American Indian Studies Student – Faculty Mixer
American Indian Studies Student – Faculty Mixer
American Indian Student Council, CSULB American Indian Science and Engineering Society and the American Indian Studies faculty were joined by Alumni Morning Star, Jimmie Blue Eyes and Pat Lopez at our annual American Indian Student – Faculty Mixer.
Moompetam:Native American Festival
Moompetam:Native American Festival
The Aquarium of the Pacific will host its ninth annual Moompetam Festival.
Georgiana Sanchez and the Chumash Family Singers (see illustration above) will perform at this celebration that will feature traditional cultural crafts, storytelling, educational programs, live demonstrations, music, and dance celebrating the indigenous California maritime cultures, including Tongva, Chumash, Acjachemen, Costanoan, Luiseno, and Kumeyaay.
Saturday, Sept. 21 & Sunday, Sept. 22 9:00 AM to 5:00PM
Georgiana Sanchez 2013 Moompetam Heritage Award Winner
Congratulations to Georgiana Sanchez as the 2013 Moompetam Heritage Award Winner
About Georgiana Sanchez Videos of Georgiana Sanchez
American Indian Student Council 36th AILOTT Conference
Congratulations to the American Indian Student Council for the 36th AILOTT Conference!
The American Indian Leaders of Today and Tomorrow Higher Education and Career Conference was held this past Saturday attracting American Indian students from as far away as Santa Ynez and Tule River. The morning sessions focused on academic skills, becoming an American Indian Leader of Tomorrow and scholarship opportunities for American Indians. The Keynote Speaker was Judge Deborah Sanchez who shared her journey of overcoming major challenges on her path to becoming an American Indian Leader and Superior Court Judge. After lunch, the Chumash Family Singers shared songs and stories. EONA and TANF were represented by American Indian students from Long Beach and Los Angeles. Thanks to all of you who attended the conference and helped to make the CSULB American Indian Student Council 36th Annual AILOTT Conference a success.
Forty-Five Years of American Indian Studies at CSULB
Forty-Five Years of American Indian Studies at CSULB
Founded in 1968, the American Indian Studies Program will celebrate forty-five years as an independent program at CSULB in 2014. Located on the ancient village site of Puvungna and listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a Sacred Site and the birthplace of an Indigenous Religion, CSULB is referred to as “the Beach” in reference to our location on the Pacific Ocean and as “Cal State Puvungna” in acknowledgement of the significance of our location at a sacred site that continues to be used for prayer and ceremony today. Serving one of the largest Urban American Indian populations in the United States, our urban intertribal American Indian traditions are celebrated during the second weekend of March at the largest and one of the oldest student sponsored event at CSULB, the annual CSULB Pow-Wow. Now forty-four years old, over six thousand students, staff, faculty, alumni and community members attend our annual celebration of life that acknowledges the contributions of American Indians at CSULB.
New Minor in Queer Studies
American Indian Genders and Sexuality Course
The American Indian Genders and Sexuality course, AIS/WGSS 313, will be taught by Dr. Clarissa Rojas of WGSS in the Spring of 2014 as part of the new Minor in AIS and in the new Minor in Queer Studies.
Minor in Queer Studies
Queer Studies is an interdisciplinary minor that focuses on non-normative sexuality as a primary category of analysis. Queer Studies starts from the assumption that sexuality is central to human social organization; is always experienced in continually shifting contexts; and lived in relation to race, religion, class, nation, and gender. Its methods and premises grow out of scholarship on gender and thus is housed in the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Department.
A minimum of 18 units chosen from the following list of courses, chosen in consultation with the Queer Studies Advisor.
Requirements
Take both of the following courses:
- WGSS 205 Introduction to Queer Studies (3)Prerequisites: GE Foundation requirements.
- WGSS 416 Queering Gender (3)Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Choose any four of the following courses:
- ASAM 370, AIS/WGSS 313, CHLS 330, CRJU 461/WGSS 417, HIST 395, WGSS 375, WGSS 356, WGSS/ENGL 442
