Indigenous Storytelling and the Law flyer - art by Melanie Yazzie

Indigenous Storytelling and the Law

Indigenous Storytelling and Law Symposium March 17 & 18, 2017 Presented by the Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies This interdisciplinary symposium will explore ways Indigenous narratives are spoken, heard, and acted upon in legal settings. 路 What does it mean for law to solicit Native testimony? 路 Who...

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Film Screening of Sh谩sh Ja谩 - "Bear Ears"

Feb. 13, 2017

Join CNAIS and the Department of Ethnic Studies for a special film screening and talk with the director Angelo Baca about the new documentary Sh谩sh Ja谩 - "Bear Ears".

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CNAIS February Faculty Brown Bag with Andy Cowell

Feb. 8, 2017

Come chat with Linguistics Chair and CNAIS faculty Dr. Andy Cowell for our February Faculty Brown Bag! Date: Wed. Feb. 8 Time: 12pm - 1pm Where: CNAIS - 1330 Grandview Ave. Hear about his research and on-going work in Indigenous Languages: I'm a specialist in Linguistic Anthropology. I obtained my...

Indigenous Media, Art, Photography, & Activism

2017 CNAIS Indigenous Media, Art, Photography & Activism Series

The Center for Native American & Indigenous Studies is pleased to present The 2017 Indigenous Media, Art, Photography & Activism Series : Missy Whiteman (Northern Arapaho & Kickapoo Nations) Wednesday, April 12th from 1-3 pm in ATLAS 102 Joseph Erb (Cherokee) Friday, April 21st from 2-4pm in the Flatirons Room...

Dr. Charles Wilkinson

Charles Wilkinson featured in Athearn Lecture Series

Jan. 26, 2017

CU Law and CNAIS Core faculty, Charles Wilkinson will be delivering the Department of History's annual Athearn Lecture this year. " Writing a Tribal History: My Long and Rewarding Journey with the Siletz Tribe of Western Oregon ." DATE : Thurs. Jan. 26, 2017 TIME : 5 PM - a...

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Tribal Land Conservation

Jan. 14, 2017

Come meet CNAIS faculty Dr. Clint Carroll in the Department of Ethnic Studies, who will discuss his recent work on tribal land conservation.

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CU's Arapaho Language Project featuring CNAIS faculty Andy Cowell

Jan. 11, 2017

CNAIS Faculty Executive Board member Andrew Cowell and doctoral student Irina Wagner are part of an effort to save the language with the Arapaho Language Project . They fear Arapaho will fade away after the fluent elderly speakers are gone. 鈥淭he Arapaho language is highly endangered,鈥 said Cowell, chair of...

Overlook Ruins Bear Ears Monument

CNAIS & CU Law faculty Dr. Wilkinson instrumental in Bear Ears Monument process

Jan. 6, 2017

CU Law & CNAIS Core Faculty Charles Wilkinson On Wed., Dec. 28, 2016, President Barack Obama announced the designation of Bears Ears National Monument, a measure conceived in part by Professor Charles Wilkinson . The president鈥檚 designation will protect approximately 1.35 million acres of federal land surrounding the Bears Ears...

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2016 NAIS Graduate Student Research Showcase

Dec. 6, 2016

Please join us for the 2nd annual NAIS Graduate Student Research Showcase: "You Have to Leave Room in Life to Dream" Date : Tues. December 6 Time : 3:30 -6:00 pm Where : The Flatirons Room - C4C, 3rd Floor Reception to follow presentations Presenters: Renata Ryan Burchfield - "Going...

Gerardo Gutierrez

CNAIS Faculty Gerardo Gutierrez Wins Prestigious Fellowship

Dec. 2, 2016

Dr. Gerardo Gutierrez awarded ACLS fellowship CNAIS Core Faculty, Gerardo Gutierrez is a professor of Anthropology and one of six CU faculty to win American Council of Learned Societes (ACLS). His project studies documents created in 17th and 18th century colonial Mexico by the Nahua community of Chiepetlan, Guerrero, Mexico...

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