Native American Handout

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NATIVE AMERICAN TROJANS

HONORING NATIVE LANDS

For thousands of years, the Tongva people lived on the land USC occupies today and were considered the most powerful indigenous peoples to inhabit the Los Angeles basin. We pay respects to their elders—past, present and emerging.

GROUPS FOR NATIVE & INDIGENOUS STUDENTS

USC NASA (@uscnasa)

Founded in 2017, the USC Native American Student Assembly (NASA) provides a space devoted to conversations about the Native and Pasifika experience, the celebration of culture, and the sharing of knowledge about Native and Pasifika identities. NASA welcomes students identifying as Native American, Native Hawaiian, Alaskan Native, and Indigenous, as well as those who simply want to explore Native American and Pasifika identities, federally recognized or not.

SACNAS USC (@sacnasusc)

Committed to increasing diversity in the sciences, the USC chapter of the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) fosters the success of Chicano/Hispanic and Native American scientists—from college students to professionals. The Society supports those attaining advanced degrees or pursuing careers and/or leadership roles in science.

USC PISA (@uscpisa)

Founded in 2016, the Pacific Islander Student Assembly (PISA) welcomes students who identify as Polynesian, Micronesian, and Melanesian, as well as anyone interested in exploring Pasifika identities.

THE NATIVE AMERICAN AND PASIFIKA LOUNGE

Location: Student Union 403

The Native American and Pasifika Lounge (NAPL) welcomes identifying students and anyone interested in exploring Native American and Pasifika identities that have ancestral land, federally recognized or not. The NAP Lounge encourages students to share and celebrate the Native and Pasifika experiences.

NATIVE AMERICAN TROJANS

NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES MINOR

This overview of Native American studies will examine Indigenous intellectualism and resistance through Indigenous language revitalization, art, decolonization and political resistance.

Minimum Required Units: 20

NATIVE LEADERSHIP SCHOLARSHIP

The Dr. Joseph Medicine Crow Native Leadership Scholarship is named for USC alumnus Dr. Joseph Medicine Crow, the first member of the Apsáalooke (Crow) Nation to earn a master’s degree. During World War II, he fought for the U.S. Army, and in recognition of his heroic actions subsequently became the tribe’s last war chief. As tribal historian for the Apsáalooke (Crow) Nation for more than 50 years, he published seminal and influential works about Native American history and culture. A scholarship made it possible for him to attend USC as a graduate student, and in 1939 he completed his master’s degree in anthropology. In 2003, he received an honorary doctorate—one of four awarded throughout his life. He died in April 2016 at age 102. The Native Leadership Scholarship program pays forward his legacy and represents the principles Medicine Crow embodied throughout his extraordinary life and career.

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