2018 Speaker Series
Join CNAIS for a presentation on Brent Learned's latest exhibitions featuring the artist himself!
Come learn about the cross-media, hybrid studio work of Indigenous artist Gina Adams!
Eugene Joe is a Diné sand art painter from Shiprock, New Mexico. Eugene comes from a family of sand painters and has spent 50 years as an artist. His work reflects his Diné culture and includes portraits, landscapes, nature and traditional
Arnold Clifford (Diné) is a Native scholar, field botanist, ethnobotanist, and geologist. From Beclahbito, New Mexico and the Carrizo Mountain Range, Clifford integrates his cultural teachings with his work. An associate editor for the Bolack San
Join us with a special talk by CNAIS Visiting Scholar Dr. Salma Monani, who will explore the material and decolonial dimensions of Indigenous cinema.
Joshua Lanakila Mangauil is a Native Hawaiian cultural practicioner, Mauna Kea Kia'i (Protector), and Founding Director of the Hawaiian Cultural Center ofHāmākua. Please join us for his presentation on March 15th, 2018 in Humanities 150 and
Native American communities qua communities have sought protections for sacred lands, practices, objects, and ancestral remains under the legal regime of religious freedom without marked success. While many have understood this as a failure of