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Information Studies, UCLA

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Citizenship and Governance Criminal Justice Culture Education Human Rights Indigenous Peoples Social Development: Indigenous issues
Geographic scope:	National
Country of activity:	United States of America
Millennium Development Goals:	Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	"The American Indian Studies Center is an Organized Research Unit (ORU), and as such, its mission is to promote research, education, and community service within an academic framework. The Center is headed by a director who is a tenured member of the UCLA faculty. It is one of the four ethnic studies centers that constitutes the Institute of American Cultures (IAC). In 1975, the Institute of American Cultures was created to distribute research grants and fellowships in ethnic studies. All four ethnic studies centers participate, and each year, by means of competitive review processes, each center awards postdoctoral fellowships, predoctoral fellowships, or series of research grants to faculty, student, and postdoctoral fellow applicants. During the past 25 years, the fellowships and grants have been major sources of research support in the Center."
Year established:	1969
Year of registration:	1969
Organizational structure:	"At present, the Center is divided into four operational units. Administration integrates, supports, and monitors basic operations in all units. Publications disseminates research findings through the production of a quarterly academic journal, books, monographs, videotapes, and other media. The library serves as a resource for students and scholars by maintaining a collection of books and periodicals on American Indian subject matter and helping support research projects and grant development. The research department administers internal and external grants, and carries on and stimulates collaborative research projects. The American Indian Studies Center is dedicated to culturally appropriate research, information distribution, and community service for and about American Indians."
Number and type of members:	The Center is endowed with five faculty; it has administration and is also charged with faculty recruitment and development of scholars in American Indian Studies. Students study and often work in the Center. Center also provides Visiting Scholar position for researchers, and coordinates networking with other schools involved in indigenous rights studies. No membership is required, yet Center serves faculty, students and scholars primarily.
Funding structure:	Other sources Donations and grants from domestic sources
Funding structure other:	As a part of UC system UCLA and its constituent research units are funded in part by the Regents of the UC.

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