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2019
- [UCLA AISC] June 2019 eNewsletter
- [Daily Bruin] UCLA's ethnic studies centers look back on accomplishments, discuss goals for future
- Indigenous Children are Dying at the U.S./Mexico Border
- Dr. Randall Akee Appointed Editor-in-Chief of the American Indian Culture and Research Journal!
- Professor Mishuana R. Goeman to Serve as Special Advisor to the Chancellor
- Native Bruins: Past, Present & Emerging - LittleDove F. Rey
- [Apply today] AIS IDP: Student Affairs Officer
- Acknowledging Native Peoples at UCLA Events
- [Applications Open] Indigenous Studies Tenure-Track Full-Time Assistant Professor
- Dr. Nancy Marie Mithlo's opinon piece on Tarantino's 'dead Indians' and the roots of American violence
- Statement in Support of the Kia`i of Mauna Kea from the UCLA American Indian Studies Center
- [The Sacramento Bee] Gavin Newsom apologizes on California's behalf to native tribes for slaughter of ancestors
- [Daily Bruin] Book talk to focus on environmental conflicts in Native American history
- LATimes: Tongva, Los Angeles' first language, opens the door to a forgotten time and place
- LATimes: Mapping the Tongva villages of L.A.'s past
- Native Bruins: Past, Present & Emerging - Mercedes Dorame
- Just Published: Professor Teresa L. McCarty's new edited volume, A World of Indigenous Languages: Politics, Pedagogies, and Prospects for Language Reclamation!
- [UCLA Newsroom] Professor Teresa McCarty Elected to the National Academy of Education
- [UCLA AISC] April 2019 eNewsletter
- New Bunche Center Director Appointed: Dr. Kelly Lytle Hernandez
- "How does measuring poverty and welfare affect American Indian children?" by Dr. Randall Akee
- Welcoming Joy Holland to UCLA AISC!
- These Days "The People's Home" Review
- Dr. Randall Akee Appointed Editor-in-Chief of the American Indian Culture and Research Journal!
- Dr. Randall Akee and Dr. Wendy Teeter Named to be part of the UC President’s Native American Advisory Council
2018
- Dr. Wendy Teeter Receives Honor One Award from the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums
- Professor Mishuana R. Goeman to Serve as Special Advisor to the Chancellor
- Professor Paul Kroskrity's Project on Designing a Dictionary for Tewa Youth Awarded Research Grant
- Congressional candidate Deb Haaland Visited UCLA
- UCLA Newsroom: Professor Speed to lead national organization promoting scholarship about indigenous peoples
- AICRJ Call for Editor in Chief
- [Diverse] Community Is Key for Native American Scholars
- Professor Mishuana R. Goeman to Serve as Special Advisor to the Chancellor
- [Houston Chronicle] Professor Randall Akee on "Family separation policy repeats our dystopian past" [Opinion]
- UCLA Newsroom: Professor Speed to lead national organization promoting scholarship about indigenous peoples
- Dr. Wendy Teeter Receives 2018 International Guardians of Culture and Lifeways "Honored One" Award
- Job Opportunity: American Indian Studies Center Librarian
2017
- Benjamin Madley's An American Genocide wins Charles Redd Center-Phi Alpha Theta Award for the Best Book on the American West
- Many Nations, One Heart: Support Native Families Affected by Fires
- [Daily Bruin] UCLA students, faculty celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day in event
- [UCLA Newsroom] UCLA project reveals 'invisible' presence of the Tongva
- 2017 Lemkin Book Award Winner: Benjamin Madley's An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe
- [UCLA Newsroom] American Indian graduates celebrate their academic success at UCLA
- [ABC 7] L.A. council panel backs plan for a new city holiday: Indigenous Peoples Day
- [The LA Times] L.A. council panel backs plan for a new city holiday: Indigenous Peoples Day
- [The LA Times] Benjamin Madley's An American Genocide wins LA Times Book Prize for Best in History
- [KCET] Celebrating Native American Art: 'First Peoples' Exhibition Showcases Wide-Ranging Indigenous Works
- The Arianna & Hanna YELLOWTHUNDER Scholarship (Due May 8)
- UCLA Newsroom: CAP UCLA performance to support UCLA American Indian Studies Center
- [SCPR] AirTalk | Roundtable: the many competing interests at Standing Rock
2016
- [FOX 11] Clementine Bordeaux discusses the North Dakota pipeline
- AISC: Tenured or Tenure-Track Full-Time Faculty Appointment
- [Article] Why the Sioux Battle Against the Dakota Access Pipeline is Such a Big Deal by Kristen A. Carpenter and Angela R. Riley
- [UCLA AISC] Indigenous Peoples Day
- Professor Madley's American Genocide on [New York Times] Book Review
- AISC Supports Standing Rock Against the Pipeline
- New special AICRJ issue on 'Settler Coloniaism and the Legislating of Criminality'
- New publication: The Settler Complex by Patrick Wolfe
- [SCPR] AirTalk | Roundtable: the many competing interests at Standing Rock
- [FOX 11] Clementine Bordeaux discusses the North Dakota pipeline
- AISC: Tenured or Tenure-Track Full-Time Faculty Appointment
- [Article] Why the Sioux Battle Against the Dakota Access Pipeline is Such a Big Deal by Kristen A. Carpenter and Angela R. Riley
- Institute of American Cultures 2017-2018 Research Grant Program in Ethnic Studies
- Institute of American Cultures 2017-2018 Visiting Scholar/Researcher Fellowship Program in Ethnic Studies
- AISC: Tenured or Tenure-Track Full-Time Faculty Appointment
- The New York Times: Book Review 'An American Genocide,' by Benjamin Madley
- Newsweek: 'California Slaughter: The State-Sanctioned Genocide of Native Americans'
- The Nation: Naming America’s Own Genocide
- AISC Supports Standing Rock Against the Pipeline
- New special AICRJ issue on 'Settler Coloniaism and the Legislating of Criminality'
- [UCLA Newsroom] After kicking addiction, graduating UCLA student reboots life
- Angela Robinson, Winner of the Summer Institute on Global Indigeneities (SIGI) Competition
- Letter to President Juan Orlando Hernández
- PRESS RELEASE: Urgent Forum: The Murder of Lenca Activist Berta Cáceres and the future of Indigenous and Afrodescendant Rights in Honduras
- New publication: The Settler Complex by Patrick Wolfe
2015
- Mapping Indigenous LA Project Launched!
- "Manufacturing Consent for the Living AND the Dead in Hawai'i" by Randall Akee
- Civil Beat: "He 'Aha Kēia? Is This a Convention?" by Randall Akee
- Truth-out: "Academic Freedom Under Attack" by David Shorter
- UCLA linguist, Gabrielino-Tongva Indians use social media to revive extinct language
- Angela R. Riley, Director of the American Indian Studies Center (AISC) and Professor of Law, to step down upon completion of her 5th year as AISC Director
- Institute of American Cultures 2016-2017 Research Grant Program in Ethnic Studies
- Institute of American Cultures 2016-2017 Visiting Scholar/Researcher Fellowship Program in Ethnic Studies
- LA Times: Pocahontas' tribe, the Pamunkey of Virginia, finally recognized by U.S.
- LATimes: Tribe fights Coachella Valley water agencies for aquifer rights
- Call for Submissions: The Indigenous Peoples' Journal of Law, Culture & Resistance
- Indian Country Today Media Network: John Trudell: An Appreciation
- New from UCLA American Indian Studies Center Press: Structuring Sovereignty: Constitutions of Native Nations
- Professor Randall Akee interviewed on NPR: Nobel Prize winning economist Angus Deaton; then the impact of poverty on children
- Indian Country Today Media Network: Manufacturing Consent for the Living AND the Dead in Hawai'i
- Article: Is This Crazy Horse? Investigating Indian Country's Most Controversial Photo
- TODAY: Secretary Jewell to Kick off Tribal Solarthon with Shinnecock Nation in New York; Press Conference Will Take Place at Rain Location
- Major New Native American Education Facility to Open
- Interior, Justice Departments Announce $940 Million Landmark Settlement with Nationwide Class of Tribes and Tribal Entities
2014
- The Christensen Fund: New Web Portal Shows How Landscapes and Human Culture Jointly Evolve
- Jeff Davis Accepts Tecumseh Award from Michigan State Bar Indian Law Section
- NPR: Native Stories From Alaska Give Gamers Something To Play With
- NYTimes: 'Who Speaks Wukchumni?'
- Stefanie Renaud, UCLA School of Law Student, Awarded NNALSA 2L of the Year Award
- Recovered and Restored: 'Ramona,' Silent Movie by Chickasaw Filmmaker by Angela Aleiss
- Angela Aleiss quoted in "Rooney Mara and 'Peter Pan's' lily-White Tiger Lily Problem" article
- New from UCLA American Indian Studies Center Press: Structuring Sovereignty: Constitutions of Native Nations
- Article: 100 Years Ago: Lillian St. Cyr, First Native Star in Hollywood Feature
- Director Angela Riley to speak at Free, Prior and Informed Consent: Pathways for a New Millennium Conference
- Op-Ed by President Obama in Indian Country Today
- NNABA Applauds the Historic Confirmation of Keith Harper
- ICTMN: Three Tribes to Begin Prosecuting Non-Indian Domestic Violence Offenders
- Justice Department Announces Three Tribes to Implement Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction under VAWA 2013
- ICTMN Exclusive: NCAI Releases R-word Video Ahead of Super Bowl
- [Article] Indian Law and Order Commission: Shelving This Report Is a Huge Mistake
- LA Times: Fort Sill Apache tribe says its roots are in New Mexico
2013
- LA Times: Chumash development plan roils Santa Ynez Valley
- Indianz.com: Senate confirms nominee with Indian law experience to court
- Indian Country Today Media Network: 9 Notable Women Who Rule American Indian Law
- Professor Keith Camacho announced as Senior Editor of Amerasia Journal
- Director Angela R. Riley speaks at the The Allan C. Lebow Supreme Court Review - Equality Under The Roberts Court
- Assistant Director Rebecca H. Rosser at the Native & Pacific Islander Summer Intensive Transfer Experience (SITE) Program
- Assistant Director Rebecca H. Rosser honored as “Woman of the Year”
- Professor Matthew L.M. Fletcher to speak at June 11 CLE
- Press Release: Sundance Institute Selects Four Short Film Projects for 2013 NativeLab Fellowship
- Secretary Jewell to Visit Laguna Pueblo School, Discuss American Indian Education Initiatives
- First Public Hearing of the American Indian and Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence Task Force Held in Bismarck, N.D.
- Interior, Oglala Sioux Tribe Announce First Cooperative Agreement to Facilitate Purchase of Fractionated Land under Cobell Settlement
- Article: Who Was the Real James Young Deer? By Angela Aleiss
- UCLA Today: Ten faculty to receive Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Awards
- Diane Humetewa nominated to be a District Court Judge for the US District Court for the District of Arizona
- Vice Chancellor, Academic Personnel Carole Goldberg Receives the Lawrence Baca Lifetime Achievement Award
- NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH 2013 HERALDS GOOD NEWS FOR TATAVIAM TRIBE; SELECTED AS AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION CENTER
- Vision Media Maker: Films Featuring Urban Indians & Cutting Edge Indigenous Animation Coming to PBS
- Indian Country Today Media Network: Baby Veronica & Baby Deseray: Don't Let Them Sell Our Babies!
- "The Jurisgenerative Moment in Indigenous Human Rights" by Kristen Carpenter and Angela Riley
- NYTimes: Obama Points to 'Legitimate Concerns' Over Redskin' Name
- The Cherokee Nation on the Transfer of Custody of Veronica Brown
- Indian Country Today Media Network: Cherokee Nation Mourns as Veronica Is Returned to Adoptive Family
- Professor Mishuana Goeman's New Book Featured on UCLA Today
- DOJ: Justice Department Awards $90 Million to Enhance, Support Tribal Justice and Safety
- Video: Stopping Grave Robbers, Protecting Sacred Remains & NAGPRA
- UN Human Rights: USA / Indigenous peoples: UN expert urges respect for the rights of Cherokee child in custody dispute
- Keeping a Close Eye on Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community (Jefferson Keel and John Echohawk)
- Native News Network: Let Freedom Ring - American Indian Drums Asked to Sound Wednesday at 3pm edt
- U.S. Department of the Interior: Interior's Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations Launches Comprehensive Web Resource for Landowners and Tribes
- In Memoriam: Robert Owens-Greygrass (1954–2013)
- Director Angela Riley and Professor Addie Rolnick at the Critical Race Studies 6th Annual Symposium 2013: Building Our Home
- The LA Times reviewed Onondaga writer Eric Gansworth's YA novel, If I Ever Get Out of Here
- Professor David Delgado Shorter Featured on UCLA Today
- U.S. Department of the Interior: Secretary Jewell Signs Historic Water Rights Agreement with White Mountain Apache Tribe and State of Arizona
- U.S. Department of the Interior: Secretary Jewell to Sign Historic Water Rights Agreement with White Mountain Apache Tribe and State of Arizona
- U.S. Department of the Interior: Historic Agreement Reached for Navajo Generating Station
- Indian Country Today Media Network: Johnny Depp, the 'Indian': Is He or Isn't He?
- NNABA Attends White House Meeting on Judicial Nominations
- President Obama Nominates Keith Harper for UN Human Rights Council Ambassador
- Two Native American tradition bearers receive 2013 NEA National Heritage Fellowships
- Huffington Post: Sovereign Nations Walk Out of Meeting With U.S. State Department Unanimously Rejecting Keystone XL Pipeline
- Press Release - NNABA Commends Confirmation of Derrick Watson
- Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl Oral Argument Transcript
- NYTimes: Quietly, Indians Reshape Cities and Reservations
- NYTimes: Auction of Hopi Masks Proceeds After Judge's Ruling
- NYTimes: Far From Reservation, Sisters Lead Louisville
- NYTimes: Hopis Try to Stop Paris Sale of Artifacts
- President Obama Signs VAWA Reauthorization into Law!
- USAToday: Alcoholism joke on CBS sitcom angers Arizona tribes
- Congress Enacts Historic Legislation to Help Indian Tribes Combat Violence Against Native Women
- NYTimes: Rape on the Reservation
- Director Riley Lectured on the History of the Supreme Court and Native American Lands
- CBS: Native American Women Veterans Celebrate President's Inauguration
- Idle No More hits Zocalo!
- Canada: UN expert calls for meaningful dialogue with Aboriginal leaders after weeks of protests
2012
- Institute of American Cultures 2013-2014 Fellowships & Grants information
- Vice Chancellor Carole Goldberg on Tribal Courts and the Federal System at Harvard Law School
- Professor Duane Champagne's New Article 'Regaining Stewardship Over American Indian Education'
- Huffington Post: Violence Against Women Act: Eric Cantor, Joe Biden In Talks Amid Stalled Tribal Provision
- ILTF: Pe' Sla Returns to Oceti Sakowin
- CNN: Native American designers fight cultural caricatures
- New Book: Language Planning and Policy in Native America, by Professor Teresa L. McCarty
- The Story: The Black Hills Meets Indiegogo
- NYTimes: Lawlessness on Indian Land
- Director Angela Riley Presented 'The History of Native American Lands and the Supreme Court' at 2012 Leon Silverman Lecture Series
- An Open Letter to No Doubt, Supersonic Public Relations and Interscope Records in Response to No Doubt's Video, "Looking Hot"
- Director Angela Riley to speak at Harvard Law School's conference on Tribal Courts and the Federal System
- LATimes: Petroglyph thefts near Bishop stun federal authorities, Paiutes
- LATimes: Pechanga tribe buys land, ending Riverside County quarry dispute
- Director Angela Riley becomes newly elected member in the American Law Institute (ALI)
- President Obama Announces National Native American Heritage Month Proclamation
- Professor Fred Hoxie Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
- Review of Professor Paul Kroskrity's "Telling Stories in the Face of Danger: Language Renewal in Native American Communities"
- NYTimes: Louise Erdrich's Novel 'The Round House' Wins National Book Award
- Appointment of M. Belinda Tucker as Vice Provost of the Institute of American Cultures, an announcement from Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Scott Waugh
- New Red Circle Project Website, an HIV-prevention program that specifically targets the American Indian Community
- 2012–2013 Institute of American Cultures Visiting Scholar/Researcher Program in Ethnic Studies, offering fellowships to visiting scholars and researchers.
2011
- United Nations-Indigenous Peoples Partnership approves six country projects and one regional program to advance indigenous peoples’ rights
- UCLA American Indian Studies alumnus, Amanda Burke, successfully argues Pascua Yaqui Tribe Case
- United Nations-Indigenous Peoples Partnership makes key decisions at its inaugural Policy Board Meeting
- UCLA American Indian Studies Center Launches Collaborative Research Institute with the U.S. Indian Law and Order Commission
- US Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Testimony about the Impact of Racist Stereotypes on Indigenous People
- Appointment of Carole E. Goldberg as Vice Chancellor - Academic Personnel, an announcement from Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Scott Waugh
- UCLA Spring 2011 - Indigenous Sovereignty in Imperial Times, a class taught by Visiting Associate Professor Joanne Barker
- Professor Carole Goldberg featured in UCLA Spotlight
- New from AISC Publications: The Indian Civil Rights Act at Forty, Edited by Kristen A. Carpenter, Matthew L.M. Fletcher, and Angela R. Riley.
- US Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Testimony about the Impact of Racist Stereotypes on Indigenous People
- THANK YOU from Inter Tribal Sports to the Center!
- 2011 FBA Indian Law Conference
- President Obama names 3 to Indian Law and Order Commission Wednesday, January 19, 2011
- Online e-Newsletters
2010
- 40th Anniversary Commemorative Book - Available Now
- Indigenous Peoples' Rights in the International Human Rights Framework: A Comfortable Fit?
- Fowler Museum Presents... "Art, Activism, Access: 40 Years of Ethnic Studies at UCLA"
- The Exiles Film Screening Information
- Professor Hanay Geiogamah and Project HOOP Make the News
