Toppling Mission Monuments and Mythologies: A Conference

“Toppling Mission Monuments and Mythologies: A Conference – California Indian Scholars and Allies Respond and Reflect” is an online event hosted by Critical Mission Studies, a research project based at the CSRC in collaboration with partners at UC Riverside, UC San Diego, and UC Santa Cruz. The project is supported by a grant from UC Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives.

Speakers include Deborah Miranda (Ohlone Costanoan Esselen/Chumash), Caroline Ward-Holland (Fernandino Tataviam), Yve Chavez (Tongva), Olivia Chilcote (Luiseño, San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians), Val Lopez (Amah Mutsun), Renya Ramirez (Ho-Chunk/Ojibwe), Cutcha Risling Baldy (Hoopa Valley), Stan Rodriguez (Santa Ysabel/Kumeyaay). With respondents Jalane Schmidt of Black Lives Matter (UVA) and Amy Lonetree (Ho-Chunk). Sponsored by Critical Mission Studies, a project of the U of California.

For more information about the project, visit https://criticalmissionstudies.ucsd.edu/

Recordings of the conference presentations can be viewed on the CSRC YouTube channel.