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MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR

Dear Friends of the American Indian Studies Center,

We are truly fortunate at UCLA to have some of the most influential scholars in American Indian Studies affiliated with this Center. Along this line, we are delighted to share the news that, just a few weeks ago, Professor Carole Goldberg was appointed by President Barack Obama to the new Indian Law and Order Commission, which was established by the Tribal Law and Order Act. Professor Goldberg is a longtime member of the UCLA School of Law faculty and founder of the M.A./J.D. Joint Degree Program in Law and American Indian Studies. We congratulate Carole, UCLA, and the Commission on this fantastic news. You can read the entire press release below.

The quarter is in full-swing, and we are pleased to be sponsoring several exciting events this spring, including the March 7th, 2011 reading by Professor Duane Champagne from his latest book, "Notes From the Center of Turtle Island". And, of course, we are devoting significant time to preparing for our spring symposium, "Race and Sovereignty" to be held in conjunction with the Critical Race Studies program at the School of Law. We hope you will save the date for what is shaping up to be a phenomenal event.

As photos pour in showing a snow-covered country, from Oklahoma to New York, I hope you are enjoying the sunny, if crisp, days of winter here in beautiful Southern California. We look forward to seeing you at one of our upcoming events.

Megwetch (Thank you),
Angela R. Riley
Director

(www.aisc.ucla.edu)

 

PROFESSOR CAROLE GOLDBERG APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

Carole Goldberg President Barack Obama appointed three people to the new Indian Law and Order Commission, which was established by the Tribal Law and Order Act.

Ted Quasula, a member of the Hualapai Tribe of Arizona and a law enforcement veteran; Theresa M. Pouley, a member of the Colville Confederated Tribes of Washington who has served as a judge for a number of tribal courts; and Carole E. Goldberg, an Indian law professor, will take part in a "comprehensive study of law enforcement and criminal justice in tribal communities," as required by the law.

The commission will have six more members, to be appointed by members of Congress. So far, former Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-South Dakota) and Troy Eid, a former U.S. Attorney, have been named to the panel.

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PRESENTATION AND BOOK SIGNING BY PROFESSOR DUANE CHAMPAGNE

 

notes-fromcover-proof-copy.jpg Professor Duane Champagne will be giving a presentation for his recent work, Notes from the Center of Turtle Island, with discussants Professor David Treuer and Professor Peter Nabokov.

 

March 7, 2011 from 12 pm to 2 pm. The event will take place in the Conference Center of the Charles E. Young Research Library.

 

The event is free and open to the public.

 

 

 

 

RAIN'S FUNDRAISER

 

RAINfundraiser_sm.jpg Candy Gram Sale! Come celebrate Valentine's Day or Singles Awareness Day with RAIN!  

Buy a gram to send to a friend or a special someone and RAIN will deliver it to them on February 14th. Come to RAIN! Cubicle located in the Student Retention Center! Student Activities Center, Suite 105.

 

Price: 1 Candy Gram for $2
           Or 3 Candy Grams for $5

 

Starting: February 1st, Ending: February 9th

 

 

 

 

 

 

5TH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM: RACE & SOVEREIGNTY — MARCH 31 – APRIL 2, 2011

 

picture.jpg The 5th Annual CRS Symposium will explore the relationship between race and sovereignty. Sovereignty, like race, has been invoked, understood, and deployed in contradictory ways. Historically, sovereignty has been an important vehicle through which hegemonic power has been enforced, for example, by articulating citizenship as a racial project rooted in the power to exclude. 

 

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS

Student Volunteer Committees: Food Committee, Funding Committee, Plenary Speakers Liaison Committee, Logistics Committee, and Substantive Development Committee.

For more information about each committee and who to contact:

         Download Call for Volunteers (PDF)

 

 

 

SAVE THE DATES

YOUTH CONFERENCE: Mar 18 – 20, 2011

POWWOW: April 23 – 24, 2011

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