Law Enforcement Conference: Connecting Science to Crime and Justice
The National Institute of Justice is now accepting applications from TCU students for its American Indian and Alaska Native Student Travel Scholarship Program: Connecting Science to Crime and Justice for 2018. NIJ supports research that addresses important issues facing tribal nations and aims to encourage the next generation of tribal justice researchers and scholars. This year, NIJ will support up to 15 American Indian and Alaska Native undergraduate or graduate students in attending major criminal justice-related conferences to explore the role of science in solving complex problems to increase public safety. Attendance at these conferences will allow students to explore the ways their interest in science applies to crime and justice, and to meet researchers and practitioners currently engaged in similar work. Additionally, students will learn about innovative, evidence-based and technological solutions to justice issues. Application packages are due by 11:59 ET PM on Friday, May 18, 2018.
Opportunity for TCU students to learn about 3-D printing & additive manufacturing; computer-aided manufacturing; and engineering concepts. Applications due May 7, 2018.
The AIHEC Aseto'ne Network Project is now taking applications for the AIHEC Aseto'ne Institute, a 2-week summer program for TCU students who are interested or want to learn more about health and biomedical related research. The Institute will be held June 4-15, 2018, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. TCU students will be provided transportation to and from Omaha, lodging, meals and additional support to attend and participate by sponsoring organizations
The University of Alabama School of Law has been awarded a $300,000 grant from the Law School Admission Council to create the Alabama Pre-Law Undergraduate Scholars Program to help prepare students for the law school admission process, success in law school and careers in the legal profession. The program is designed to attract promising students from groups historically underrepresented in the legal profession and from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds, as well as students facing other significant barriers to entering the legal profession. The Alabama PLUS Program will invite about 30 undergraduate students to the Law School in the summers of 2018, 2019 and 2020 to expose them to the joys and rigors of legal education for four weeks. Participants will focus on becoming competitive law school applicants, professional development and exposure to different legal practice areas.
Generation Indigenous (Gen-I) initiative, the Center for Native American Youth is launching a new fellowship for Native youth ages 18-24. The Gen-I Movement Builders Fellowship (Gen-I MBF) is a six-month intensive leadership development program that aims to strengthen the voice and role of Native American youth in broader social justice movements. Over the course of six months, five Fellows will gather for two in-person convenings, two virtual convenings, and one Fresh Tracks training expedition. At the end of six months, Fellows will have a small “Innovation Fund” which they will jointly use on a project aimed at strengthening the voice of Native youth in social justice movements. The Fellowship will begin in June and end in December. Click here for more information. All application materials are due at 11:59 PM Pacific Time on Monday, April 30, 2018. CNAY will notify all applicants of their final application status by the second week of May 2018.
Human Genome Research Institute Short Course in Genomics
The Education and Community Involvement Branch is offering its annual FREE course in Genomics from July 30-August 2, 2018 in Bethesda, MD. Limited space is available and participants must attend all four days of the training.
People Over Pipelines. Stop the Dakota Access Pipeline, also known as the the Bakken. It is a violation of the 1851 and 1868 treaties. It threatens our way of life and is another form of oppression.
Want to get involved, but not able to join the protest? Tell President Obama; Call the White House at (202)456-1111 and politely ask for them to rescind the permit for the Army Corps of Engineers Dakota Access Pipeline. If the line is busy, that is good! It means it’s working. We can do this!
We got this! #NoDAPL #peopleoverpipelines #rezpectourwater #standingrock #istandwithstandingrock #nobakken
(This post originated on quora and the answer was written by user Sam Morningstar)
Well, the process would only be complete if after 500 years of alien colonization the American population plummeted to very small levels and humans are confined to reservations. Then, the aliens (supposing they could mate with humans) would all claim that they are “part-human” or have “American blood.”
But, when a human-American (representing a small minority within an alien-dominated population) asks them, “Who is your human-American ancestor?” the alien wouldn’t be able to say who his human-American ancestor was.
He’d say, “I have a photo of my great-grandmother who has human features.” But, then you look at the photo and it’s like:
“This is my great-grandmother. Look at those small, human-American eyes. That’s from her grandmother who was said to be ’‘part-human/American.’”
And if the human-American talked about his people and the inherent sovereignty of his nation, the alien would say, “I’m part-human-American too. Why can’t you just be a part of the Glortax-5000 Confederacy now?” Aren’t we all just Milky Wayans anyway? Why do we always have to focus on our differences?“
When I was little we lived right next to train tracks with a railyard just down the road. I spent a lot of time over the years idly watching those trains, wondering about where they went and if I could go too.
I vividly remember a particular freight that had a wall-to-wall cover that just said “smile” and it was so intricate and yet so silly that it always stuck out to me how someone could put so much effort into something with probably no intention other than to express happiness. Or maybe there is a gang called “smile” and my whole life is a lie. IDK. But either way, it really resonated with me.
Different people make graffiti for all sorts of different reasons. Personally, I don’t expect stuff to last very long nor do I have a desire for permanence. Mostly I like to think of it as sharing messages with friends or leaving a note for someone else to stumble across. Oftentimes, I did it with a underlying hope that someone will be happy to see it or perhaps it might help some one feel less alone.
I like that idea of making things that probably most might never notice or care, but maybe one person will and maybe it just might cheer them up. It’s like a larger version of hiding letters in library books. Sometimes it’s painting things, like worn-out trash cans or coloring on utility boxes and yeah, I realize most people will never notice a banana sticker painted on a yellow traffic post or care about the gradient on a trashcan, but who knows?
Other times, perhaps primarily, I think I did it (early on especially) because it was a way of feeling part of something bigger. Living in semi-rural areas and remote reservations can sometimes feel stark in their loneliness, so when you stumble across someone else’s art in an otherwise abandoned building or similar area - it is like receiving a faint signal on the radio. By adding on a small piece, or touching up their fill, it was a way to feel part of it, like “Hey! I’m here too!”
Please don’t ask someone ‘how much Native’ they are. I am not a dog. You are not entitled to check out my pedigree. If you must, ask the person what tribe they are. I say American Indian/Native American as a default, to avoid overwhelming people who are not familiar with Indigenous americans. If you seem interested I usually break it down further. If you are Native, I break it down to tribe/region. If you are from my tribe, I break it down to clan/fam.
Please stop using the word ‘pale face’ to describe yourself in jest. Just don’t. I don’t use it. I don’t know any Native that uses it. But I see a lot of people using it in jest online and have run into people who jokingly refer to themselves as it. I find it offensive because it is a stereotyped patois that is based on a stunted form of ‘tonto-speak’. This also includes words like “squaw” “fire water”.
Please stop asking me about sweatlodge. Chill out. Go to the sauna at 24 fitness if you want to feel dry heat. You don’t ‘need’ to experience an ‘authentic native ceremony’. I will invite you to something if I want to or am allowed to. I don’t have an obligation to expose every part of my life to you. I don’t constantly ask hipsters I have just met to take me to Urban Outfitters or brunch at a microbrewery.
Please don’t act like I am your personal historian/expert on ‘all things Native’. It isn’t my responsibility to educate you. Asking is different than expecting.
Please stop asking me what my thoughts are on the ‘reds**ns” or “#nodapl” when you first meet me. I understand you might be trying to demonstrate an awareness of Indian Country (thanks!), but you don’t have to feel like proving it to me. This makes me feel like you are being super conscious of my ethnicity and not of me as an individual.
Please don’t ask me if I know “John, he is like Cherokee or Chickasaw or something”. We don’t all know each other.
Never, under any circumstances, call me: Squaw, Thunderbird, Indian Princess, Warrior, Chief, or any other racial slur that you find cute. Don’t.
Understand that if I don’t want to talk about something, it is my right. I really enjoy talking about my culture and sharing it with others. But sometimes I don’t want to discuss certain topics. Asking me about alcoholism on reservations while I am trying to chill out at the pool or prompting me to discuss land rights during intermission at the Symphony is weird.
Which reminds me, please don’t assume correlations based on stereotypes. If I tell you I don’t want a drink, do not automatically assume it is because ‘I am Native”. This seems so outlandish - yet if I had a quarter for every time someone has said this, I could probably afford to separate my laundry at the washateria.
Please don’t compliment me with a “for a Native”-qualifier. I love compliments! But when someone tells me “I speak really well for a Native” “Smart for a Native” that hurts on a lot of levels. You are basically saying you have lowered expectations of me and my community while having the gall to patronize me with your unwelcome approval.
Be aware of your own culture. When I am being nice enough to share stories of my culture with you and you automatically respond with “that’s so weird!” think about what you are saying. You are calling my culture weird because it is not your culture. It’s a default of a lot of people to assume that their culture is the ORIGINAL! AUTHENTIC! OG BEDROCK! culture and that everything else is backwards or a subgroup.
Also put some thought into your questions. When you say something like, “Why are reservations so poor?” “Why don’t Natives get jobs?”. You are basically assuming that these are issues we don’t discuss ad nauseum on the rez. You are also showing off your ignorance of basic American History and Policies, like the Indian Termination Policy and historical oppression.
Please don’t immediately ask me about casinos. Not all tribes have them. It is just a stereotype. Don’t ask me about ‘free money’. Not all tribes get per capita payments. It is just a stereotype.
Please don’t feel the need to ‘top my nativeness’. When i tell someone who asks what tribe I am, and they reply ‘Never heard of it’ and then proceed to continue with “…But I am a Cherokee Princess”. I don’t know what you want me to do, Congratulate you on something impossible? Genuflect?
And this is more personal and perhaps it is just indicative of the phase of life I am in right now, the annoying ‘opinionated-Tribal college-educated-politically active’-phase, but people using the word ‘savage’ bothers me so much. I get that it has become super mainstream slang and it is not uncommon to see sorority girls with “savage!!!! <3 <3” captioned all over their instagram. But I find this usage so offensive. If your people were never considered ‘savages’, if you have never been called ‘a savage’, if it is a slur that has never been applied to you, don’t suddenly reclaim it as a positive word.
Such an important topic and their food is delish! I’ve been blessed to eat with them a couple times and am anxiously awaiting the new restaurant that is coming.
Really? I want to try it so bad too!
ok but they mentioned colorado does that mean I can travel in my car to a place where someone cooks indigenous food because i am so down
