National Museum of the American Indian: 21st Century Native Cultural Governance at Work

Tuesday, May 6, 2014
12 – 2 PM
Sequoia Room, UCLA Faculty Center

Presented by W. Richard West Jr.
Richard West is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Autry National Center of the American West. He is also the Founding Director and Director Emeritus of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian. He earned a bachelor's degree in American history magna cum laude in 1965 and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Redlands in California. He also received a master's degree in American history from Harvard University in 1968. West graduated from the Stanford University School of Law with a doctorate of jurisprudence degree in 1971.

 Lunch will be served. RVSP required: http://rickwest.eventbrite.com

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Southern California Indian Center Presents A Practical Guide to Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA)

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A Practical Guide to Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA)

Honorable William A Thorne, Jr. (Ret) Utah Court of Appeals
Pomo/Coast Miwok Indian from northern California enrolled at the Confederated Tribes of the Graton Rancheria

Saturday, April 26, 2014
8:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Monterey Hill Restaurant
3700 W Ramona Blvd
Monterey Park, CA 91754

For more information, visit http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/scic_icwa.aspx

Reception for Rigo 23 and The Yaqui Masks of Carlos Castaneda

Thursday, May 1, 2014
6:00 – 8:00 PM
Fowler Museum at UCLA
Free program

Meet San Francisco-based artist Rigo 23 and view his work in Rigo 23:From the Heart of Santa Madera, plus join guest curator David Shorter for a preview of Fowler in Focus: The Yaqui Masks of Carlos Castaneda.  

Live music, light refreshments. 

Don’t miss Fowler Out Loud with The CD Collective in the Courtyard from 6-7 pm!

 For more information, visit http://www.fowler.ucla.edu/events/reception-rigo-23-and-yaqui-masks-carlos-castaneda

Co-sponsored by the UCLA American Indian Studies Center

Culture Fix: Rigo 23 on Rigo 23

Friday, May 2, 2014
12 PM
Free program
Speaker: Rigo 23

Bay Area artist and activist Rigo 23 works in a variety of media and often collaborates closely with native and indigenous communities around the world. For his exhibition at the Fowler, Rigo 23 created eight large panels incorporating references as diverse as the Black Panther Emory Douglas, Indian Island, and Leonard Peltier, among others. Come for a preview and hear the artist discuss what links them in his latest project, on display in the Goldenberg Galleria.

For more information, visit http://www.fowler.ucla.edu/events/culture-fix-rigo-23-rigo-23

Co-sponsored by the UCLA American Indian Studies Center

The 29th Annual UCLA Pow Wow

Presented by the UCLA American Indian Student Association

Saturday-Sunday, May 3-4, 2014
UCLA North Athletic Field

Free & Open to the Public
Gourd Dancing 11 AM
Grand Entry 1 PM

For more information contact:
Phone: 310-206-8043
Email: powwow@ucla.edu

Sponsored by: UCLA American Indian Studies Center, AISA, AISES, AIGSA, SACNAS, TLCEE, Campus Program Committee and ASUCLA Board of Directors

Culture Fix: Rigo 23 on Rigo 23

Thursday, May 22, 2014
7:30 PM
Fowler Museum at UCLA
Speaker: Pamela Peters, artist
Free film screening and conversation

Director: Kent Mackenzie, 1961, 72 minutes, black and white)
One of the images in Rigo 23’s exhibition comes from the rarely screened 1961 film The Exiles, a film that chronicles one night in the lives of young Native American men and women living in the Bunker Hill district of Los Angeles. Based entirely on interviews with the participants and their friends, the film follows a group of exiles—transplants from Southwest reservations—as they flirt, drink, party, fight, and dance.

Peter Nabokov, UCLA Worlds Arts and Cultures Professor, introduces the film followed by a talkback with artist Pamela Peters

 For more information, visit http://www.fowler.ucla.edu/events/screening-exiles

Co-sponsored by the UCLA American Indian Studies Center

Recap of the Good Native Governance: Innovative Research in Law, Education, and Economic Development Conference

Thank you for making this event a success! Visit the pages below for a recap of the event.

Thursday, March 6, 2014, Hotel Angeleno
Students present their research ideas on a poster board and the welcome reception for the Good Native Governance: Innovative Research in Law, Education, and Economic Development conference.

Friday, March 7, 2014, UCLA School of Law
A conference sponsored by the UCLA American Indian Studies Center showcasing innovative research around the theme of Good Native Governance, with a focus on law, education, and economic development. Additionally, three concurrent breakout panels will focus on California issues: Gaming, Constitutions, and Cultural Resources.

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