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During a recent visit to the ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado Law School, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples held the office’s first virtual consultation with indigenous peoples.Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, whose role as
On March 24, 2017, at the conclusion of its 34th Session in Geneva, the United Nations Human Rights Council appointed Kristen A. Carpenter as the North American member of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Carpenter serves as
American Indian Law Professors to Present at Indigenous Storytelling and Law SymposiumOn March 17-18, Dean S. James Anaya and ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado Law School professors will participate in an interdisciplinary symposium hosted by the
Cherokee elder Crosslin Smith discusses tribal land conservation with Clint Carroll. Photo by Myra Robertson. At the top of the page is an image of wild senna/gvhnage (Senna marilandica), one of the culturally significant plants Carroll is focused
CNAIS faculty and Raphael J. Moses Professor of Law Sarah Krakoff will be teaching a seminar focusing on the law and policy affecting the Colorado River. Krakoff's legal specialty concentrates on American Indian law,
CNAIS Faculty Executive Board member Andrew Cowell and doctoral student Irina Wagner are part of an effort to save the language with the Arapaho Language Project. They fear Arapaho will fade away after the fluent elderly speakers are gone.
CU Law & CNAIS Core Faculty Charles WilkinsonOn Wed., Dec. 28, 2016, President Barack Obama announced the designation of Bears Ears National Monument, a measure conceived in part by Professor Charles Wilkinson. The president’s designation
Dr. Gerardo Gutierrez awarded ACLS fellowshipCNAIS Core Faculty, Gerardo Gutierrez is a professor of Anthropology and one of six CU faculty to win American Council of Learned Societes (ACLS). His project studies documents created in 17th and 18th
Zhashki Strong (left) poses with political science chair David Brown and Geneiveve Schneider at the scholarship celebration in October. Strong and Schneider are students who have received the Van Ek Political Science Scholarship.In late October,
Stephen Graham Jones at CU. Photo credit: Anthony Camera³Ô¹ÏÍø of New Mexico Press will publish The Fictions of Stephen Graham Jones: A Critical Companion in December. Jones, who is also CNAIS Core Faculty and an English professor at CU was