The Native American & Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA) meeting will be held May 20-22, 2010, at Westin La Paloma, Tucson. Click here to link to the NAISA website.
The American Indian Studies Program announces the Spring 2010 Vine Deloria, Jr. Distinguished Indigenous Scholars Series
Vine Deloria Distinguished Scholars Series - Jennifer Nez Denetdale, Professor of History
Wednesday, 3rd March 7:00pm - 9:00pm.
AIS Presents Dr. Jennifer Nez Denetdale, “Claiming the "F" Word: Native Women, Feminisms, and Visions of Sovereignty.” This lecture is free and open to the public.
Vine Deloria Distinguished Scholars Series - Evon Peters, Tribal Leader and Activist
Wednesday, 7th April 7:00pm - 9:00pm.
AIS Presents Evon Peters, “Sustainable Well-Being: Resources, Population, Conflict, and How We Think.” This lecture is free and open to the public.
The Vine Deloria, Jr. Distinguished Indigenous Scholars Series
is proud to announce the following event:
CRIS STAINBROOK
Lakota President of the Indian Land Tenure Foundation based in Little Canada, Minnesota will give a talk entitled
"Indian Land: The Intersection of Culture, Policy and Law."
NOVEMBER 10, 2009
TUESDAY, 7:00pm
CHVEZ 110
The Foundation provides grants and services to Indian nations and individuals focused on recovering land within reservation boundaries and off-reservation sacred sites to Indian ownership and management. Cris Stainbrook worked with a number of Pacific Northwest tribes and Alaska Native villages to develop businesses ranging from small check cashing firms to a multi-million dollar retail gas and oil company. He assisted several tribes in undertaking land use and land acquisition planning. He also worked as the fisheries biologist for the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs.
