Jerry Jacka

Resource Conflicts and Dark and Good Times in a New Guinea Mining Area

Oct. 22, 2018

Join us for the November CNAIS Brown Bag event with Dr. Jerry Jacka, who will present his work on mining and Indigenous rights in Papua New Guinea.

edyael casaperalta

Internet Access in Indian Country

Oct. 12, 2018

Don't miss Edyael Del Carmen Casaperalta, who will present her work on internet access in Native America!

Megit Lujan Bevacqua

The Banality of American Empire: The Curious Case of Guam, USA

Sept. 13, 2018

Join Dr. Michael Lujan Bevacqua for this CNAIS Brown Bags Series event.

Guahan Delegates

Pacific Communication Circuits: Navigating Indigenous Issues in Oceania

March 27, 2018

Join us for this lunchtime research talk by Tiara Na'puti, Assistant Professor in the Depaartment on Communication. Professor Na'puti is a member of the Chamoru (Chamorro) diaspora from Guahan (Guam). She has testified at the United Nations Special Political and Decolonization Committee (4th Commitee) on the Political status of Guahan...

Illuminative

Indigenous Ecocinema: Cross Disciplinary Conversations

CNAIS Visiting Scholar and Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at Gettysburg College, Salma Monani will present on her research at CNAIS. Join us for a lunchtime research talk at the CNAIS cottage on Friday, March 16th from 12-1pm.

Mauna Kea Ahu

Merely Political or Meaningfully Religious? Indigenous Protest Rituals and their Legal Afterlives

Feb. 3, 2018

Standing near the summit of Mauna Kea, two stone ahu (altars) are sites of contemporary Native Hawaiian religious vitality. The State of Hawai`i , however has a problem with the ahu. Specifically, they sit on the proposed site of a $1.4 billion dollar telescope project and were ritually constructed in...