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ANTHROPOLOGY IN THE NEWS
Colorado State Researcher Studies American Indian Adoption into White Households
American Indian transracial adoptees often find themselves at the intersection of belonging and not belonging in today’s society. Colorado State University cultural anthropologist Susan Harness explored issues of ethnic belonging, social hierarchy and social memory and their impact on adult American Indian transracial adoptees - like herself - who were adopted in the 1950s and 1960s. Although these adoptees experienced being "Indian" and being "White," they are not wholly accepted by either ethnicity. read more...
Lakota man shares schooling horrors
The federal government took Walter Littlemoon from his home at the Wounded Knee Reservation in South Dakota when he was 5. When his mother visited him at the Oglala Community High School, one of dozens of federal boarding schools established to assimilate Native Americans, several years later, he didn't recognize her. read more...
Saving the Mariano Medina cemetery in Loveland. Dr. Jason LaBelle and Students impact the community.
CSU Professor Premiers Film About Caribbean Women Entrepreneurs at Howard University Oct. 27
FORT COLLINS - Kate Browne, a Colorado State University professor in the Department of Anthropology, will debut the English premiere of her latest film, “Lifting the Weight of History,” at Howard University on Oct. 27...read more...
Scott’s Long Road to Graduation Yields Valuable Lessons
Andrew Scott has faced and accomplished much more than daily homework assignments and class attendance to earn his degree in Anthropology. During his 24 years of life he has endured more outside of the classroom than most students will in a lifetime... read more...