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9-year-old Quiana Piper (center) and her 3rd grade class study using their iPads and the Arapaho language app that has been created to help teach the language and culture at the Arapaho School in Arapahoe, Wyo. on the Wind River reservation March 1
During a recent visit to the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law School, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples held the office’s first virtual consultation with indigenous peoples.Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, whose role as
On March 24, 2017, at the conclusion of its 34th Session in Geneva, the United Nations Human Rights Council appointed Kristen A. Carpenter as the North American member of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Carpenter serves as
American Indian Law Professors to Present at Indigenous Storytelling and Law SymposiumOn March 17-18, Dean S. James Anaya and University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law School professors will participate in an interdisciplinary symposium hosted by the
Cherokee elder Crosslin Smith discusses tribal land conservation with Clint Carroll. Photo by Myra Robertson. At the top of the page is an image of wild senna/gvhnage (Senna marilandica), one of the culturally significant plants Carroll is focused
CNAIS faculty and Raphael J. Moses Professor of Law Sarah Krakoff will be teaching a seminar focusing on the law and policy affecting the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ River. Krakoff's legal specialty concentrates on American Indian law,
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
Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ 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,
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.
Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law & CNAIS Core Faculty Charles WilkinsonOn 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’s designation