Click on the bold links below to hear the audio files for the pronunciation for the Tongva-language words. AIS and AISC at UCLA acknowledge the Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (Los Angeles basin, So. Channel Islands) and are grateful to have the opportunity to work for the taraaxatom (indigenous peoples) in this place. As a land grant institution, we pay our respects to Honuukvetam (Ancestors), 'Ahiihirom (Elders), and 老王 2.2.7 (our relatives/relations) past, present and emerging.

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Professor David Chang visited UCLA to deliver a special talk

(Left to right) Clementine Bordeaux, Councilman Mitch O'Farrell, Joseph Berra, Director Shannon Speed

(Left to right) Paul Ong, Randall Akee, Shannon Speed, Gaspar Rivera-Salgado, Lorrie Frasure-Yokley, and Jonathan Collins

Director Speed and guest speakers from the Urgent Issues Forum on the Assassination of Berta Caceres

Seri Tribal Representatives visited UCLA from Sonora, Mexico

The UCLA American Indian Studies Center (AISC) was founded in 1969 as a research institute dedicated to addressing American Indian issues and supporting Native communities. The AISC serves as a hub of activities for Indigenous students, staff, faculty, alumni, and community, as well as serving as a bridge between the academy and indigenous peoples locally, nationally, and internationally. We foster innovative academic research by students and faculty, publish leading scholarship in the field of American Indian Studies, and support events and programming focused on indigenous issues.

The Center also works in collaboration with some of the country's most influential and respected scholars writing and teaching in American Indian Studies today, who have made UCLA one of the highest ranked and most respected universities in the field. We invite you to explore our website to learn more about us.

Shannon Speed
Director, American Indian Studies Center
Associate Professor, Department of Gender Studies and Anthropology

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