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Message from the Director
Chokma AISC friends and family,
Welcome to Fall! As you can see below, we have hit the ground running in our 50th anniversary year. I hope to see you at some of the events listed below!
I am very sorry to say that Stephen Pilcher is leaving his position as the AISC's Operations & Events Coordinator, but delighted to announce that he has accepted the position of Student Affairs Officer in the American Indian Studies Interdepartmental Program. I want to congratulate and thank Stephen for his outstanding contributions to the center, and look forward to continuing to work with him to make AIS at UCLA thrive.
We will soon be hiring a new staff member to fill this position (see job ad below).
Wishing everyone a wonderful fall,
Chipisala'cho
Shannon Speed
Director, UCLA American Indian Studies Center
Applications Opened for Indigenous Studies Tenure-Track Full-Time Assistant Professor at UCLA
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Applications Opened for Operations & Events Coordinator at UCLA American Indian Studies Center
UCLA American Indian Studies Center is seeking applications for a full-time Operations & Events Coordinator. Under the general direction of the Management Services Officer (MSO), provide departmental support on all finance, personnel, and administrative matters. Responsible for all phases of Purchasing, Accounts Payable orders, travel and entertainment requests. Serve as UCPath initiator for various employee classes, including staff, academic student employees, visiting scholars, lecturers, and faculty. Manage all facilities and operational requests. Act as the Events coordinator in arranging travel, contacting venues and caterers, and following through to completion. Must be flexible in work hours to ensure for a successful event. Apply today at hr.mycareer.ucla.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=77519 The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy see: UC Nondiscrimination & Affirmative Action Policy at: http://www.ucop.edu/human-resources/staff/employee-relations-staff/eeo-affirmative-action.html
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Applications Opened for Operations & Events Coordinator at UCLA American Indian Studies Center
Light refreshments from 11:30 am to 12:00 pm. A talk with Dr. Loriene Roy, (Anishinabe), Professor, School of Information, The University of Texas at Austin and Whina Te Whiu (Te Rarawa), Curator, Te Ahu Museum, and Vision Holder for Raiatea Tribal Museum and Resource Centre, Aotearoa. They will speak about some of the responsibilities, protocols, and necessary community serving roles of collecting for Native subject libraries and Native archives and museums. Also discussed will be the concept of integrating in this process a tribal worldview and cultural values first, and professional museum and library practices second, and how this might inform subject collecting and archival collecting at institutions broadly. Contact Joy Holland for details or with questions: jholland@aisc.ucla.edu; 310-206-7510. Hosted by the UCLA American Indian Studies Center Library. Sponsored by the UCLA American Indian Studies Center. With support from Powell Library.
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Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day!
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Lighting a Path Forward: The Meaning of UC Land Grants, Public Memory, and Tovaangar
Non-public event (Applications closed): Join UCLA's American Indian Studies Center for an interdisciplinary public symposium on October 15th about the past, present, and future of the University of California's relationship with tribes. On the 15th, three panels will be held, discussing UCLA's centennial anniversary with respect to California Indians, the current state of relationships and projects between the UCs and tribal communities and institutions, and future innovative practices working with tribal communities. On October 16th, three workshops will be conducted whose goal is to create policy papers for developing community-engaged classrooms, creating better practices for American Indian and Indigenous retention and recruitment, and generating practices that ensure repatriation and maintenance of cultural heritage. This symposium is part of a series of 50th-anniversary events sponsored by the AISC. Program at https://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/lightingapathforward.aspx Register for the October 15 event at http://bit.ly/Lighting-a-Path-Forward |
Indigenous Aesthetics and The Beadworkers: Stories
In this book talk, author Beth Piatote reflects on the influence of Nez Perce/Ni:mi:pu: language, literature, and aesthetics in the creation of her new mixed-genre collection, The Beadworkers: Stories, released on October 22 by Counterpoint Press. Beth Piatote is an associate professor of Native American Studies at UC Berkeley, where she teaches interdisciplinary Native and Indigenous Studies and Indigenous Language Revitalization. She is Nez Perce, enrolled at Colville. RSVP at http://bit.ly/Piatote by Friday, October 18. Light refreshments will be provided. |
News from the AISC Library
The AISC Library is thrilled to be hosting (in Powell Library) an important talk this Friday, October 11, with Dr. Loriene Roy, (Anishinabe), Professor, School of Information, The University of Texas at Austin and Whina Te Whiu (Te Rarawa), Curator, Te Ahu Museum, and Vision Holder for Raiatea Tribal Museum and Resource Centre, Aotearoa. “COLLECTING AND CARING FOR NATIVE ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES: Serving Native Communities, Serving Native History.” The event is sponsored by the American Indian Studies Center with additional support by Powell Library. See the description above for more details and hope to see you there! The American Indian Studies Center Library is planning to refresh its look/design and environment this year. We are looking for students, alumni, community members, faculty, staff, ethnic studies colleagues, and other stakeholders to take our survey this term, if you haven’t already, to help us “Indigenize the Library!” Please take this survey and let us know what you think! It is easy and quick to take and we won’t move forward without your valuable feedback: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SFWQMFG The Library is working on several important archival initiatives this year (2019/2020) including collections that pertain to Native Contemporary Art, Native Health, Native Dance and Theater, UCLA’s Native Activism and Native Activism generally with emphasis on California , as well as a special photography collection on Native Agriculture. We look forward to sharing more details as the year unfolds. Fall Term hours for the American Indian Studies Center Library in Campbell Hall 3214 will be: Monday OPEN 9:30-12:30 (closed for lunch 12:30-1:30) *Closed on holidays The librarian is still looking for a work study student for the Fall Term. If you are interested in American Indian Studies, Libraries, or Indigenous research resources, this is a great opportunity for you. Contact Joy at jholland@aisc.ucla.edu, or 310-206-7510 |
The American Indian Studies Library did some collection development this Summer in Albuquerque, New Mexico where we visited the organizers of Applications Opened for Operations & Events Coordinator at UCLA American Indian Studies Center
UCLA American Indian Studies Center is seeking applications for a full-time Operations & Events Coordinator. Under the general direction of the Management Services Officer (MSO), provide departmental support on all finance, personnel, and administrative matters. Responsible for all phases of Purchasing, Accounts Payable orders, travel and entertainment requests. Serve as UCPath initiator for various employee classes, including staff, academic student employees, visiting scholars, lecturers, and faculty. Manage all facilities and operational requests. Act as the Events coordinator in arranging travel, contacting venues and caterers, and following through to completion. Must be flexible in work hours to ensure for a successful event. Apply today at hr.mycareer.ucla.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=77519 The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy see: UC Nondiscrimination & Affirmative Action Policy at: http://www.ucop.edu/human-resources/staff/employee-relations-staff/eeo-affirmative-action.html
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Applications Opened for Operations & Events Coordinator at UCLA American Indian Studies Center
UCLA American Indian Studies Center is seeking applications for a full-time Operations & Events Coordinator. Under the general direction of the Management Services Officer (MSO), provide departmental support on all finance, personnel, and administrative matters. Responsible for all phases of Purchasing, Accounts Payable orders, travel and entertainment requests. Serve as UCPath initiator for various employee classes, including staff, academic student employees, visiting scholars, lecturers, and faculty. Manage all facilities and operational requests. Act as the Events coordinator in arranging travel, contacting venues and caterers, and following through to completion. Must be flexible in work hours to ensure for a successful event. Apply today at hr.mycareer.ucla.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=77519 The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy see: UC Nondiscrimination & Affirmative Action Policy at: http://www.ucop.edu/human-resources/staff/employee-relations-staff/eeo-affirmative-action.html
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News from the AISC Library
The American Indian Studies Center Library is planning to refresh its look/design and environment. We are looking for students, alumni, community members, faculty, staff, ethnic studies colleagues, and other stakeholders to take our survey to help us “Indigenize the Library!” Please take this survey and let us know what you think! It is easy and quick to take and we won’t move forward without your valuable feedback: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SFWQMFG
Summer Term hours for the American Indian Studies Center Library in Campbell Hall 3214 will be:
*Closed on holidays The librarian is looking for a work study student for the Fall Term. If you are interested in American Indian Studies, Libraries, or Indigenous research resources this is a great opportunity for you. Contact Joy at jholland@aisc.ucla.edu, or 310-206-7510 |
The American Indian Studies Librarian visited the LA Skins Fest’s Native American Animation Panel at Netflix and the 2019 LA Zinefest to explore storytelling resources and potential vehicles for Native voices and student interests in L.A.
We want to invite students and our alumni and community friends to come by the library to come check out all the cool zines we acquired there and remind yourself what “reading for pleasure” means.Stay Connected with AISC
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