CUTCHA RISLING BALDY
Assistant Professor | Native American Studies | Humboldt State University
Ph.D. Native American Studies
Designated Emphasis: Feminist Theory and Research
M.F.A. Creative Writing & Literary Research
(Hupa, Karuk, Yurok) (Enrolled member: Hoopa Valley Tribe)
Research & Teaching Interests
Literature (Native American Literature); Writing Across Disciplines; Race & Contemporary Politics; Indigenous Literary Criticism (California Indians & Environmental Justice); Creative & Non-fiction Writing; Digital Humanities; Social Justice; Feminist Theory; Native American Women
Conference Presentations
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National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education (San Francisco, CA)
Tribal Traditions that Mold Our Educational Experience. Modern Language Association Conference (Austin, TX) California Native Literatures and the End of the World: Deborah Miranda’s ‘Bad Indians’, ‘The Walking Dead,’ and Post-Apocalyptic Futures. National Women’s Studies Association Conference. (Milwaukee, WI) “Please help me find my daughter." Engendering Western History and the study of Genocide and Massacres in Northwest California. Western History Association Conference (Portland, OR) Why Agriculture? Making, taking and claiming the State of California through western agriculture 2015 Conference on Ford Fellows: Thinking Forward: Empowerment Through Intellectual Activism and Social Justice (Washington DC) #TheNewNativeIntellectualism – Using Social Media to (Re)claim and (Re)vitalize Public Discourse on Indigenous Self-Determination and Social Justice” Native American Indigenous Studies Association Conference (Washington D.C.) What the Washington Re*sk*ns are all about: South Park, The Daily Show and Native Mascots 2nd Annual Contemporary Native Issues Symposium: Perspectives on Native Representations (Berkeley, CA) I Can’t Believe You Keep Killing Off Adam Beach, NBC: Gender, Representation and Native American Cameos on Network Television. American Academy of Religion Annual Conference (San Diego, CA) no:'olchwin-ding, no:'olchwin-te (To Grow Old In A Good Way): The Revitalization of the Hupa Women’s Coming Of Age Ceremony 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. Interdisciplinary Graduate and Professional Student Symposium (Davis, CA) Criminalizing Tradition in Native California (Poster Presentation) 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 Designated Emphasis in Feminist Theory and Research Symposium (Davis, CA) Engendering U.S. History: A feminist and Native American Studies Approach: California Indian Women and the Missions 2nd Annual Native American Studies Graduate Student Symposium (Davis, CA) What's in a Name? Decolonizing, Reclaiming and Renaming Coyote Modern Language Association (Boston, MA) A Currency for Collaboration: The Ethics and Economics of Academic Partnership. National Women’s Studies Association (Oakland, CA) Why We Dance: The Hupa Women’s Flower Dance Ceremony – Decolonization In Praxis Ecological Society of America Annual Conference (Portland, OR) Why We Gather: The ecology of traditional gathering in Native California and the future of bio-cultural sovereignty Interdisciplinary Graduate & Professional Student Symposium (Davis, CA) Xoc-itch'iswhalte (They will beat time with sticks over her): The Revitalization of the Hupa Women's Flower Dance Ceremony _
Native American Studies Graduate Student Symposium (Davis, CA) A Picture Perfect Indian: Re-Writing Edward Curtis's Legacy through Hupa Woman (c) 1923 or Mary Baldy Socktish American Indian Studies Conference (Tempe, AZ) Intertribal Collaborative Communities and the Uneasy Remains Film Project American Academy of Religion: Annual Meeting (San Francisco, CA) The Hupa Flower Dance Ceremony: Elements of Spirituality in Song Ford Foundation Fellowship Conference: Academic Exchange Sessions (Newport Beach, CA) "Development of Best Practices for Indigenous Based Participatory Action Research - The Hupa Flower Dance Ceremony and Research Design. California Indian Conference (Chico, CA) The "Uneasy Remains" Film Project: Collaborative Filmmaking, NAGPRA and the collecting of human remains at UC Davis Native American Indigenous Studies Association: Annual Conference (Sacramento, CA) Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) 20 Years Later - What Works |
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Invited Presentations & Lectures
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Traditional Indian Health Gathering - California Rural Indian Health Board (Shingle Springs, CA)
Keynote Speaker: no'olchwin-ding, no:'olchwinte (To Grow Old In A Good Way): The Revitalization of the Hupa Women's Coming of Age Ceremony Sierra College Indigenous Peoples Days (Rocklin, CA) Dining’xine:wh-mil-na:sa’a:n (Hupa people – with them – it stays; there is a Hupa tradition) – Gender, Native American peoples and Women’s Coming of Age Ceremonies. Native American Youth Empowerment Conference Keynote Speaker (Davis, CA) Why I went to College – Native success in college and beyond. Native American Women & Gender Issues Course (Redlands, CA) dining’xine:wh-mil-na:sa’a:n – Hupa people with them it stays; there is a Hupa tradition: Gender, Spirituality, Native American peoples and Women’s coming of age ceremonies. Humboldt State University Social Work Intensive (Arcata, CA) Native American Women & Historical Trauma: Decolonization, healing and community building through cultural revitalization Native American Studies Brown Bag Lunch Series (Davis, CA) The Uneasy Remains Film Project and NAGPRA at UC Davis 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 Multicultural Community Council Native American Forum (Woodland, CA) Key Note Speaker: Native nations, Native Communities, Native Peoples- History, Law and Culture in California Provost Forums on the Public University (Davis, CA) Contested Politics of Knowledge in the Public University- The Uneasy Remains Film Project Woven With Our Roots Basket weaving Retreat (Hoopa, CA) Basket weaving, basket materials and gathering in Northwest California UC Center for Collaborative Research for an Equitable California (Berkeley, CA) Research Conference: Uneasy Remains Film Project UC Davis Community Book Project - "Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian" (Davis, CA) The Uneasy Remains Film Project and the Collecting of Indigenous Human Remains at UC Davis Del Norte Unified School District Teacher Training (Del Norte, CA) What is Native American Literature and How Do We Teach It? Native American Culture Days: University of California - Davis Traditional Northern California Dress Show & Flower Dance Presentation Native American Studies Recruitment Panel (Davis, CA) Community Collaborative Research and the Uneasy Remains Film Project NAS 001: Introduction to Native American Studies (University of California - Davis) NAGPRA, Indigenous Rights and the Uneasy Remains Film Project California Indian Day (Sacramento, CA) Hoopa Tribal Ceremonial Songs & Traditional Dress Show National Congress of American Indians Annual Conference (Sacramento, CA) Hoopa Tribal Ceremonial Singers: The Flower Dance |
2015
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