Native American Studies Content

The Salmon Diaries: Life Before and After Klamath Dam Removal

Katherine E Kerlin — July 15, 2024 - 9:00am

From the Klamath River to the lab, to the ear bones of fish, �ٺ��Ƶ scientists are helping to answer a big dam question: How will salmon use the river following the world's largest dam removal project?

Understanding Climate Change on Tribal Allotment Lands

Malia N Reiss — June 24, 2024 - 10:37am

A �ٺ��Ƶ project is working to help Tribal nations build climate resilience on Indian allotment lands, with funding from a California Climate Action grant.

Alumni in the Arts: Passing Along a Native Tradition; Alum Working in City Arts Program

Karen Michele Nikos — January 30, 2024 - 11:21am

See how alumni artists are serving their communities.

‘Face to Face’: Native Land Conservation With Beth Rose Middleton

Jose Antonio Vadi — November 28, 2023 - 9:50am

Native land conservation efforts and teachings are vital to understanding how we can respond to our changing climate. Examples include everything from contained burns that aim to prevent wildfires to reevaluating the impact of nearly 100-year-old dams on our rivers.

These topics and more are the focus of this week’s edition of Face to Face With Chancellor May and guest Beth Rose Middleton, professor of Native American studies.

Visualize the Complexities of Being Native Through Art

Karen Michele Nikos — September 28, 2023 - 3:30pm

The Gorman Museum of Native American Art at University of California, Davis, came to life in its new 4,000-square foot space attracting more than 1,000 people.

California Climate Action Grants Awarded to 4 �ٺ��Ƶ Projects

Katherine E Kerlin — August 23, 2023 - 5:16pm

UC awards four �ٺ��Ƶ projects with California Climate Action Grants. They'll focus on solar energy, urban streams, health impacts of wildfires and landscape resilience for California Indian Allotment lands.

Gorman Museum of Native American Art Reopening in New, Expanded Home

Karen Michele Nikos — August 22, 2023 - 11:15am

The Gorman Museum of Native American Art at the University of California, Davis — unique in focusing on, exhibiting and collecting contemporary Native American art — will reopen in a new, greatly expanded location with a celebratory weekend Sept. 22 and 23 (Friday and Saturday). The occasion also marks the museum’s 50th anniversary.

Removing Dams from the Klamath River is a Step Toward Justice for Native Americans

Katherine E Kerlin — July 13, 2023 - 1:20pm

The Klamath River runs over 250 miles (400 kilometers) from southern Oregon to the Pacific Ocean in Northern California. It flows through the steep, rugged Klamath Mountains, past slopes of redwood, fir, tanoak and madrone, and along pebbled beaches where willows shade the river’s edge. Closer to its mouth at Requa, the trees rising above the river are often blanketed in fog.

Reclaiming Language, Revitalizing Culture

Karen Michele Nikos — June 27, 2023 - 2:22pm

Professor Inés Hernández-Ávila, a distinguished poet, translator and artist, has gained international recognition for her scholarship on the cultural and linguistic revitalization movements of Indigenous people.

Native American Studies Student Learns Weaving Arts in Her Arizona Homeland

Karen Michele Nikos — October 10, 2022 - 1:27pm

Learning how Diné women continue to reclaim and heal their identities through rug weaving.