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The Center for Humanities and the Arts��(CHA)��at the ��ƷSM����ӰƬ acknowledges that the land we occupy in��Macky��Auditorium is the traditional territories of the Cheyenne, Arapahoe, and Ute nations. The CHA shares the����ƷSM����ӰƬ land acknowledgment, which explains the reasons that the ��ƷSM����ӰƬ has crafted its land acknowledgment and the harms that have been wrought by settler colonialism.

With this land acknowledgment, we also wish to engage in a repair process—because we believe that the acknowledgment of Indigenous land should come with reparations. To that end, we have created a faculty fellowship��to address the harm��of��.��

Award

Fellowships consist of a two-course teaching reduction (taken in a single semester) for faculty teaching��a 2/2 load; faculty teaching a 2/1 load will receive a single course reduction and be expected to take the fellowship��in the semester they are scheduled to teach their single course.

����Deadline for AY 2025-2026��Fellowships: October 1, 2024

Eligibility

The qualifications for this fellowship are the same as for our��CHA Faculty Fellowship��with the following additions:��faculty��who apply must:

1. Be an enrolled member/citizen from one of the��forty-eight tribes/sovereign nations of Colorado, or
2. Be in relationship with/affiliated with/associated��with one of the forty-eight tribes/sovereign nations of��Colorado,��or
3. Be an enrolled member/citizen from a tribe/sovereign nation in the United States,��or
4. Be in relationship with/affiliated with/associated��with a tribe/sovereign nation in the United States,��or
5. Be an enrolled member/citizen from a tribe/sovereign nation in one of the territories of the United States (ex: American Samoa, Puerto Rico),��or
6. Be in relationship with/affiliated with/associated��with a tribe/sovereign nation in one of the territories of the United States (ex: American Samoa, Puerto Rico)

CHA Faculty Fellowship Eligibility

1. Must be an Assistant, Associate, or Full��Professor��working in the humanities and the arts on the Boulder campus.
2. A faculty member who was previously awarded a CHA Faculty Fellowship shall become eligible��after��six years of the award

Selection Criteria

• Priority of candidates will be given in the order listed above for this fellowship. The intention of this fellowship is to repair the harm of settler��colonialism in the space in which��Macky��Auditorium and the University of Colorado reside. Therefore, the hope is that��faculty whose����will be considered��ahead of other enrolled members/citizens or those��in relationship with/affiliated with/associated with��one of the other tribes/sovereign nations impacted by US settler-colonialism.��
• A committee comprised of a member of the CHA faculty steering committee, a former CHA faculty fellow, and a faculty member of Native American/Indigenous studies will read and review applications.

Application Procedure

• Fellowship Proposal:��No more than four pages��written free of jargon - remember, your application will be read by a committee of your faculty peers across the spectrum of arts and humanities departments. Strong proposals often tell a story about your scholarship/artistic work, so in writing your statement, keep in mind the following:
  • Significance: Demonstrate the potential impact of your work.
  • Project Design: Does your project address all relevant issues in a form that offers a coherent engagement with your research topic?
  • Feasibility: Can you demonstrate that you will be able to make significant progress during your fellowship towards the timely completion of your scholarly project?
  • Qualifications: What past work has led you to take up this specific project at this point in your career?
    Format: Four-page (max), double-spaced PDF,��12-pt font, 2 MB max file size
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• Outline:��One page (12-point font) of the structure of your project—this can include chapter descriptions. NOTE: if the applicant is an artist, you can upload artistic images or a sound file or website as an example of your project (if you choose this option please reach out to chagrants@colorado.edu)
  Format: One page PDF (single or double spaced), 12-pt font, 2 MB max file size
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• CV:��4-page maximum
  Files must be less than��2 MB.
  Allowed file types:��pdf
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• Complete the Application Form and upload the application materials

CHA Faculty Fellowship Application Form��

Reparative Faculty Fellowship to Address Settler Colonialism 2024-2025 Fellow

Angelica Lawson, Ethnic Studies��

Inaugural��Reparative Faculty Fellowship to Address��Settler Colonialism
Enacting Our Futures: Resistance and Resilience in Indigenous��Women’s Resurgence Media
“Enacting Our Futures: Resistance and Resilience in Indigenous��Women’s Resurgence Media,” explores the intersections of Indigenous digital studies, literature, and ecocinema through Native American women’s creative works using resurgence theory—an Indigenous feminist framework most notably developed in the work of Anishinaabe scholar Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. Indigenous resurgence specifically refers to political strategies and cultural practices aimed at strengthening Indigenous peoplehood in ways that elevate our epistemologies and ontologies while interrogating legacies of colonialism in our societies, especially inequities along lines of gender and sexuality.��Historically, art served both practical and ceremonial purposes, richly layered with symbolic meaning and deeply rooted in Indigenous thought systems. Today’s writers and filmmakers are doing similar work, invoking new modes for insuring continuance, and while the��last three decades have seen a proliferation of Indigenous women’s literature, film, and digital media using Indigenous languages created by women who are heavily invested in community engagement—both of which are elements central to Indigenous resurgence, these works have received scant attention in��literary��and film��scholarship. My project seeks to reverse this trend, and to contribute to Indigenous feminist resurgence theory by engaging the work of four lesser-known Native women writers and filmmakers. I demonstrate how, through their community engagement and creative cultural productions, they assert Indigenous presence and futurity in the face of ongoing settler-colonial forces of erasure.
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