University of New Mexico, Department of Native American Studies

Activism Panel Discussion
02.21.06 - Part of UNM's 40th anniversary celebration of the founding of the Black Panther Party. Panelists include: Dennis Banks, co-founder of the American Indian Movement; David Hilliard, founding member of the Black Panther Party; Mark Rudd, founding member of the Weather Underground.

Randy Redroad
02.07.06 - Cherokee writer, director and filmmaker Randy Redroad will screen his award-winning film “The Doe Boy” on Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. in the University of New Mexico Anthropology Lecture Hall 163. Redroad will also discuss his upcoming project, “Moccasin Flats.”

News Coverage of Native Americans
10.09.05 - Journalists will share their experiences and insights regarding news coverage of issues critical to Native Americans. Topics will include Indian gaming, the U.S. Department of Interior's mismanagement of the Individual Indian Money Accounts - Cobell v. Norton, Indian health care and the Red Lake Indian Reservation shootings.

Indigenous Peoples of the Americas
10.16.05 - 10.18.05 - This Symposium will offer an opportunity for Indigenous representatives from throughout the Americas to discuss the effects of globalization on Indigenous communities and to consider a collective course of action into the future. During the panel sessions the struggles of Indigenous groups coming from North, Central, and South America will be presented.

Po'pay Commemoration Symposium
10.03.05 - In celebration of the dedication of a sculpture of Po'pay as gift from San Juan Pueblo to be installed in the Statuary Hall of the Capital Building in Washington DC, Pueblo scholars will meet to discuss the history and significance of Po'pay's leadership during the 1680 Pueblo Revolt against Spanish Colonization.