Native American Alumni Lecture Series: Dr. Olivia Chilcote

Native American Alumni Lecture Series: Dr. Olivia Chilcote, “Unrecognized in California: Federal Acknowledgement and the San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians”

Join the university for an Alumni Lecture for Berkeley alum and Luiseño Scholar Dr. Olivia Chilcote. Chilcote demonstrates how the state’s colonial history is foundational to the ongoing crisis over tribal legal status. In the context of the history and experience of her tribal community, Chilcote traces the tensions and contradictions– but also the limits and opportunities– surrounding federal recognition for California Indians in her book Unrecognized in California: Federal Acknowledgement and the San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians.