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9-year-old Quiana Piper (center) and her 3rd grade class study using their iPads and the Arapaho language app that has been created to help teach the language and culture at the Arapaho School in Arapahoe, Wyo. on the Wind River reservation March 1, 2017.Photo by Joe Amon A recent article...

During a recent visit to the University of Colorado Law School, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples held the office’s first virtual consultation with indigenous peoples. Victoria Tauli-Corpuz , whose role as special rapporteur involves gathering information on the situation of indigenous peoples worldwide, spoke...

On March 24, 2017, at the conclusion of its 34th Session in Geneva, the United Nations Human Rights Council appointed Kristen A. Carpenter as the North American member of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples . Carpenter serves as Council Tree Professor of Law and associate dean...

American Indian Law Professors to Present at Indigenous Storytelling and Law Symposium On March 17-18, Dean S. James Anaya and University of Colorado Law School professors will participate in an interdisciplinary symposium hosted by the Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies exploring ways in which indigenous narratives are spoken,...

Cherokee elder Crosslin Smith discusses tribal land conservation with Clint Carroll. Photo by Myra Robertson. At the top of the page is an image of wild senna/gvhnage (Senna marilandica), one of the culturally significant plants Carroll is focused on. Photo by Clint Carroll. CNAIS & Ethnic Studies Faculty, Clint Carroll...

CNAIS faculty and Raphael J. Moses Professor of Law Sarah Krakoff will be teaching a seminar focusing on the law and policy affecting the Colorado River. Krakoff's legal specialty concentrates on American Indian law, natural resources and public land law, and environmental justice. The course she offers will be meeting...

Come chat with Linguistics Chair and CNAIS faculty Dr. Andy Cowell for our February Faculty Brown Bag! Date: Wed. Feb. 8 Time: 12pm - 1pm Where: CNAIS - 1330 Grandview Ave. Hear about his research and on-going work in Indigenous Languages: I'm a specialist in Linguistic Anthropology. I obtained my...

CU Law and CNAIS Core faculty, Charles Wilkinson will be delivering the Department of History's annual Athearn Lecture this year. " Writing a Tribal History: My Long and Rewarding Journey with the Siletz Tribe of Western Oregon ." DATE : Thurs. Jan. 26, 2017 TIME : 5 PM - a...

CNAIS Faculty Executive Board member Andrew Cowell and doctoral student Irina Wagner are part of an effort to save the language with the Arapaho Language Project . They fear Arapaho will fade away after the fluent elderly speakers are gone. “The Arapaho language is highly endangered,” said Cowell, chair of...

CU Law & CNAIS Core Faculty Charles Wilkinson On Wed., Dec. 28, 2016, President Barack Obama announced the designation of Bears Ears National Monument, a measure conceived in part by Professor Charles Wilkinson . The president’s designation will protect approximately 1.35 million acres of federal land surrounding the Bears Ears...