Association of Indigenous Anthropologists (AIA) Board Unanimously Endorses Cherokee Scholars’ Statement

Association of Indigenous Anthropologists (AIA)

Association of Indigenous Anthropologists (AIA)

ᏩᏙ (wado, thank you) to Dr. Valerie Lambert (Choctaw), President of the Association of Indigenous Anthropologists (AIA) for sharing the news that the AIA Board has unanimously endorsed the February 13, 2020 Statement on Cherokee Sovereignty and Identity published by a diverse group of Cherokee Scholars, Digadatseli’i ᏗᎦᏓᏤᎵᎢ.

The AIA is a section of the American Anthropological Association.

Dr. Lambert is Associate Professor of Anthropology and American Indian and Indigenous Studies and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and President, Choctaw Nation Tribal Chapter, American Indian Science and Engineering Society.

Posted on February 21, 2020 .