Fwd: Native American Studies: The Politics of Identity Working Group

[Darren Modzelewski]

FYI!

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From: Deborah LUSTIG <dlu...@berkeley.edu>
Date: Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 10:53 AM
Subject: Fwd: Native American Studies: The Politics of Identity Working Group
To: crnai.s...@lists.berkeley.edu

Dear Friends of the Myers Center,
This working group may be of interest to you.
Best,

Deborah

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The Native American Studies: The Politics of Identity working group will be holding its introductory meeting this coming Monday, 9/9/13. At this meeting, we will provide more information about the goals of the working group and how we hope to engage this topic.We will also facilitate an open discussion on how participants want to proceed and interact with our working group.

DETAILS

When: 5:30 PM, September 9th

Where: 597 Barrows Hall, UC Berkeley

Who: Everyone is welcome--grads, undergrads, faculty, staff, community members, and anyone interested in this influential topic

Food and beverage will be provided!!

The Native American Studies: The Politics of Identity working group discusses the dynamisms of contemporary Native American identity. Our group is dedicated to issues concerning Native Americans that influence, and are influenced by, all academic disciplines. As inherently interdisciplinary, Native American Studies scholarship on identity foregrounds its intersections with many factors such as: land, race, law, socio-economic status, gender, modernity, nationality, and others. Because of this, our working group will continue in the tradition of exploring identity through essential texts, contemporary issues, and notable figures who contribute to these multiple articulations of contemporary Native American identity.    

 

Please visit our website, http://townsendgroups.berkeley.edu/group/native-american-studies-politics-identity, and create an account with the Townsend Center to become a member of our group. We will be using this website to post information, readings, blog posts, and other items of relevance.

**If you want to talk about topics further, or just have an excuse to do something fun on a Monday night, please join us after the introductory meeting for trivia night at Cato's on Piedmont!**

Thanks so much,

Tasha Hauff & Olivia Chilcote

Co-Coordinators 

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Olivia Chilcote
Doctoral Student
Department of Ethnic Studies

Chair, American Indian Graduate Student Association
University of California, Berkeley

omchi...@berkeley.edu


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Darren Modzelewski, Ph.D, J.D.

L.L.M. Candidate,

Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program

James Rogers School of Law

University of Arizona