Over 240 Attend the CSULB Ethnic Studies Founders Forum in the University Ballrooms
Over 240 Attend the CSULB Ethnic Studies Founders Forum in the University Ballrooms
On September 25th over 240 students, staff, faculty, administrators and alumni gathered in celebration of 45 years of Ethnic Studies at CSULB. Four Founders offered reflections on their experiences in the struggles and work, which led to the founding of American Indian Studies, Africana Studies, Asian American Studies and Chicano and Latino Studies at CSULB.
The founders discussed the socio‐political and cultural context, local and national, in which their initiatives took place; the critical issues involved; similarities and distinctions of understandings and approaches; the indispensable role of students; and the value and future of ethnic studies in providing a truly multicultural and quality education.
Representing American Indian Studies was Dr. Marcus Young Owl who was an active American Indian student when the AIS program was founded. Special thanks to all of those who made this event so successful.
Ethnic Studies Founders Forum
American Indian Student Welcome & Orientation
Congratulations to the Organizers of the American Indian Student Orientation and the Tiat Restoration Kick Off Event
The American Indian Student Welcome and Orientation was held on Friday, September 12 from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Students, Faculty and Staff met in at the University Student Union (USU) Room 303 from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm for introductions and lunch. Following lunch we all moved down to the USU’s Bowling Alley and Billiards from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. See Link to flyer below.
AI Student Welcome Orientation Flyer
Tiat Restoration Mixer 4:15 September 12, 2014
Following the American Indian Student Welcome, new and continuing American Indian Students, Staff and Faculty were introduced to members of the Tiat Society who shared the history and meaning of the Tiat and shared a Tongva Song. All were welcomed by Dean Goldshani of the College of Engeneering and our new American Indian Science and Engeneering Student Chapter Faculty Advisor, Dr. David Stout. The 27 foot long Plank Canoe (Tiat) is being repaired in the Engeneering Department and students will have the opportunity to learn more about the significance of this iconic vessel and assist in the restoration of the Tiat during the semester.
American Indian Studies Founders Forum Postponed Until Spring 2015
Postponed until Spring 2015 American Indian Studies Founders Forum
A panel of American Indian students and American Indian Studies faculty will be held during the Spring of 2015 with a reception to follow. The AIS Founders Forum will include CSULB Alumnus, Larry Banegas, who is the President and founder of Kumeyaay.com. He served as a member of the Tribal Council for the Barona Band of the Kumeyaay. Larry is a graduate of Cal State Long Beach with BA in Speech and Communication. He also has a Master’s Degree in Social Work from San Diego State University. He was raised on the Barona reservation and teaches Kumeyaay culture and tradition to the community. He has taught California Indian history and traditional knowledge at D.Q. University at Sycuan and presently sits on the AIR Programs Board.
Reception and Refreshments Afterwards
- Image of Larry Banegas who is one of the founders of American Indian Studies at CSULB
“Decolonizing the Anti-Violence Movement” – A lecture by Dr. Andrea Smith
“Decolonizing the Anti-Violence Movement” – A lecture by Dr. Andrea Smith
Dr. Andrea Smith is an Associate Professor of Media & Cultural Studies at UC Riverside. She is the author of two books – Native Americans and the Christian Right, and Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide. Dr. Smith is the editor of The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Nonprofit Industrial Complex, and co-editor of The Color of Violence, the Incite! Anthology. Dr. Smith currently serves as the US Coordinator for the Ecumenical Association of Third World Theologians, and she is also the co-founder of Incite! Women of Color Against Violence. Dr. Smith recently completed a report for the United Nations on Indigenous Peoples and Boarding Schools.
What: “Decolonizing the Anti-Violence Movement” – A lecture by Dr. Andrea Smith
Where: The Beach Auditorium, USU 1st Floor
When: Wednesday, Oct. 15th at 11am-12:45pm
This event is co-sponsored by Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, American Indian Studies, Sociology, MAPS and AISC.
Very Sad News CSULB Alumna Morning Star (Mary) Meyers Passed Away
Over 200 Attend Lecture by Artist Edgar Heap of Birds
Over 200 attend the lecture of internationally acclaimed artist, Edgar Heap of Birds. The lecture about his work took place onTuesday, April 15, at 7:00 pm at the William Link Theater (UT-108) Followed by a book signing of Heap of Birds’ book from the 2007 Venice Biennial including a DVD.
Link to Video of his California/Tongva Native Hosts / Pitzer Public Art Project
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY Link to artist website
Heap of Birds received his Master of Fine Arts from Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1979), his Bachelor of Fine Arts from The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas (1976) and has undertaken graduate studies at The Royal College of Art, London, England. He was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts Degree from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Massachusetts (2008).
The artist has exhibited his works at The Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, New York, New York, The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia, Documenta, Kassal, Germany, Orchard Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland, University Art Museum, Berkeley, California, Association for Visual Arts Museum, Cape Town, South Africa, Lewallen Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Hong Kong Art Center, China, Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia, Grand Palais, Paris, France and the Venice Biennale, Italy.
He has served as visiting lecturer in London, England, Western Samoa, Chiang Mai and Bangkok, Thailand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Barcelona, Spain, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Norrkoping, Sweden, Hararre, Zimbabwe, Verona, Italy, Adelaide, Australia and India.
Heap of Birds has taught as Visiting Professor at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island and Michaelis School of Art, University of Cape Town, South Africa. At the University of Oklahoma since 1988, Professor Heap of Birds teaches in Native American Studies. His seminars explore issues of the contemporary artist on local, national and international levels.
He has received grants and awards from The National Endowment for the Arts, Rockefeller Foundation, Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, Lila Wallace Foundation, Bonfil Stanton Foundation, The Pew Charitable Trust and the Andy Warhol Foundation.
In June 2005, Heap of Birds completed the fifty-foot signature, outdoor sculpture titled Wheel. The circular porcelain enamel on steel work was commissioned by The Denver Art Museum and is inspired by the traditional Medicine Wheel of the Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming.
Heap of Birds’ artwork was chosen by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian as their entry towards the competition for the United States Pavilion at the 52nd Venice Biennale. He represented the Smithsonian with a major collateral public art project and blown glass works in Venice, June 2007 titled: “Most Serene Republics”.
In 2012, Heap of Birds was one of fifty artists honored by United States Artists with an individual fellowship award of $50,000 and named USA Ford Fellow in the Visual Arts category.
This event is sponsored by the School of Art, the American Indian Studies Program, the American Indian Student Council and the Multi-Cultural Center.
Very Sad News
Dr. Troy Johnson
It is with great sadness that we inform the community of the passing of CSULB Professor Emeritus, Dr. Troy Johnson. During his tenure at CSULB, Dr. Johnson was the Director of the American Indian Studies Program (1994 -2013), Chair of Anthropology (2006-2007) and a Professor of History. Dr. Johnson was most well known for his research on American Indian Activism of the 1960’s and 1970’s that was presented in several books, articles and in his award winning PBS film, Alcatraz is Not an Island. Dr. Johnson passed in his sleep on March 11th after a long battle with cancer. We express our deep appreciation for his dedicated service to the American Indian Studies Program at CSULB.
Dr. Johnson was laid to rest on Wed, the 19th of 2014 at the Riverside National Cemetery. Donations in his honor can be made to St. Judes Hospital. Cards can be sent to Lorene Johnson PO Box 5540 Blue Jay CA.
44th Annual CSULB Pow Wow at Puvungna
Artist Chris Diaz presented Interim President Don Para with a carved paddle on Saturday afternoon at the 44th annual Pow Wow. Chris was asked by the American Indian Community at CSULB to create an artwork to honor CSULB Interim President Don Para for his continued support of the American Indian Community at CSULB. Photo by John Shrader
Many thanks to our students, staff, faculty, administrators, alumni, organizations, volunteers and community members who made our Pow Wow Celebration such a success this past weekend. The Pow Wow 101 workshops were a great success and it was a pleasure to have so many American Indian Alumni return for our annual homecoming. Special thanks to John Dawson who has been the voice of our Pow Wow for many years and who has retired from his position as our Master of Ceremonies.
2014 Pow Wow Committee Honoring John Dawson
4th ANNUAL CSULB POW WOW AT PUVUNGNA * MARCH 9-10, 2013 DANCE CONTEST RESULTS & HEAD STAFF, etc…
Dance Category/Age 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place
Men’s Golden Age #2392-Barry Hamilton #2572-Allenroy Pay-Kwin #2380-Chuck Cadotte
(Age 55 & Up) (Cheyenne) (Jicarilla Apache & Zuni) (Lakota)
Women’s Golden Age #2590-Dr. Lita Matthews #2397-Arnita good face #2657-Carolyn Reyes
(Age 55 & Up) (Pueblo) (Lakota Sioux) (Ojibwe/Dakota)
Men’s No. Traditional #2605-MJ Bull Bear #2599-Nico Phoenix #2665-Pearson Tahuka
(Age 18 & Up) (Oglala) (Paiute/Tohono O’odham) (Waninio/Siminal)
Men’s So. Straight #2394-David Redbird #2370-David Patterson #2389-Silas Perkins
(Age 18 & Up) (Cheyenne) (Sac and Fox) (Comanche, Choctaw&Wichita)
Men’s Grass #2371-Shiigo Yellowhorse #2662-Tony Nelson #2621-Adam Loya
(Age 18 & Up) (Dine’) (Kumeyaay/Cree) (Gabrielino/Tongva)
Men’s Fancy #2571-Julian Phoenix #2613-Matthew Porter #2566-Dennison Brown
(Age 18 & Up) (Tohono O’odham & N. Paiute) (Cherokee) (San Carlos Apache)
Dance Category/Age 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place
Women’s No. Traditional #2658-Brittney Hunter #2632-Lupe Lopez #2620-Natalie Weeks O’Neal
(Age 18 & Up) (Hopi/Hualapai) (Otomi/P’urepecha) (Fort Peck Assiniboine)
Women’s So.Cloth&Buckskin #2700-Laurie Whitecloud #2591-J.W. Sheridan #2624-Sharyse Monroe
(Age 18 & Up) (Otoe/Digueno) (So. Cheyenne) (Hopi/Cherokee/Navajo)
Women’s Jingle Dress #2636-Pam James #2396-Genevieve Lemaster #2384-Monica Jacome
(Age 18 & Up) Santee, Sioux & Chicasaw) (Miwuk, Paiute, Choinumni) (Mesa Grande & Kumeyaay)
Women’s Fancy Shawl #2398-Star Whiteye #2625-Sandra Rivera #2627-Tytianna Harris
(Age 18 & Up) (Delaware/Ojibway) (Navajo) (Navajo Nation)
Dance Category/Age 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place
Teen Boy’s Traditional #2603-Myles Bull Bear #2583-Mchael Toro #2607-Chedo Miranda
(Ages 13-17) (Oglala/Dine’) (Shoshone/Blackfoot/P’urepecha) (Otoe, Osage, Juaneno)
Teen Boy’s Grass #2388-Jake Jacome Only 1 Contestant
(Ages 13-17) (Kumeyaay, Mesa Grande)
Teen Boy’s Fancy #2633-Ba’ac Garcia Only 1 Contestant
(Ages 13-17) (Tohono O’odham)
Teen Girl’s Traditional #2580-Larissa Bohay #2604-Lalani Bull Bear #2637-Shaelynn Whiteshield
(Ages 13-17) (Kiowa/Paiute) (Lakota & Dine’) (So. Cheyenne)
Teen Girl’s Jingle Dress #2593-Corena Leone #2653-Rebecca Pullskamp #2634-Nanabah Keediniihii
(Ages 13-17) (Lakota, Dakota, Oglala) (Navajo/Serrano/Cahuilla) (Dineh)
Teen Girl’s Fancy Shawl #2564-Weliyah Baga #2640-Lea White Plume Ortiz #2576-Onaya Rubio
(Ages 13-17) (Shoshone/Tule) (Navajo/Apache/Southern Ute) (Yokut)
Junior Boys-All Categories #2364-Samuel Sierra #2595-Jonathan Henry #2635-Asencio Garcia
(Ages 7-12) (Ysleta Pueblo) (Navajo) (Tohono O’odham)
Junior Girls-All Categories #2592-Olivia Joyce Sheridan #2654-Alana Pullskamp #2618-Selena Ironcloud
(Ages 7-12) (So. Cheyenne/Omaha) (Navajo/Serrano/Cahuilla) (Ogala Lakota)
44th ANNUAL CSULB POW WOW AT PUVUNGNA * MARCH 8-9, 2014 DANCE CONTEST RESULTS
Tiny Tots Registered (Tiny Tots = ALL WINNERS!)
Name Tribe(s) Name Tribe(s)
Marquee Bull Bear (Oglala Lakota & Dine’) Woniya Sandoval (Dakota/Navajo)
Wanbli Bull Bear (Oglala / Dine’) Denell Tsosie (Paiute, Navajo, Kumeyaay)
Taloa Felihkatubbee (Navajo/Choctaw) Julea Van Hook (Ho Chunk)
Robbi Gonzales (Tejon Indian Tribe) Dakotah Alto (Paiute, Kumeyaay)
Emma Henry (Ojibwe) Devon Apache (Oglala Sioux, Dine’,Banock)
Hazel Ironcloud (Olgala Lakota) Benton Covarrubias (Jicarilla)
Alani Renee Johnson (Navajo) Kenny Gonzales (Tejon Indian Tribe)
Eva Koassechony (Comanche/Pawnee) Jordan Phoenix (T.O., N. Paiute, Navajo)
Angelina Loya (Gabrielino/Tongva) Marquette L. Sheridan (So. Cheyenne/Omaha)
Makayla Martinez (Oglala, Dine, Banock,Yaqui) Jason Vela (Juaneno/Tongva)
Shyann Monroe (Navajo/Hopi/Cherokee) Koda A. Whiteshield (So. Cheyenne/Navajo)
Lillian O’Neal (Fort Peck Assiniboine) Victor Whiteshield (So. Cheyenne)
Jace Phoenix (T.O., N. Paiute, Navajo)
HEAD STAFF * 43rd ANNUAL CSULB POW WOW AT PUVUNGNA * MARCH 9-10, 2013
Gourd Session (Sat/Sun):Golden State Gourd Society
Head Southern Singer: Steve Bohay (Kiowa)
Host Northern Drum: Bearspring Singers (Southern California)
Head Man Dancer: Nathan Chasing Horse (Lakota-Rosebud, SD)
Head Woman Dancer: Shandiin Yellowhorse (Navajo-San Pedro, CA)
Master of Ceremonies: John Dawson (San Carlos Apache)
Co-Master of Ceremonies Bobby WhiteBird (Southern Cheyenne)
Arena Director: Victor Chavez (Dine’)
Spoon Keeper: Patricia Lopez (Taos Pueblo)
PA Art Neri (P’urepecha)
Tiat Society California Presentation Saturday Eve-Dinner Break
VISITING DRUMS: DAY(S) – SESSIONS (1-3) FROM WHERE? SESSIONS:
#3-Wildhorse Singers (Sat. & Sun. – Session 1-3) (Los Angeles, CA) Saturday, March 8, 2014
#4-Blue Star (Sat. & Sun. – Session 1-3) (Orange County, CA) Session 1 – Sat. Afternoon
#5-Kalifornia Rambler’s (Sat. & Sun. – Session 1-3) (San Diego, CA) Session 2 – Sat. Evening
#6-Changing Spirits (Sat. & Sun. – Session 1-3) (Long Beach, CA) Sunday, March 9, 2014
#7-HorseThief (Sun. – Session 3 only) (San Juan) Session 3 – Sun. Afternoon
HEAD JUDGES — DANCE CONTESTS
Angela Campos Session 1: Saturday Aft. March 8, 2014
Genevieve Lemaster Session 2: Saturday Eve March 8, 2014
Mike Aviles Session 3: Sunday Aft. March 9, 2014
44th Annual CSULB Pow Wow at Puvungna 2014 Execute Pow Wow Committee:
Adelia Arredondo, Veronica Begay, Yue Begay, Wayne Belone, Taylor Brooks, Leeza Guardado, Marixa Hernandez, Vincent Holguin, Terrance Honanie, Jessica Jimenez, Lexie Martinez, Sarah Moreno, Anna Nazarian-Peters (American Indian Student Services Advisor), Melissa Nazzal, Josh Pinon, Roscoe Reed (President American Indian Student Council), Roscoe Reed & Amanda Passi (2014 Pow Wow Chairs), Larry Smith (Media Contact) Laura Stone, Craig Stone (Faculty Advisor), Marleena Higgins Thomas, “T.J.” Reed & Marcel Young
Sponsored by: Associated Students Inc., American Indian Student Council,
American Indian Studies Program, American Indian Student Services,
Engineering Society, College of Liberal Arts, College of the Arts, Division of
Student Services, and Student Life and Development
44 Annual Pow Wow March 8 & 9
Shannon Keller O’Loughlin to Guest Lecture at CSULB on Wednesday, February 19, at 3:30 pm in PH1-140
What Can You Do With A Degree in American Indian Studies?
Shannon Keller O’Loughlin will guest lecture on Wednesday, February 19, at 3:30 pm in PH1-140
Shannon will discuss her path to the National NAGPRA Committee and insights about the NAGPRA process that are explored in her book chapter Moving Forward from the Last Twenty Years: Finding a New Balance in the book, Accomplishing NAGPRA : Perspectives on the intent, impact, and the future of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act / editors, Sangita Chari and Jamie Lavallee, Oregon State University Press, 2013.
American Indian Studies Major
Major: American Indian Studies
Degree(s): JD in Indian Law, University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law, class of 2001; MA in American Indian Law and Policy, University of Arizona, class of 1998; BA in American Indian Studies, California State University – Long Beach, class of 1997.
Shannon Keller O’Loughlin is a citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. Raised by her grandparents in Wolf, Oklahoma, Shannon’s grandmother urged her to get her education and be of use to her family, her Nation, and Indian people. Shannon earned her B.A. in American Indian Studies and was recognized as the Outstanding Graduate for the College of Liberal Arts at CSULB in 1997. After graduation, Shannon went on to pursue higher education and earned her M.A. and Juris Doctorate in American Indian Law and Policy from the University of Arizona College of Law. Pursuing law and her passion to strengthen American Indian sovereignty, Shannon began her career as a Law Clerk for the Arizona Court of Appeals and has worked as legal counsel for several Indian Nations in the Northeast. Shannon has worked her way up to her current position as Attorney Partner and Chair of the Indian Nations Law and Policy Practice Group for Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP in Washington, D.C. Shannon was appointed in September 2013 to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) Review Committee by the Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, which was supported by the nominations of the Tonawanda Seneca Nation, Seneca Nation of Indians, and Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. As a distinguished alumna of CSULB, Shannon is a former Udall Intern who worked in the Bill Clinton White House, has advocated for indigenous rights at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, and has established a national reputation for her strong leadership in the practice of law in Indian Country.