Indigenous Peoples day Celebration Come join the students of the American Indian Student Association’s celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day, where complimentary frybread will be provided by the AISA and AISC at UCLA. Students will engage in discussions regarding the challenges faced by Native communities, as well as partake in vending and fundraising activities. Location: UCLA … Read more
Bruin Highlight: Past, Present & FutureThis October 2024 we are highlighting Native Bruin Deniale Urbina from the Acoma Pueblo tribe with a major in International Development Studies class of 2012.Raised in a military household, Deniale experienced a childhood marked by frequent relocations across the United States and Europe. She completed her high school education in … Read more
Bruin Highlight: Past, Present & Future This September 2024 we are highlighting Native Bruin Catie Galbraith from the Chickasaw Nation with an MA in American Indian Studies class of 2024. We are pleased to introduce our current Student Services Advisor in the American Indian Studies Department at UCLA and our September UCLA Native Bruin highlight. … Read more
Race in the Global Past Through Native Lenses Sunday, November 3, 2024 12-4 PM UCLA Royce Hall, Rm 306 In this half-day workshop we hope to continue the conversation about how to center Native and Indigenous historical narratives in order to change how the history of humanity is conceived, written, and transmitted, in institutions of … Read more
Bruin Highlight: Past, Present & Future This February 2024 we are highlighting Native Bruin Lorenzo Baca, class of 1986. Lorenzo Baca describes himself as a “story-making visual, literary and performing CIMOC (creative Indigenous man of color) artist, of an endangered species along with Puebloan and Spanish origins,” which is his primary cultural identity. Although raised … Read more
Congratulations to the UCLA Native Bruins Class of 2023! The Students from AISA did an amazing job putting the graduation together along with inviting the 1st Native American California State Representative, Assemblymember James C. Ramos from the San Manuel Indian tribe to lead the graduates with an amazing commencement speech followed by an honor song. … Read more
This June we are highlighting Native Bruin Joseph Nelson / Kaaxúxgu from the Tlingit/Eyak Nation, Class of 1996. Joseph is a Native Bruin Class of 1996. BA in Political Science with a minor in American Indian Studies UCLA 1996, MA in American Indian Studies UCLA 1998, JD from Loyola Law School 2001. While at UCLA, … Read more