Guahan Delegates

Pacific Communication Circuits: Navigating Indigenous Issues in Oceania

March 27, 2018

Join us for this lunchtime research talk by Tiara Na'puti, Assistant Professor in the Depaartment on Communication. Professor Na'puti is a member of the Chamoru (Chamorro) diaspora from Guahan (Guam). She has testified at the United Nations Special Political and Decolonization Committee (4th Commitee) on the Political status of Guahan...

Lanakila

Kini Akua: The Multitudes of Gods

March 5, 2018

Joshua Lanakila Mangauil is a Native Hawaiian cultural practicioner, Mauna Kea Kia'i (Protector), and Founding Director of the Hawaiian Cultural Center of Hāmākua. Please join us for his presentation on March 15th, 2018 in Humanities 150 and 5:00pm. This event is generously co-sponsored by the American Indian Law Program

Illuminative

Indigenous Ecocinema: Cross Disciplinary Conversations

CNAIS Visiting Scholar and Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at Gettysburg College, Salma Monani will present on her research at CNAIS. Join us for a lunchtime research talk at the CNAIS cottage on Friday, March 16th from 12-1pm.

Michael McNally at Standing Rock

The Collective Rights of Native American Religious Freedom

Feb. 20, 2018

Native American communities qua communities have sought protections for sacred lands, practices, objects, and ancestral remains under the legal regime of religious freedom without marked success. While many have understood this as a failure of judicial understanding of the distinctive features of indigenous religions, I contend courts have failed to...

Echohawk grad

2018 CU Native Graduation

2018 CU Native Graduation! We will be honoring our CU Native American and Indigenous student graduates (Undergraduates, Graduates, & J.D's), with a special ceremony and meal. RSVP is required for attendance. See information below. Contact us for any questions: cnais@colorado.edu Date: Saturday, May 12, 2018 When: 11:00 a.m. to 2:00...

Mauna Kea Ahu

Merely Political or Meaningfully Religious? Indigenous Protest Rituals and their Legal Afterlives

Feb. 3, 2018

Standing near the summit of Mauna Kea, two stone ahu (altars) are sites of contemporary Native Hawaiian religious vitality. The State of Hawai`i , however has a problem with the ahu. Specifically, they sit on the proposed site of a $1.4 billion dollar telescope project and were ritually constructed in...

Melanie Yazzie

Faculty in Focus: Printmaker finds inspiration in students, global connections

Jan. 17, 2018

Carroll Rooting research in tribal partnership

Clint Carroll: Rooting research in tribal partnerships

Jan. 17, 2018

2017 NAIS Graduate Showcase

3rd Annual Graduate Student Research Showcase

Dec. 5, 2017

Join us for presentations from graduate students of the Indigenous Thought and Theory course. Food and Beverages will be provided.

Tiara Na'puti

CU Boulder professor testifies before U.N. committee on Guam

Oct. 4, 2017

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