Indigenous Religious Traditions and Law in the Current Political Moment

How are Indigenous communities in the U.S. facing challenges to their ways of life in the current political moment? Focusing on questions concerning repatriation, land access, education, and diverse forms of sovereignty, panelists will explore the intersection of Indigenous religious traditions and law. Panelists include tribal authorities, legal experts, and scholars. The discussion will begin with campus-level and regional considerations, with specific reference to Chumash contexts, and then will expand outward to borderland settings, Oklahoma, the Great Lakes, and the Pacific.

Panelists

Vicente Diaz, Professor of American Indian and Indigenous Studies, UCLA

Walter Echo-Hawk, Former President of the Pawnee Nation

Cristina Gonzales, Registrar, Santa Rosa Rancheria

Eric Hemenway, Anishnaabe Historian, Michigan Historical Commission

Amrah Salomón, Assistant Professor of English, UCSB

Moderator

Greg Johnson, Director of the Walter H. Capps Center for the Study of Ethics, Religion, and Public Life

A reception, held 5:30-6:30 PM in the MCC Lounge, will follow the panel. 

This event is funded by a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation, and co-sponsored by the UCSB Multicultural Center.