Sovereignty Speaks #45
Native Grave Repatriation Act Decolonizing NAGPRA
Dr. James Riding In
Emeritus Professor, Arizona State University
Dr. James Riding In is a citizen of Pawnee Nation. He was the editor of Wicazo Sa Review: A Journal of Native American Studies. Much of his research focuses on the role scientists have played in the desecration of American Indian burials and measures Indians have taken to curb those widespread abuses. His scholarship also examines the effects of colonialism on the sovereignty, landholdings, human rights, health, welfare, religious freedom, and cultural integrity of Indian nations.
He is the co-editor of "Native Historians Write Back: Decolonizing American Indian History" (2011). He is now working on a book about Pawnee cultural survival under colonization. This teaching covers such areas as federal Indian law, cultural resources laws, rights and movements, policy, and research paradigms.
He retired from being interim director and associate professor of American Indian Studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University.
Dr. Riding In received his general education at Haskell Indian Junior College. He earned a B.A. for history at Fort Lewis College. Dr. Riding In earned his M.A. for American Indian Studies and his Ph.D. in U.S. History at the University of California–Los Angeles.