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Dear AISC Friends and Family,

Chokma! I very much hope that you and your loved ones are well. These are difficult times, to be sure, but Native peoples and our allies are finding ways to heal and be well, and we at UCLA continue to pursue greater social justice within the university and outside it. Though we won’t be on campus this fall, we are looking forward to welcoming a new generation of American Indian Bruins and to holding our events virtually (on the upside, no need to find parking!).

In the meantime, we hope your summer is as pleasant as it can be, and we look forward to seeing you all in person again sometime soon.

Chinchokma’ni sabanna/Be well,
Shannon Speed,
Director, UCLA American Indian Studies Center

For up to date information on the COVID-19 outbreak, please access: https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/coronavirus-information-for-the-ucla-campus-community

UCLA acknowledges the Tongva People

AISC at UCLA acknowledges the Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (Los Angeles basin, So. Channel Islands) and are grateful to have the opportunity to work for the Taraaxatom (indigenous peoples) in this place. As a land grant institution, we pay our respects to Honuukvetam (Ancestors), 'Ahiihirom (Elders), and 'Eyoohiinkem (our relatives/ relations) past, present and emerging.

EVENTS FROM THE AMERICAN INDIAN STUDIES CENTER

NATIVE BRUINS: PAST PRESENT & EMERGING

Dr. Tyson Walker was raised on the Fort Apache and Navajo reservations in Arizona. In 2004, Tyson graduated from Alchesay High School in Whiteriver, AZ. He then joined the Air Force and was honorably discharged in 2008. Prior to UCLA, Tyson attended Shasta College and Sacramento City College. He transferred to UCLA as a biochemistry major. Tyson never took chemistry in high school, so biochemistry at UCLA was challenging. Nevertheless, Tyson graduated from UCLA in 2013 with his Bachelor of Science degree in biochemistry. In 2014, Tyson completed a Pharmacy Post- Baccalaureate program at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). In the next year he worked in the pharmacy and medical laboratory at Whiteriver Indian Health Service. In 2015, Tyson gained acceptance into the Doctor of Pharmacy program at UCSF. He graduated from UCSF in 2019. Tyson returned to work for the Native community as a pharmacist at Zuni Pueblo. Currently, Tyson is a Post Graduate Year 1 (PGY1) Pharmacy Resident at the Gallup Indian Medical Center in New Mexico. There, Tyson will gain specialized training in areas including but not limited to anticoagulation, dyslipidemia, cardiology, diabetes, asthma, infectious disease and nephrology. After the completion of his residency, Tyson would like to return to work with his own White Mountain Apache Tribe. Biochemistry at UCLA, and then pharmacy school at UCSF, altered Tyson’s perceptions toward his own capacity for learning and academic achievement. Those experiences also gave him a respected profession and a means to serve the only world he knew growing up as a child, the reservation. Over the years, Tyson has held onto words from his UCLA acceptance letter, “Of course, you are going to learn a lot about the world at UCLA. But more often than you might imagine, UCLA will be where the world learns about you.” He still has the original copy of the acceptance letter.

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AVAILABLE NOW! SPECIAL AICRJ ISSUE ON INDIGENEITY, FEMINISM, ACTIVISM

A special AICRJ issue on “Indigeneity, Feminism, Activism” is now available at use https://uclajournals.org/. Guest-edited by Joanne Barker, this special issue includes contributions from Joanne Barker, Jaskiran Dhillon, Annita Hetoevehotohke’e Lucchesi, Melissa K. Nelson, Kai Pyle, and Melanie Yazzie, with poetry by Kecia Cook and Janelle Pewapsconias and fiction by Deborah Miranda.

NEW ONLINE PLATFORM FOR AICRJ!

This fall, the online American Indian Culture and Research Journal (AICRJ) is migrating to a new online platform called Meridian, hosted by Silverchair. You will still be able to access the journal using the same URL, use https:// uclajournals.org/. With this move comes many enhancements, including:

• Mobile-responsive web design
• Optional split-screen reading experience
• Suggested articles based on browser history, saved searches, alerts and notifications

As we near the October 6th launch date, we will share instructions for accessing the new AICRJ site. Please be patient as we transition over the summer. If you experience access problems, email PinnacleSupport@AllenPress.co and copy Pamela Grieman, grieman@ucla.edu.

AMERICAN INDIAN CULTURE AND RESEARCH JOURNAL

We want to assure you that the editorial staff of the American Indian Culture and Research Journal are continuing to work remotely through UCLA’s temporary office closures. Please continue to submit articles to Editor-in-Chief Randall Akee at aiscsubmissions@aisc.ucla.edu.

However, because we are working from home during this time, we will temporarily be unable to fulfill book orders until further notice. Please do not hesitate to contact Pamela Grieman at grieman@ucla.edu.

American Indian Studies Center Publications

The Center's publications unit operates as a small independent press, one of the few that prizes Native voices in works of creative writing, community handbooks, and academic publications. Our flagship publication is the American Indian Culture and Research Journal (AICRJ), which has been recognized as one of the leading serial publications on Native American life and issues. In addition to publishing works on contemporary and historical American Indian issues, law, and politics, the press publishes books of plays, poetry, and fiction.

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