PREPARATION PRIOR TO LAW SCHOOL
For information about the eight-week Pre-Law Summer Institute (PLSI), please contact:
Pre-Law Summer Institute Director
American Indian Law Center, Inc.
P.O. Box 4456 - Station A
Albuquerque, NM 87196
SCHOLARSHIPS
E-MAIL LISTS
Ask Dwight Youpee (dyoupee@ucla.edu) and
Duane Champagne
(champagn@ucla.edu)
to add you to their email lists. Dwight is the Student Affairs
Officer at the American Indian Studies Center
(http://www.americanindianstudies.ucla.edu/).
The AISC is located in
Campbell Hall, just a couple of buildings away from the Law School.
CAMPUS-WIDE PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES
- American Indian Studies Center (AISC),
Director
Hanay Geiogamah (Kiowa/Delaware), 3220 Campbell Hall, (310) 825-7315. AISC is sometimes able to help fund conference travel related to center work
or your thesis.
- American Indian Graduate Students Association (AIGSA)
- American Indian Science & Engineering Society (AISES), 3137 Engineering I.
(310) 206-6493
-
American
Indian Student Association (AISA), General Meetings held Mondays at 5:30
in 3201 Campbell Hall and open to the public,
-
American Indian Recruitment (AIR),
106 Student Activities Center, (Programs for tutoring youth at the
American Indian Clubhouse in Los Angeles (Tuesday evenings) and the Southern
California Indian Center (Wednesday evenings))
-
Fowler Museum at UCLA. Free Admission. Has a small Native
American collection.
-
Retention of American Indians Now (RAIN),
(opportunities for peer counseling, academic and cultural workshops)
- Interdepartmental Program in American Indian Studies
("IDP"), Chair -
Dr. Felicia Hodge (Wailaki)
LAW SCHOOL RESOURCES
- Indigenous Peoples' Journal of
Law, Culture and Resistance
- Joint Degree Program in Law & American Indian
Studies,
Director -
Carole Goldberg,
(310) 825-4429,
Office: LAW 3101
-
Tribal Legal Center & Educational Exchange (TLCEE),
Director
- DeAnna Rivera (Boriken Taino),
(310) 794-5216. [TLCEE Blog:
http://weblog.law.ucla.edu/tlcee/]
-
Native Nations
Law and Policy Center, Director Carole Goldberg,
goldberg@law.ucla.edu
- Tribal Legal Development Clinic, Director Carole Goldberg,
goldberg@law.ucla.edu
LOCAL AND REGIONAL RESOURCES
- Autry National Center:
Southwest Museum of the American Indian, Los Angeles, CA
- Haramokngna American Indian Culture Center, Red Box, CA (in the San
Gabriel Mountains)
-
Los Angeles United American Indian Involvement, Los Angeles, CA 90017,
(213) 202-3970
-
Southern California Indian Center,
Fountain Valley, California 92708, (714) 962-6673
Southern California Tribes
Cahuilla
-
Agua Caliente Reservation, Palm
Springs, CA 92262, (619) 325-5673
- Augustine Reservation,
Thermal, CA 92274
-
Cabazon Band
of Mission Indians, Indio, CA 92203, (619) 342-2593
- Cahuilla Band of
Mission Indians, Anza, CA 92539, (714) 763-5549
- Los Coyotes Band of
Mission Indians, Warner Springs, CA 92086, (619) 782-3269
-
Morongo Band of Mission Indians,
Banning, CA 92220, (909) 849-4697
(Cahuilla, Serrano and Cupeño)
- Ramona Band of
Cahuilla Indians, Anza, CA 92539, (909) 763-0371
- Santa Rosa
Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians, Hemet, CA 92343, (909) 849-4761
-
Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians, Thermal, CA 92274, (619) 397-8144
Chumash
Cupeño
/ Kuupangaxwichem
- Los Coyotes Band of
Mission Indians, Warner Springs, CA 92086, (619) 782-3269 (Cahuilla
and Cupeño)
-
Morongo Band of Mission Indians,
Banning, CA 92220, (909) 849-4697
(Cahuilla, Serrano and Cupeño)
-
Pala Band of Mission Indians, Pala,
CA 92059, (619) 742-3784 (Cupeño and
Luiseño)
Diegueño/Kumeyaay
-
Barona Band of Mission Indians,
Lakeside, CA 92040, (619) 433-6612
-
Campo Kumeyaay Nation, Campo, CA 92006, (619) 478-9046
- Capitan Grande
Reservation, Lakeside, CA 92040
- Cuyapaipe General
Council, Alpine, CA 91901, (619) 478-5289
- Inaja & Cosmit Band of
Mission Indians, Santa Ysabel, CA 92070, (714) 276-6224
-
Jamul Band of Mission
Indians, Jamul, CA 91935, (619) 669-4785
- La Posta Band of
Mission Indians, Lakeside, CA 92040, (619) 561-2924
- Manzanita General
Council, Boulevard, CA 92005, (619) 766-4930
- Mesa Grande Band of
Mission Indians, Santa Ysabel, CA 92070, (619) 282-9650
-
San Pasqual Band of Diegueño
Mission Indians, Valley Center, CA 92082, (619) 749-3200
-
Santa Ysabel Band of
Diegueño Indians, Santa Ysabel, CA 92070, (619) 765-0845
-
Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation, El
Cajon, CA 92021, (619) 445-2613
-
Viejas Band of Kumeyaay
Indians,
Alpine, CA 92001
Gabrieliño / Tongva
Juaneño
/ Acjachemen
- Juaneño
Band of Mission Indians (Acjachemen Nation), San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Luiseño
/ Payomashleykowishum
- La Jolla Band of
Mission Indians, Valley Center, CA 92082, (619) 742-3771
-
Pala Band of Mission Indians, Pala,
CA 92059, (619) 742-3784
-
Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians, Temecula, CA
92593, (909) 676-2768
- Pauma-Yuima Band of Mission
Indians, Pauma Valley, CA 92061, (619) 742-1289
-
Rincon Band of Luiseño
Indians, Valley Center, CA 92082, (619) 749-1051
-
Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians, San Jacinto, CA 92383, (909) 654-2765
- Twentynine Palms Band
of Mission Indians, Palm Springs, CA 92264, (619) 320-8168
Mojave
- Fort Mojave
Reservation, Needles, CA 92363, (619) 326-4591
Serrano / Yuhaviatam
(Directory
of All California Tribes)