Public Erasures and Acknowledgement (Spaces, Land Acknowledgement, Historic Sites, Monuments, Sovereignty)

Posted on November 25, 2017November 25, 2017 by Nicholas Garcia Johnson

By: Emily Feigelman, Tyler Harden, Minnie Yang Introduction Through the system of settler colonialism, Native American land has been stolen, treaties made between Indigenous Nations and the Un... Read More

Decolonizing American Holidays:

Posted on November 25, 2017February 7, 2018 by Nicholas Garcia Johnson

By Flora Allum, Hannah Mosley, Sarah Chowdhury Thanksgiving and Columbus Day are holidays that have been in the US calendar for years, people have a day off work to celebrate and spend time wi... Read More

Decolonial Lexicon

Posted on November 25, 2017February 7, 2018 by Nicholas Garcia Johnson

By Ashley Rivas-Triana, Elise Kulers, Grace Cheng Decolonization is a process that aims to reverse the effects of settler colonialism. According to Herwitz and Borque, it involves the “unsettl... Read More

SPORTS AND STEREOTYPES: NATIVE AMERICAN MASCOTS

Posted on November 25, 2017November 25, 2017 by Nicholas Garcia Johnson

By Margot Bailowitz, Nayive Gaytan, Rachel Kim Abstract Sports teams in the United States have been using names and mascots inspired by Indigenous peoples dating back to the 1900s. It is criti... Read More

Busting Stereotypes: Appropriation of the Native American Image

Posted on November 25, 2017February 8, 2018 by Nicholas Garcia Johnson

Grace Chung, Manda Torres, Joel Tavarez, and Alexa Rome ANT 280R: Indigenous Peoples of North America Professor Debra Vidali and Nikola Johnson Abstract: The purpose of this project is to educate peop... Read More

Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples

Posted on November 25, 2017November 25, 2017 by Nicholas Garcia Johnson

By Roshan Modi, Chris Fenger, Henry Hammet, and Yasmin Cespedes-Zaman Abstract: Our research presents a number of lesser known historical and contemporary cases of Indigenous human rights viola... Read More