Tribal Affiliation: Hoopa Valley Tribe (Yurok, Karuk)
Associate Instructor for NAS 5- Introduction to Native American Literature
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Title of your dissertation: no:'olchwin-ding, no:'olchwin-te (To Grow Old In A Good Way): The Revitalization of the Hupa Women’s Coming Of Age Ceremony
Conference Presentations (Fall 2013- Spring 2014)
Native American Indigenous Studies Association Conference (Austin, TX)
ch'ilwa:l wint'e (They are beating time/ A Flower Dance is being held... always): The Hupa Women's Coming of Age Ceremony and re-writing/re-righting the historical narrative
Women of Color Conference (Davis, CA)
Native American Women and Leadership Panel: The Hupa Women's Flower Dance
3rd Annual Native American Studies Graduate Student Symposium (Davis, CA)
tim-na'me (At the Lucky Spot She Bathes): The Hupa Woman's Flower Dance & Re-Writing/ Re-righting how we talk about Indigenous menstrual beliefs and women's coming of age.
National Ethnic Studies Annual Conference (Oakland, CA)
Engaging Research Justice through Native American Studies
Good Native Governance: Innovative Research in Law, Education and Economic Development Conference (LosAng, CA)
Criminalizing Tradition in Native California (Poster Presentation)
Social Science History Association Conference (Chicago, IL)
Criminalizing Tradition in Native California (Poster Presentation)
California Indian Conference (Sacramento, CA)
Woven With Our Roots: A historical and contemporary discussion on the revitalization of basket weaving in Native California
Publications (Fall 2013- Spring 2014)
- Baldy, Cutcha Risling. "Why we gather: traditional gathering in native Northwest California and the future of bio-cultural sovereignty." Ecological Processes 2.1 (2013): 17. [Peer Reviewed]
- The Inconvenient Indian by Thomas King (Review), The American Indian Culture and Research Journal, Forthcoming by: Cutcha Risling Baldy
- Honorable Mention: Woodrow Wilson Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
- Honorable Mention: 2014-2015 Ford Dissertation Fellowship
- UC Davis Block Grant Award for Dissertation Research
- Professors for the Future Fellowship
-Project: How I Would Teach It: Graduate Students Teaching Texts
-Co Editor: Native American Studies Graduate Research Journal
Projects Completed (Fall 2013 - Spring 2014)
Professors for the Future Program- Establishing the Native American Studies Graduate Research Journal with my co-editor Angel and our editorial board: http://nasgradjournal.weebly.com/
Planned and Organized Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Association (25 Years Later) Symposium at the University of California - Davis.
Life's Accomplishments!
This years I was honored to be invited as a keynote speaker at several events about my dissertation research. It reiterated for me how my research speaks to Native communities as they continue to heal from colonization and re-balance their communities.
- Native Women’s Wellness Gathering: Healing through Hope and Balance (Tuolumne, CA) Keynote Speaker: The Hupa Flower Dance Ceremony
- Native American Week at Sacramento State University wung-xowidilk- A Flower Dance Story: Native Women, California Indian History and the Hupa Women's Coming of Age Ceremony
- Reclaiming Our Strengths, Reclaiming Our Practices Webinar Series (Sacramento, CA) no'olchwin-ding, no:'olchwinte (To Grow Old In A Good Way): The Revitalization of the Hupa Women's Coming of Age Ceremony
My daughter finished First Grade! and traveled with me to several presentations where she took copious notes and was a very good audience member. I also continued work as the Executive Director of the Native Women's Collective. We did several Flower Dance song demonstrations throughout California.
Finally - I continued to post about Native American Studies and contemporary issues on my blog. I was proud that many of my posts were re-posted and published by national news sources.
What are you going to do this summer?
This summer I am writing, writing, writing. Next year will be my final year in Graduate School and I am looking forward to finishing my dissertation.
I will also be working as a Graduate Research Assistant on the Hupa Language Dictionary run by Professor Justin Spence. You can find it here! http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/~hupa/hupa-lexicon.html