Our Crowdfunding Groups
Our crowdfunding campaign has ended, but you can still support the American Indian Studies Center by clicking here.
In 1997, UCLA’s American Indian Studies Center began to receive letters from Native Americans in prison who were requesting reading materials. The requests ranged from history books about specific tribes, to books on tribal languages, to books explaining cultural and spiritual practices. In response to these requests, we began to mail books by our faculty or from our library. We would even mail print-outs from the internet when books were not available. Thus, the BRAID (Books and Resources to American Indians in Detention) program began. Many Native American and Indigenous people, particularly people who have lived their entire lives off-reservation, may not have access to much information about their specific tribal histories and cultural practices. This type of book donation is only possible with support from our community.
Will you help us continue growing the BRAID (Books and Resources for American Indians in Detention) program? With your support, UCLA’s American Indian Studies Center will be able to provide a $10,000 internship for one student to grow our BRAID program and accomplish the following:
The primary goal of this program is to help provide books for people related to Native American and Indigenous cultural practices, language, and histories of specific tribes. Together, we can impact the lives of both our students and incarcerated community members.
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Should this fund reach the campus minimum required for the establishment of an endowment or quasi-endowment, The UCLA Foundation reserves the right to convert this fund to an endowment or quasi-endowment. Please click here to learn more about how the UCLA Foundation invests and manages its endowments.