from the San Pasqual Reservation. Jesse Meswiir Johnson is Kumeyaay from the San Pasqual Reservation and currently a fourth-year student at UCLA majoring in human biology and society. During his time at UCLA, he has served as one of the chairpersons for … Read more
This December we are highlighting Native Bruin Jessica Fremland, from the Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota Nation. Jessica Fremland (she/her/hers) is Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota currently living on Kumeyaay land in what is often referred to as San Diego, California. She obtained her BA from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities in American Indian Studies and a Master’s Degree in Sociology from … Read more
This November we are highlighting Native Bruin Viki Eagle, a third-year PhD student in the Department of Anthropology, from the Sicangu Lakota Nation. Viki Eagle identifies as Sicangu Lakota and half Japanese, from the Cheyenne, Arapaho, and Ute lands known as Denver, CO. Her current sub-fields are in Sociocultural Anthropology and in the American Indian … Read more
Tribal courts largely operate in the Western adversarial framework. Peacemaking is a reemergence of traditional dispute resolution rooted in consensus, community and victim participation, and focused on restoration rather than punishment. Join us 10/26 on campus, Rm 1314 at 4pm PT for Indigenous Peacemaking at the Intersection of Law and Culture
COMUNIDADES INDÍGENAS EN RESISTENCIA EN MÉXICO Y CAMBIO SOCIAL EN CENTROAMÉRICA: 30 AÑOS DE FOTOGRAFÍA PARTICIPATIVA POR ANTONIO TUROK ************************************ Speaker: Antonio Turok Commentators: Shannon Speed and David Bacon Moderator: Gaspar Rivera-Salgado Register via Zoom: https://bit.ly/3A3O7hy