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REMINDER

IAC Research Grant Program deadline: April 22, 2011 at 5:00 pm

TRIBAL HISTORY PANEL AND DISCUSSION

Monday, April 25, 2011 at 4:30-6:00 pm at Law Building, Room 1420.

Join us for an interdisciplinary conversation about the challenges and opportunities associated with writing tribal histories, using two recently published books as the points of departure: The People Are Dancing Again: A History of the Siletz Tribe of Western Oregon and Defying the Odds: The Tule River Tribe's Struggle for Sovereignty in Three Centuries.

Speakers include:

• Carole Goldberg, Jonathan D. Varat Professor of Law at the University of California, Los Angeles
• Gelya Frank, Professor of Occupational Therapy and Anthropology at the University of Southern California
• Charles F. Wilkinson, Distinguished University Professor and Moses Lasky Professor of Law at the University of Colorado
• Robert Kentta, Siletz Tribal Council Member
• Tina Retasket, Siletz Tribal Council Member
• Rhonda Hunter, Tribal Council Member, Tule River
• Lawrence Garfield, Tribal Elder, Tule River

SAVE THE DATES: MAY 2nd, 5th, AND 6th

DEER DANCES AND OTHER YAQUI WAYS OF KNOWLEDGE
Monday, May 2nd, 2011 at 2:00 to 4:00 pm in Rolfe Hall 1301

“Deer Dances and Other Yaqui Ways of Knowledge” presented by Professor David Delgado Shorter, UCLA World Arts and Culture

Sponsored by The UCLA American Indian Studies Center and the UCLA Latin American Institute.

MASO YI'IWA DEER DANCE - Yoeme Indian Ceremonial Performance
Thursday, May 5th, 2011 at Noon to 1 pm in Kaufman Hall Garden Amphitheater
Lunchtime Performance and Reception

DANCING DEER IN THE CITY: TRIBAL PERFORMANCES ON TOUR
Thursday, May 5th, 2011 at 3:00 pm in Kaufman 200
A longtable discussion with the performers on heritage, tourism, staging ritual, and contemporary Indian identity.

HOW WE LEARN DEER
Friday, May 6th, 2011 at 10:00 am in Kaufman 208
A longtable conversation with the performers on the teachings of traditional arts across generations

MASO YI'IMA PERFORMERS: Felipe Molina, Steve Armadillo, Steve Armadillo, Francisco Baltazar, Adam Armadillo, Michael Varela

"I Ka Olelo No Ke Ola (In Speech There Is Life): Libel, Law and Justice before the Hawaiian Chiefly Council, 1825-1827"

Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at 3:00-5:00pm in History Conference Room, Bunche 6275

Join us for a special presentation by Noelani M. Arista, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Hawaii, Manoa.

DON'T MISS THESE AISA EVENTS

Miss UCLA Pageant
Friday, April 22, 2011 at Kerkhoff Grand Salon

26th Annual UCLA Powwow
Saturday – Sunday, April 23–24, 2011 All Day
UCLA North Athletic Field

Vendor Application (PDF)

5th ANNUAL CRS SYMPOSIUM: RACE AND SOVEREIGNTY IMAGE SLIDESHOW

Thursday - Saturday, March 31 - April 2, 2011. The 5th Annual CRS Symposium explored the relationship between race and sovereignty.

View more image slideshows!