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Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos Publishes Special Issue on “Mesoamerican Indigenous Mobilities in Mexico and the United States”
Jun 24 2023
by Lynn Stephen and Laura Velasco-Ortiz, guest editors of the special issueIn a special issue of Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos, called "Mesoamerican Indigenous Mobilities in Mexico and the United States," we look at how Indigenous people from Mesoamerica move in modern times. We study h
Para-passports: A Tour Through Fantasy Travel Documents
Jan 03 2023
By Patrick Bixby, author of License to Travel: A Cultural History of the PassportPassports occupy a place in some of our most avid fantasies. They can promise travel to exotic destinations; they can provide secure passage to a new life far away; they can enable flight from the dangers, the restr
Sogorea Te’ Land Trust: Led by Urban Indigenous Women
Nov 23 2022
In honor of Native American Heritage Month, and rather than celebrating the traditional colonial Thanksgiving holiday, we are sharing a recent land acknowledgement and call to action from UC Press Senior Publicist Katryce Lassle. This acknowledgement encourages UC Press staff to engage with the work
The Occupation of Alcatraz Island and Environmental Injustice in Indian Country
Aug 12 2021
By William J. Bauer, Jr., author of "Reclaiming Alcatraz: The Legacies and Continuities of the American Indian Occupation of Alcatraz Island, 1971–2021" published in the current issue of California History and coauthor, with Damon Akins, of We Are the Land: A History of Native California. Th