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Spring flowers bloom in front of Altgeld Hall at the University of Illinois.

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Out of Isolation Series: “Manifesting Pandemic Destiny: Parsing the Tense and Aspect of Settler Immunopolitics in Indian Country”

Tuesday, November 10, 2020
4 p.m.
Jenny Davis, Professor in Anthropology and American Indian Studies, Chancellor’s Fellow for Indigenous Research

Jenny Davis (Anthropology and American Indian Studies, Chancellor’s Fellow for Indigenous Research) presents “Manifesting Pandemic Destiny: Parsing the Tense and Aspect of Settler Immunopolitics in Indian Country” as part of HRI’s Out of Isolation series. Out of Isolation examines the intersection of COVID-19 with research on race and ethnicity, class and gender, labor and poverty, access and public education, climate change and other “preconditions.”

𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗕𝗬: The Humanities Research Institute, OVCRI

HRI 2020 WORK-IN: “So You Read the Land Acknowledgment Statement: Now What?”

Tuesday, December 1, 2020
5:30 p.m. 
Jenny Davis, Professor in Anthropology and American Indian Studies, Chancellor’s Fellow for Indigenous Research

2020 WORK-IN with Professor Jenny Davis (Anthropology and American Indian Studies, Chancellor’s Fellow for Indigenous Research): “So You Read the Land Acknowledgment Statement: Now What?”

𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗕𝗬: The Humanities Research Institute, OVCRI

Past Events

What is the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)?

Thursday, October 8, 2020
Noon – 1 p.m.
Dr. Krystiana Lee Krupa, NAGPRA Program Officer

Come learn about how the NAGPRA addresses the rights of lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations to Native American cultural items, including human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony.

𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗕𝗬: La Casa Cultural Latina, Office of Inclusion & Intercultural Relations

Comanches in Cinema

Monday, October 12, 2020
Noon – 1 p.m.
Dr. Dustin Tahmahkera (Comanche), Associate Professor, American Indian Studies

Dr. Tahmahkera, an enrolled citizen of the Comanche Nation of Oklahoma, is an interdisciplinary scholar of North American indigeneities, critical media, and sound. He is an Associate Professor in the program for American Indian Studies.

Dr. Tahmahkera will be presenting his work on representations of Native and Indigenous people in the media and how understanding this can lead to a more nuanced understanding of other contemporary issues. Particular attention will be paid to the representations of Native and Indigenous womxn, including what happens when they tell their own stories.

𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗕𝗬: Women’s Resources Center, Office of Inclusion & Intercultural Relations

Solidarity Works: Lessons from Mauna Kea

Friday, October 16, 2020
3 p.m. Central Time
ʻIlima Long, Iokepa Casumbal-Salazar, and Christina Manzano-King, with moderating by Kim Compoc

Please mark your calendars for this exciting interdisciplinary panel, part two of our discussion on Mauna Kea, Colonialism, and Science. Because of Covid19, we had to postpone the event we had originally planned at University of Illinois Urbana Champaign campus in April. We have rescheduled for an online webinar on Friday, October 16, 10am Hawaiʻi Standard Time; 3pm Central Time, now cosponsored with University of Hawaiʻi – West O‘ahu. 

We will discuss the important role of international and inter-campus solidarity in supporting the movement to protect Mauna Kea. Our panelists include: ʻIlima Long, Iokepa Casumbal-Salazar, and Christina Manzano-King, with moderating by Kim Compoc. Following the discussion we will make time for the audience to engage with the speakers and consider what solidarity action is most needed now. 

𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗕𝗬: At UIUC: Campus Research Board, Student Cultural Programming Fee Advisory Board, The Carl R. Woese Institute of Genomic Biology, Department of Anthropology, Department of Asian American Studies, Native American House, and Society for Equity in Astronomy. At UHWO: Department of History, and Hoʻopūliko Kumu Hou.