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March 19, 2013 · Hayden Library · Comments Off

Event: 5th Annual Labriola Center American Indian National Book Award 

Date/Time:  Date Change:  Monday April 1, 12 Noon

Location:  Labriola Center, Hayden Library, Room 209, Tempe campus

Awardee:  Dr. Daniel Herman, professor of history at Central Washington University, is the winner of the 5th annual Labriola Center National Book Award for his 2012 book Rim Country Exodus: A Story of Conquest, Renewal, and Race in the Making published by the University of Arizona Press.  ASU Distinguished Professor of History Dr. Donald Fixico will interview Dr. Daniel Herman about his award winning book and writing process in the Labriola Center.

About the Labriola Center:  Dedicated in 1993, the Labriola National American Indian Data Center in the Arizona State University (ASU) Libraries is one of the only repositories within a public university library devoted to American Indian collections. The Labriola Center holds both primary and secondary sources on American Indians across North America. The Center’s primary purpose is to promote a better understanding of American Indian language, culture, social, political and economic issues. The Labriola National American Indian Data Center has been endowed by Frank and Mary Labriola whose wish has been that “the Labriola Center be a source of education and pride for all Native Americans.”

About the Labriola Center American Indian National Book Awards:  Arizona State University is committed to American Indian scholarship and offers several academic programs led by noted American Indian faculty including a Bachelors of Science degree in American Indian Studies, an Indigenous Teacher Preparation Program, an American Indian nursing program, and the Indian Legal Program.  Books submitted for consideration for the Labriola Center American Indian National Book Award  cross multiple disciplines or fields of study, are relevant to contemporary North American Indian communities, and focus on modern tribal studies, modern biographies, tribal governments or federal Indian policy.

Previous winners of the Labriola Center American Indian National Book Award are:

  • 2008 Daniel Cobb, inaugural winner for his book Native Activism in Cold War America: The Struggle for Sovereignty
  • 2009 Paul Rosier, Associate Professor of History at Villanova for Serving Their Country: American Indian Politics and Patriotism in the Twentieth Century
  • 2010 Malinda Lowry, Assistant Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for Race, Identity , and the Making of a Nation: Lumbee Indians in the Jim Crow South 
  • 2011:  Cathleen Cahill, assistant professor of history at the University of New Mexico, for Federal Fathers and Mothers: A Social History of the United States Indian Service, 1869-1933
November 26, 2012 · All locations · Comments Off

The ASU Library Channel presents the tenth installment of The Simon Ortiz and Labriola Center Lecture on Indigenous Land, Culture, and Community with Ofelia Zepeda on Legacies of the Tribal Languages of Arizona: Gifts or Responsibilities

In this presentation, Ofelia Zepeda  talks about the languages of the tribes of Arizona. As the title suggests, Zepeda describes how language has become both a gift and a responsibility. She interweaves her poetry, adapting it to her discussion as she talks about the chain which holds people together: t-ni’oki, t-cegitodag, t-jewd – language, memory, and land.

View more videos from the series on YouTube.

Download Presentation Audio (MP3)
Lecture Video available for download at the Internet Archive.

Running Time: 1 hour

Ofelia Zepeda is a Regents’ Professor of Linguistics at the University of Arizona and recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship for her work in American Indian language education, maintenance and recovery. She is a member of the Tohono O’odham Nation of southern Arizona, born and raised in Stanfield, Arizona. Zepeda’s work in linguistics includes the first pedagogical grammar of the Tohono O’odham language, A Tohono O’odham Grammar, as well as other topics on the O’odham language, Native American language shift, language endangerment and documentation. In addition Zepeda is a poet with publications in both Tohono O’odham and English. She has three books of poetry, Ocean Power: Poems from the Desert, Jewed I-hoi/Earth Movements and Where Clouds are Formed. In 2009 she collaborated on a public arts project that included engraving of some of her poems on boulders north of the University of Arizona campus. Other public art includes work in Passages at South Mountain Community College Library in South Phoenix. Zepeda is currently the director of the American Indian Language Development Institute (AILDI), one of the longest running Indigenous language training institutes in the country. She is also the series editor of Sun Tracks, a book series publishing Native American writers at the University of Arizona Press.


“BEING ABLE TO FULLY APPRECIATE the richness and uniqueness of languages is a good place to start when considering language efforts for the future.—OFELIA ZEPEDA

ASU Sponsors: American Indian Policy Institute | American Indian Studies Program | Department of English | Faculty of History in the School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies | Women and Gender Studies in the School of Social Transformation (all units in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences) | Indian Legal Program in the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law | Labriola National American Indian Data Center

Community Partner: Heard Museum 

September 25, 2012 · All locations · Comments Off

The Simon Ortiz and Labriola Center Lecture on Indigenous Land, Culture, and Community presents

 

OFELIA ZEPEDA   |   Thursday, October 11, 2012

Legacies of the Tribal Languages of Arizona: Gifts or Responsibilities

 

CAMPUS MEET AND GREET
10 a.m., Labriola Center
2nd floor Hayden Library (LIB).
Information: Joyce.Martin@asu.edu.

 

LECTURE (PDF Flyer):
7 p.m., Heard Museum Downtown.
2301 N. Central Avenue (Central & Encanto) Phoenix, AZ 85004.
602.252.8848  On the Encanto & Central Light Rail stop!.  

 

Ofelia Zepeda is a Regents’ Professor of Linguistics at the University of Arizona and recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship for her work in American Indian language education, maintenance and recovery. She is a member of the Tohono O’odham Nation of southern Arizona, born and raised in Stanfield, Arizona. Zepeda’s work in linguistics includes the first pedagogical grammar of the Tohono O’odham language, A Tohono O’odham Grammar, as well as other topics on the O’odham language, Native American language shift, language endangerment and documentation. In addition Zepeda is a poet with publications in both Tohono O’odham and English. She has three books of poetry, Ocean Power: Poems from the Desert, Jewed I-hoi/Earth Movements and Where Clouds are Formed. In 2009 she collaborated on a public arts project that included engraving of some of her poems on boulders north of the University of Arizona campus. Other public art includes work in Passages at South Mountain Community College Library in South Phoenix. Zepeda is currently the director of the American Indian Language Development Institute (AILDI), one of the longest running Indigenous language training institutes in the country. She is also the series editor of Sun Tracks, a book series publishing Native American writers at the University of Arizona Press.


“BEING ABLE TO FULLY APPRECIATE the richness and uniqueness of languages is a good place to start when considering language efforts for the future.—OFELIA ZEPEDA


 

ASU Sponsors: American Indian Policy Institute | American Indian Studies Program | Department of English | Faculty of History in the School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies | Women and Gender Studies in the School of Social Transformation (all units in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences) | Indian Legal Program in the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law | Labriola National American Indian Data Center

Community Partner: Heard Museum 

Free of charge and open to the public. More information: http://english.clas.asu.edu/indigenous

June 6, 2012 · All locations, podcasts · Comments Off

Arizona State University Libraries presents the 4th Labriola Center American Indian National Book Award winner Dr. Cathleen Cahill, assistant professor of history at the University of New Mexico.  Dr. Cahill was honored for her 2011 book Federal Fathers and Mothers: A Social History of the United States Indian Service, 1869-1933 (University of North Carolina Press)

Download Video (MP4)
Introduction by Joyce Martin Curator, Labriola American Indian Data Center
American Indian Studies Assistant Professor Dr. David Martinez interviews Dr. Cahill

(Recorded April 16, 2012)

The Labriola Center American Indian National Book Award encourages scholarship which crosses multiple disciplines or fields of study, is relevant to contemporary North American Indian communities, and focuses on modern tribal studies, modern biographies, tribal governments or federal Indian policy. The judging panel is comprised of Dr. Donald Fixico and Dr. Katherine Osburn from the School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies and Dr. David Martinez from American Indian Studies. Each year the winner of the book award is invited to the Labriola Center for an award presentation and to speak about his or her book.

April 13, 2012 · All locations, podcasts · Comments Off

The Library Channel is pleased to present the ninth installment of The Simon Ortiz and Labriola Center Lecture on Indigenous Land, Culture, and Community with Redefining Indigenous Perspectives Through Art and Dialogue.  Sculptor Bob Haozous sets the stage with a discussion of his family, and then shares his motivations, descriptions, and circumstances surrounding the creation of many of his most renowned pieces. Mr. Haozous’ talk is wonderfully illustrated with power point slides of his work.

View more videos from the series on YouTube.

Download Presentation Audio (MP3)
Lecture Video available for download at the Internet Archive.

Bob Haozous is one of the most important Native sculptors of the Native American Fine Art Movement. His innovation and experimentation with materials push the boundaries of “Indian” art – the boundaries that his father, Allan Houser, helped to define. He is best known for his monumental cut steel pieces which often deal with poignant topical issues. He approaches these issues with a bit of a bite and a good dose of humor. His injection of humor allows the serious issues to be more palatable and to have a universal presence.

Visit Bob’s work at: bobhaozous.com

ASU Sponsors: American Indian Policy Institute | American Indian Studies Program | Department of English | Faculty of History in the School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies | Indian Legal Program in the Sandra Day O’Connor College of LawLabriola National American Indian Data CenterWomen and Gender Studies in the School of Social Transformation

Recorded on March 15, 2012 at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona.

February 29, 2012 · All locations · Comments Off

The Simon Ortiz and Labriola Center Lecture on Indigenous Land, Culture, and Community presents

BOB HAOZOUS | Thursday, March 15, 2012

Redefining Indigenous Perspectives through Art and Dialogue

 

CAMPUS BROWN BAG PRESENTATION
Thursday, March 15, 2012, 12-1 p.m.
ASU Art Museum in the Nelson Fine Arts Center (FAC), Multipurpose Room
http://asuartmuseum.asu.edu/about/visit.php.
Info: Deborah.Susser@asu.edu, 480.965.2787. All are welcome. Hosted by the ASU Art Museum.

LECTURE
Thursday, March 15, 2012, 7 p.m.
Heard Museum Downtown
2301 N. Central Avenue (Central & Encanto) Phoenix, AZ 85004.  602.252.8848  On the Encanto & Central Light Rail stop!. [printable flyer]

“What really bothers me more than anything is that Native American art is based on the history, romance, and decoration of the past, or on the art dictates of modern man. Our art isn’t dealing with the profound problems or the complex people we are today. Why shouldn’t an honest self-portrait be the foundation of contemporary Indian art today?—BOB HAOZOUS

Bob Haozous was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1943 to Allan Houser (Chiricahua Apache) and Anna Marie Callegos (Navajo/English/Spanish). He grew up in northern Utah, where his parents were teachers at the Inter Mountain Indian School in Brigham City. Haozous studied at Utah State University before enlisting in the U.S. Navy, where he served for four years on board of the USS Frank Knox during the Vietnam War. After the war, Haozous attended the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, California, where he earned his BFA degree in sculpture in 1971. :: Haozous is one of the most important Native sculptors of the Native American Fine Art Movement. His innovation and experimentations with materials push the boundaries of “Indian” art—the boundaries that his father, Allan Houser, helped to define. He is best known for his monumental cut steel pieces which often deal with poignant topical issues. He approaches these issues with a bit of a bite and a good dose of humor. His injection of humor allows the serious issues to be more palatable and to have a universal presence. :: Haozous has chosen to take back his Apache family name to reject the Anglo version – Houser. This name was given to his father as a child in an Oklahoma Indian boarding school. Together Haozous and Houser represent the breadth and depth of Native American sculpture. Haozous has been able to establish himself as a leading artist because of his father’s encouragement and nurturing. As well, Haozous has encouraged and supported his father’s work.

ASU Sponsors: American Indian Policy Institute | American Indian Studies Program | ASU Art Museum in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts | Department of English | Faculty of History in the School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies | Indian Legal Program in the Sandra Day O’Connor College of LawLabriola National American Indian Data Center | School of Art in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts | Women and Gender Studies in the School of Social Transformation

Community Partner: Heard Museum

All events are free of charge and open to the public. More information: http://english.clas.asu.edu/indigenous

 

February 21, 2012 · All locations, Hidden Treasures, podcasts · Comments Off

Welcome to our new video series, ASU Libraries Hidden Treasures. Each episode of Hidden Treasures will explore the artifacts, images, collections and unique gems of the ASU Libraries you didn’t even realize were available.

This inaugural episode features anthropology librarian Juliann Couture and Joyce Martin, curator of the Labriola National American Indian Data Center, looking at the Center’s display of unique Hopi Kachina dolls. Four of the kachinas (Navan Kachina; Talavi Kachina; Flute Kachina; and Ahöla Kachina) were created by artist, carver, and former ASU employee Tony Dukepoo as a gift to the libraries in 1979.  The kachina dolls are on display in the Labriola Center located on the 2nd floor of the Hayden Library on ASU’s Tempe campus.

We also get a glance at the Center and all the resources available. The Labriola Center is the most comprehensive center for Indigenous research at the university. You can even search the American Indian Index to see the Labriola Center holdings before you come in. So grab a drink,  put on your headphones and click play.

Download the episode

Get guided help researching Kachinas and other Native American topics

About Tony Dukepoo
Born in Walpi on First Mesa, Tony Dukepoo left to attend Phoenix Indian School when he was 13 years old. While there he learned painting and carpentry. He also participated in the band and performed for President Kennedy’s inauguration. Tony joined the staff at ASU in 1962 as a painter and was a mason of the 32nd Degree. In keeping with Hopi tradition he was a member of the Flute Clan and participated in Hopi ceremonies and dances. Over the years he donated time and knowledge in an effort to preserve Hopi heritage. In 1978, he was a consultant on an exhibit of Hopi musicial instruments at the Smithsonian Institution. He retired from ASU in 1979.

Episode: Labriola National American Indian Data Center Kachina Dolls
Host: Juliann Couture
Guest: Joyce Martin
Running Time: 3:32

November 15, 2011 · All locations, podcasts · Comments Off

The Library Channel is pleased to present the eighth installment of The Simon Ortiz and Labriola Center Lecture on Indigenous Land, Culture, and Community with Tribal Land Claims: A Generation of Federal Indian Law on the Edge.  Attorney Arlinda Locklear demonstrates how attorneys for tribes have used the doctrine of discovery or federal common law to assert claims in tribal land claim cases. She lays out the history of the Oneida land claim case against the state of New York beginning in 1784 when the state began an aggressive campaign to acquire Oneida territory leading to the present.

Download Presentation Audio (MP3)
Lecture Video available for download at the Internet Archive.

Arlinda Locklear (Lumbee) has a particularly distinguished career in federal Indian law. During her thirty five years’ experience in the field, Locklear has represented tribes throughout the U.S. in federal and state courts on treaty claims to water and land, taxation disputes with states and local authorities, reservation boundary issues, and federal recognition of tribes. In particular, she is a nationally recognized expert in federal recognition of tribes and Indian land claims. Locklear began her career as an attorney at the Native American Rights Fund in Boulder, CO, and later transferred to the Washington DC office. As directing attorney for seven years in the Washington, DC office, Locklear supervised significant litigation of Indian issues as well as the legislative work of the office. Locklear was a member of the board of Advisors for the Encyclopedia of Native Americans in the 20th Century and is a member of the Board of Trustees for the University of North Carolina, Pembroke. Locklear was awarded the Outstanding Woman of Color Award, given by the National Institute of Women of Color in 1987; the Julian T. Pierce Award, given by Pembroke State University in 1994; the 1995 Carpathian Award for Speaking Out, given by North Carolina Equity; the Parks Award for Community Service, given by North Carolina State University in 2003; the 2008 Kate Stoneman Award for outstanding achievement in the legal profession, given by Albany Law School; and the 2009 Distinguished Alumna Award, from the College of Charleston. Locklear earned her law degree from Duke University School of Law and is a member of the Bars of Maryland, North Carolina, and the District of Columbia. She also holds honorary doctorates from State University of New York, Oneonta, and North Carolina State University.

ASU Sponsors: American Indian Policy Institute | American Indian Studies Program | Department of English | Faculty of History in the School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies | Indian Legal Program in the Sandra Day O’Connor College of LawLabriola National American Indian Data CenterWomen and Gender Studies in the School of Social Transformation

Recorded on October 6, 2011 at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona.

View more videos from the series on YouTube.

September 22, 2011 · All locations · Comments Off

The Simon Ortiz and Labriola Center Lecture on Indigenous Land, Culture, and Community presents

ARLINDA LOCKLEAR | Thursday, October 6, 2011

“Tribal Land Claims: A Generation of Federal Indian Law on the Edge”

MEET & GREET: 10 a.m., Labriola Center, 2nd floor, Hayden Library (LIB).
All are welcome. Refreshments served. Hosted by the Labriola National American Indian Data Center. Please contact Joyce.Martin@asu.edu for more information.

PRESENTATION & RECEPTION: 2 p.m., Faculty Center Rm 266, Armstrong Hall (LAW).
All are welcome. Hosted by the Indian Legal Program in the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. Please contact Kathlene.Rosier@asu.edu for more information.

LECTURE: 7 p.m., Heard Museum Downtown. 2301 N. Central Avenue (Central & Encanto) Phoenix, AZ 85004 .  602.252.8848  On the Encanto & Central Light Rail stop

WE ARE ACCUSTOMED to the notion that tribal communities are protected under federal law in the permanent and peaceable possession of their lands. While white contact left tribal communities with precious little, we were left with this invaluable barrier against the dominant society. Now, we may be witnessing the unraveling of this federal protection—not from an act of Congress or the repudiation of treaties, but through judicial activism.—ARLINDA LOCKLEAR

Arlinda Locklear (Lumbee) has a particularly distinguished career in federal Indian law. During her thirty five years’ experience in the field, Locklear has represented tribes throughout the U.S. in federal and state courts on treaty claims to water and land, taxation disputes with states and local authorities, reservation boundary issues, and federal recognition of tribes. In particular, she is a nationally recognized expert in federal recognition of tribes and Indian land claims. Locklear began her career as an attorney at the Native American Rights Fund in Boulder, CO, and later transferred to the Washington DC office. As directing attorney for seven years in the Washington, DC office, Locklear supervised significant litigation of Indian issues as well as the legislative work of the office. Locklear was a member of the board of Advisors for the Encyclopedia of Native Americans in the 20th Century and is a member of the Board of Trustees for the University of North Carolina, Pembroke. Locklear was awarded the Outstanding Woman of Color Award, given by the National Institute of Women of Color in 1987; the Julian T. Pierce Award, given by Pembroke State University in 1994; the 1995 Carpathian Award for Speaking Out, given by North Carolina Equity; the Parks Award for Community Service, given by North Carolina State University in 2003; the 2008 Kate Stoneman Award for outstanding achievement in the legal profession, given by Albany Law School; and the 2009 Distinguished Alumna Award, from the College of Charleston. Locklear earned her law degree from Duke University School of Law and is a member of the Bars of Maryland, North Carolina, and the District of Columbia. She also holds honorary doctorates from State University of New York, Oneonta, and North Carolina State University.

All events are free of charge and open to the public.

Community Partner: Heard Museum

 

May 16, 2011 · All locations, podcasts · 1 comment

The Library Channel is pleased to present the seventh installment of The Simon Ortiz and Labriola Center Lecture on Indigenous Land, Culture, and Community. Leroy Little Bear, Head of the SEED Graduate Institute, former Director of the American Indian Program at Harvard University and Professor Emeritus of Native Studies at the University of Lethbridge delivers his lecture Native Science and Western Science: Possibilities for a Powerful Collaboration.

Professor Little Bear believes now is the time for a collaboration between “Western Science” and “Indigenous Knowledge.” In the lecture he discusses the tenants or foundation of Indigenous thought and compares them to the Western paradigm.  It is time to tap Indigenous knowledge as native languages can explain things that are paradoxes in English – such as “dynamics without motion” where Indigenous language explains nature without depending on the other language of math. In another example, Professor Little Bear speaks of how the collaboration of Indigenous thought and string theory could complete the Grand Unified Theory of Physics but it will never happen using the standard model.

Delving even further he discusses the holistic, Native paradigm where everything is in flux (moving, changing) existing in energy waves.  The energy waves are referred to as spirit. Everything is animate – so everything has spirit and is related.  In that flux there are regular patterns that humans seek out to renew and sustain themselves.

The lecture series is sponsored by the Heard Museum and Arizona State University’s American Indian Policy Institute; American Indian Studies Program; Department of English; Faculty of History in the School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies; Indian Legal Program in the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law; Labriola National American Indian Data Center and the ASU Libraries; and Women and Gender Studies in the School of Social Transformation.

Download Presentation Audio (MP3 Audio)

Lecture Video available for download at the Internet Archive.