James
Riding In
Associate
Professor
PROFESSIONAL VITA
James Riding In
American Indian Studies
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287
EDUCATION
1991 Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, U.S. History
1985 MA University of California, Los Angeles, American Indian Studies
1976 BA Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO, History
1974 AA Haskell Indian Junior College, Lawrence, KS, General Education
TEACHING/ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS
Associate Professor, American Indian Studies, Arizona State University, 6/04 to present.
Editor, Wicazo Sa Review: A Journal of Native American Studies, 2003 to present.
Interim Director, American Indian Studies, Arizona State University, 6/04 to 8/04.
Associate Professor, School of Justice Studies, Arizona State University, 8/98 to 5/04.
Affiliated Faculty, Social of Justice and Social Inquiry, 6/04 to present.
Affiliated Faculty, American Indian Studies, Arizona State University, 8/00 to 6/04.
Interim Director, American Indian Studies, Arizona State University, 8/98 to 9/99.
Director, American Indian Justice Studies Certificate Program, Arizona State University, 8/93 to 9/99.
Assistant Professor, School of Justice Studies, Arizona State University, 8/92 to 8/98
Lecturer, School of Justice Studies, Arizona State University, 8/90 to 8/92.
Teaching Assistant, Department of History, UCLA, 10/88 to 6/89.
Adult Education Instructor, Los Angeles Indian Centers, Inc., CA, 10/83 to 8/84.
Social Studies Instructor, Zuni Learning Center, Zuni Pueblo, NM, 9/79 to 8/83.
Supervisory Guidance Counselor, Albuquerque Indian School, Albuquerque, NM 8/76 to 6/77.
Student Teacher, Fort Wingate High School, Fort Wingate, NM, 3/76 to 7/76
RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENTS
Referred Journal Articles
United States v. Yellow Sun et al. (The Pawnee People): A Case Study of Institutional and Societal Racism and U.S. Justice in Nebraska from the 1850s to 1870s.” Wicazo Sa Review: A Journal of Native American Studies17 (Spring 2002): 13-41.
Riding In, James. “Repatriation: A Pawnee’s Perspective.” American Indian Quarterly 20 (Spring 1996): 238-50.
Reprinted in Endicott, Kirk M. and Robert Welsch. Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Anthropology. 2nd ed. Guilford: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2004, 304-12.
Reprinted in Endicott, Kirk M. and Robert Welsch. Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Anthropology. Guilford: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2001, 340-48.
Reprinted in Mihesuah, Devon, ed. Repatriation Reader: Who Owns American Indian Remains? Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1999, 106-20.
Riding In, James. “The Politics of the Columbus Celebration: A Perspective of Myth and Reality in United States Society.” American Indian Research and Culture Journal 17, No. 3 (1993): 1-9.
Riding In, James. “Six Pawnee Crania: The Historical and Contemporary Significance of the Massacre and Decapitation of Pawnee Indians in 1869.” American Indian Culture and Research Journal 16, No. 2 (1992): 101-17.
Reprinted in Gong, Gwendolyn and Sam Dragga. The Writers Repertoire. New York: Harper Collins College Publishers, 1995, 580-604.
Nonreferreed Journal Articles
Riding In, James. “Without Ethics and Morality: A Historical Overview of Imperial Archaeology and American Indians.” Arizona State Law Journal 24 (Spring 1992): 11-34.
Riding In, James. “The Contracting of the Albuquerque Indian School.” Indian Historian 11 (December 1978): 20-29.
Book Chapters
Riding In, James. “Decolonizing NAGPRA.” In For Indigenous Eyes Only: A Decolonization Handbook. Edited by Waziyatawin Angela Wilson and Michael Yellow Bird. Santa Fe: School of American Research, 2005, 53-66.
Riding In, James. “Legacy of Resistance.” In . Edited by Simon Ortiz. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2004, 52-55.
Riding In, James. “The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and American Indian Religious Freedom.” In Native Americans. American Political History Series. Edited by Donald A. Grinde, Jr. Washington, D.C: CQ Press, 2002, 107-16.
Riding In, James. “Our Dead Are Never Forgotten: American Indian Struggles for Burial Rights and Protections.” In “They Made Us Many Promises:” The American Indian Experiences, 1524 to the Present. 2nd ed. Edited by Philip Weeks. Wheeling: Harlan Davidson, Inc., 2002, 291-323.
Riding In, James. “Images of Indians: American Indians in Popular Culture--A Pawnee’s Experiences and Views.”” Editors, Coramae Richey Mann and Marjorie S. Zatz. Images of Color/Images of Crime. Los Angeles: Roxbury Publishing Company, 1998.
Reprinted in Mann, Coramae Richey and Marjorie S. Zatz., eds. Images of Color/Images of Crime. 2nd ed. Los Angeles: Roxbury Publishing Company, 2002, 14-27.
Riding In, James. “Pawnee Repatriation Initiatives.” In Native Graves Protection and Repatriation Act: 1990 (NAGPRA) Compliance Workshop Proceedings. Edited by Myra J. Giesen. Lenexa: Sloan Printing, 1995.
Riding In, James. “Scholars and Twentieth-Century Indians: Reassessing the Recent Past.” In New Directions in American Indian History. Edited by Colen G. Calloway. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1988. 127-49.
Monographs
Riding In, James. Massacre Canyon: A Brief History. Prepared for the Massacre Canyon Monument and Visitor’s Center. Trenton: NE, [1999].
Lujan, Carol Chiago, James Riding In, and Rebecca Tsosie. “Justice in Indian Country: A Process Evaluation of the Department of Justice’s Indian Justice Country Justice Initiative.” Prepared for the National Institute of Justice, 1998.
Encyclopedia Articles
Riding In, James. “Repatriation.” American Indian Religious Traditions: An Encyclopedia. 3 volumes. Edited by Suzanne J. Crawford and Dennis F. Kelley. Oxford, Denver, and Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, Forthcoming.
“Geronimo. Encyclopedia of North American Indians. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1996, 220-23.
“Reservations.” Encyclopedia of North American Indians. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1996, 546-49.
Published Reports
Riding In, James. “Report Verifying the Identity of Six Pawnee Scout Crania at the Smithsonian Institute and the National Museum of Health and Medicine.” In Hearings on S. 1021 and S. 1980 Before the Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs, 101st Congress, 2d Session (May 1990), 211-29.
Riding In, James, John Red Horse, and Jeremy P. Rockman. Our Voices, Our Vision: Indians Speak Out for Academic Excellence. College Entrance Examination Board, 1989.
Special Journal Editorship
Riding In, James and Elizabeth Cook-Lynn. Indians and Lewis and Clark. Wicazo Sa Review: A Journal of Native American Studies 19 (Spring 2004).
Riding In, James. Colonization/Decolonization. Wicazo Sa Review: A Journal of Native American Studies 19 (Fall 2004). Forthcoming.
Riding In, James. Encounter of Two Worlds: The Next Five Hundred Years. American Indian Culture and Research Journal 17, No. 3 (1993).
Other Publications
Riding In, James and Chris Pexa. “Editor’s Commentary.” Wicazo Sa Review: A Journal of Native American Studies 20 (Fall 2005): 5-13.
Riding In, James. “Editor’s Commentary.” Colonization/Decolonization, II. Wicazo Sa Review: A Journal of Native American Studies 20 (Spring 2005): 5-7.
Riding In, James. “Editor’s Commentary.” Colonization/Decolonization, I. Wicazo Sa Review: A Journal of Native American Studies 19 (Fall 2004): 5-8.
Riding In, James. “Protecting Native American Human Remains, Burial Grounds, and Sacred Places.” Colonization/Decolonization, I. Wicazo Sa Review: A Journal of Native American Studies 19 (Fall 2004): 171-75.
Elizabeth Cook-Lynn and James Riding In. “Editor’s Commentary.” Indian Encounters with Lewis and Clark. Wicazo Sa Review: A Journal of Native American Studies 19 (Spring 2004): 5-10.
Riding In, James. “Should Alternative Views of History Be Promoted?” NEA Higher Education Advocate 10, No. 1, (1992): 8.
Gonzales, M. Christina, James Riding In, and Calbert A. Seciwa. “American Indian Perspective.” Harmonizing Arizona’s Ethnic and Cultural Diversity, 60th Arizona Town Hall, 1992. Tempe: Arizona State University, 1992, 55-59.
Papers Presented at Scholarly Meetings
“Pawnee Sacredness and Colonialism.” University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, June 20, 2006.
“Spiritual Genocide: The Snowbowl Case.” American Indian Studies Consortium Conference. Arizona State University, Tempe, February 16, 2006.
“U.S. Imperialism, Colonialism, and the Pawnee Scouts: A Critical Historical Assessment.” Covering U.S. Empires Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2004.
“Decolonizing NAGPRA.” Creating a Decolonization Workbook Workshop. School of American Research, Santa Fe, NM, 2004
“The Pawnees and White American Justice, 1818 to 1872.” Society of American Ethnohistory Conference, Tucson, AZ, 2001.
“Tirawahut’s Land and Manifest Destiny: A Discussion of Pawnee Sacred, Cultural, and Historical Sites and the Effects of U.S. Expansion on Them,” Sacred Lands: Plains Indian Seminar, Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, WY, 2000.
“Repatriation, Tribal Sovereignty, and Cultural Survival.” Symposium on Land, Culture and Community: Contemporary Issues in Cultural Resources Protection, Arizona State University School of Law, Tempe, 1999.
“White Justice/Pawnee Indians.” Law and Society Conference, Aspen, CO, 1998.
“Two Centuries of White Images of Pawnee Indians.” Popular Culture Association Conference, San Antonio, TX, 1997.
“Justice and Indian-White Relations in the Nineteenth Century.” American Society of Criminology Conference, Phoenix, AZ, 1993.
“Cultural Change and Retention: A Pawnee Case Study.” Organization of American Historians, Anaheim, CA, 1993.
“American Indian Cultural Survival: A Pawnee Case Study.” American Indian Cultural Survival Conference, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, 1992.
“Pawnee Encounters with White American Judicial Systems, 1869-1872.” Organization of American Historians, Louisville, KY, 1991.
“Impact of the Dawes Act on the Pawnee Nation, 1892-1934.” American Indians in Contemporary Life Conference, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 1985.
“The Contracting of the Albuquerque Indian School.” New Mexico State Historical Society Conference, Taos, NM, 1979.
Book Reviews
Fine-Dare, Kathleen S. Grave Injustice: The American Indian Repatriation Movement and NAGPRA. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press. In Great Plains Research 14 (Fall 2004): 358-59.
Frantz, Klaus. Indian Reservations in the United States: Territory, Sovereignty, and Socioeconomic Change. Chicago: University of Chicago Geography Research Papers, 1999. In Great Plains Research 11 (Spring 2001): 194.
Wishart, David. An Unspeakable Sadness: The Dispossession of the Nebraska Indians. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1996. In Pacific Historical Quarterly 65 (August 1996): 481-82.
Price, III, H. Marcus. Disputing the Dead: U.S. Law on Aboriginal Remains and Grave Goods. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1991. In American Indian Culture and Research Journal 16, No. 4 (1992): 215-18.
Foster, Morris W. Being Comanche: A Social History of an American Indian Community. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1991. In Journal of American History 79 (December 1992): 1192-93.
Blaine, Martha Royce. Pawnee Passage: 1870-1875. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1990. In Western Historical Quarterly 22 (November 1991): 497-98.
Research Reports
Adams, Gordon and James Riding In. “Final Preliminary Report: Report Documenting Pawnee Ancestry on the Central Plains: Claiming Human Remains and Funerary Objects Classified as Culturally Unidentifiably by Museums and Federal Agencies. Report prepared for the Pawnee Nation Repatriation Committee, Pawnee Nation, OK, August 7, 2006.
Riding In, James. Preamble, Recommendations for Disposition of “Culturally Unidentifiable.” Arizona State University, School of Law, 2001. (Wrote this preamble on behalf of a coalition of American Indian nations.)
Riding In, James. “National Historic Context Study: History of Civil Rights, The American Indian Movement.” Report prepared for the National Park Service and Organization of American Historians, 2001.
Riding In, James. “Chronology of the Conveyances of Mission Park: Preliminary Findings.” Preliminary report prepared for President Robert Chapman, Pawnee Nation, Pawnee, OK, 2000.
Riding In, James. “Ways for a Museum to Develop Meaningful Pawnee Exhibits, Displays, and Installations.” Prepared for Donald Fixico, Indigenous Studies Program, University of Kansas, Lawrence, 2000.
Riding In, James. “Pawnee Collections at the Denver Art Museum and Colorado Historical Society.” Report prepared for the Pawnee Business Council, Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, 1996.
Riding In, James. “Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Summaries: A Report Concerning Pawnee Religious and Cultural Objects Held in America’s Institutions.” Report prepared for the Repatriation Committee, Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, 1995.
Riding In, James. “Homeless People in Maricopa County: An Historical Perspective.” Reflections on Homelessness in Maricopa County: A Preliminary Report of the Research Project for Homeless People. College of Public Programs, Arizona State University, 1994.
Adams, Gordon F., James Riding In, and Virgil Wade. “Pawnee Sacred Objects and Cultural Patrimony.” Report prepared for the Repatriation Committee, Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, 1994.
Riding In, James and Roger C. Echo-Hawk. “Sacred Bundles, Religious Objects, Cultural Artifacts, and Human Remains: Findings Concerning the Pawnee Collections at the Field Museum of Natural History.” Report prepared for the Reburial Committee, Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, 1993.
Riding In, James. “The Symbology of Color: A Preliminary Report Concerning the Meanings of the Term Redskin in Nebraska Newspapers during the 1860s and 1870s.” Report prepared for Dorsey and Whitney Law Firm, Minneapolis, MN, 1993.
Riding In, James. “The Removal of the Pawnee Indians from Nebraska to Black Bear Creek and the Transformation of Their New Reservation, 1873 to 1893.” Report prepared for the Nasharo (Chiefs) Council, Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, 1993.
Riding In, James. “Report Verifying the Identity of Six Pawnee Scout Crania at the Smithsonian Institution and the National Museum of Health and Medicine: Part II, A Supplemental Analysis of Recently Obtained Data in Behalf of the “Pawnee Tribal Repatriation Struggle.” Report prepared for the Native American Rights Fund, Boulder, CO, 1992.
Riding In, James. “Reclaiming Our Pawnee Dead.” Report prepared for the Native American Rights Fund, Boulder, CO, 1989.
Riding In, James, John Red Horse, and Jeremy P. Rockman. “National Dialogue Project on American Indian Education, Final Report.” Report prepared for the American Indian Science and Engineering Society, Boulder, CO, 1989.
Riding In, James. “National Dialogue Project on American Indian Education, Northeast/Woodlands Regional Report.” Report prepared for the American Indian Science and Engineering Society, Boulder, CO, 1988.
Riding In, James. “National Dialogue Project on American Indian Education, Southwest/Desert Regional Report.” Report prepared for the American Indian Science and Engineering Society, Boulder, CO, 1988.
Educational Video Participation
On-camera interview. American History in the Making, Red Door Films, Oakland, CA, May 23, 2006.
Consultant and on-camera interview. Who Owns the Past? N. Jed Riffe & Associates, Berkeley, CA, 1994-2001. Aired on PBS in 2001 and various times since.
Video Script Writer (with Patty Talahungva) and Historical Consultant. The Fort McDowell Yavapai: People of the Red Mountain. Fort McDowell Mohave-Apache Indian Community, 1998 to 1999.
On-camera interview. The Story of America, Partisan Pictures, New York City, NY, 1997.
On-camera interview and historical consultant. Chatiks si Chatiks: The Pawnees’ Story, Nebraska ETV Network, 1993 to present.
On-camera interview. A Writers Exchange: Program 21, Developing and Supporting a Thesis Statement. Dallas County Community College District, 1996 (air nationally over educational television channels).
On-camera interview and historical consultant. In Search of the Overland Trail, Oregon Public Broadcasting and Nebraska ETV Network, 1992 to 1996. Aired on PBS in 1996 and various time since.
On-camera panelist. The Way West Symposium, Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, 1995.
On-camera interview. The Real West, “Indians and the Army,” Greystone Production, Burbank, CA, 1993 Aired in 1993 and various times since.
Work credited. The Thieves of Time, KAET TV Production, Arizona State University, 1992. Aired in 1992 and various times since.
On-camera interview and consultant. From the Heart of a Child, College of Eastern Utah, 1991.
WORK IN PROGRESS
Riding In, James. Keepers of Tirawahut’s Covenant: Pawnee Cultural Survival in Nebraska.
Riding In, James. The Story of the American Indian Repatriation Movement.
GRANTS AND PROPOSALS
Principal Investigator. “The American Indian Oral History Project: Seeking Tribal Remembrances of Buffalo Soldiers among Apaches of Arizona and New Mexico.”National Park Service, 7/2006. Funded $5,000.
Principal Investigator. “Santa Fe Trail.” Long Distance Trails Group Office-Santa Fe of the National Park Service, 2002 to present. Funded $57,000.
Principal Investigator. “American Indians and the Santa Fe Trail.” Wassaja Grant. Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, 2004. Funded $5,000.
Riding In, James and Charles Colbert. “The Second Wassaja Initiative.” American Indian Academic Council, Arizona State University, 1999. A proposal presented to the Fort McDowell Mohave Apache Indian Community. Funded $333,333.
Riding In, James, et al. “Proposal Request for Planning Authority for an American Indian Studies Program at Arizona State University.” American Indian Studies, Arizona State University, 1998. Approved by the Arizona Board of Regents, January 1999.
Evaluator. “Indian Country Justice Initiatives Evaluation Plan.” National Institute of Justice, Department of Justice, 1996 to 1999.
Principal Investigator. “The Transformation of the Pawnee System of Justice.” Dean’s Incentive Grant, College of Public Program, Arizona State University, 1996.
Lujan, Carol C. and James Riding In, Co-Principal Investigators. “Development of an American Indian Studies Policy Center at ASU.” Dean’s Incentive Grant, College of Public Programs, Arizona State University. 1996. Funded.
Co-author. Task Force on the ASU Intergroup Relations Center. “Proposal for the Development of the ASU Intergroup Relations Center.” Arizona State University, 1996. Funded.
Riding In, James. “Cultural Change and Survival among Twentieth-Century Pawnee Indians,” Dean’s Incentive Grant, Arizona State University, 1995. Funded.
Riding In, James and Carol C. Lujan. “American Indian Justice Studies Certificate Program Funding Proposal to the School of Justice Studies,” Arizona State University, 1995. Funded
Lujan, Carol C., Rita Mae Kelly, James Riding In, and A. J. Jaimes. “Planning Grant to Develop a Proposal to the Rockefeller Foundation for an American Indian Policy Institute and Consortium with the Navajo Community College, Dean’s Incentive Grant, Arizona State University, 1995.
Riding In, James. “Proposal Calling for the Creation of an American Indian Studies Department at Arizona State University.” American Indian Academic Council, Arizona State University, 1993.
Riding In, James . “Voices of Indigenous Survival: 500 Years After Columbus.” Graduate College, Arizona State University, 1992. Funded.
Pino, Manuel F., Pat Lauderdale, James Riding In, and David Goldberg, “A Land Apart: The America and South Africa Exhibition.” Campus Environment Team (Arizona State University), Amnesty International, and The Central Arizona Chapter of the Lawyers Guild, 1992. Funded.
Riding In, James. “Indian Encounters on the Central Plains with White American Justice, 1803-1879.” Dean’s Incentive Grant, Arizona State University, 1992. Funded.
Riding In, James. “The American Indian Repatriation Effort: An Analysis of the Reasons for Its Successes and Disappointments in Arizona, California, Nebraska, and Several Federal Agencies.” Faculty Grant-In-Aid Program, Arizona State University, 1990. Funded.
Kelly, Rita Mae, David Theo Goldberg, James Riding In, and Pat Lauderdale. “Power, Economics, and Identity: Justice and Cultural Identity.” Dean’s Incentive Grant, Arizona State University, 1990.
Riding In, James. “Revisiting Pawnee History, 1820 to 1875.” Institute of American Cultures, UCLA, 1988-1989. Funded.
PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL/SCHOLARLY MEETINGS
Co-Chair. Warriors Project Planning Meeting, University of Texas. El Paso, June 14, 2006.
Participant. Oklahoma Tribal College Summit, University of Oklahoma, Norman, July 27, 2006.
Invited Lecture. “NAGPRA, Repatriation and Oral Traditions.” University of Kansas, Lawrence, 2005.
Invited Lecture. “NAGPRA, Repatriation and Oral Traditions.” Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence, KS, 2005.
Presenter. “ There Is Little to Celebrate.” Native American Symposium, Nebraska Lewis and Clark bicentennial Commission, Omaha, Nebraska, 2005.
Discussant. “Repatriation and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights.” Hidden Genocides: Second Annual Human Rights Summit at SFSU. San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, 2005.
Presenter. “Internment and Relocation as U.S. Federal Policy.” History Fest sponsored by the Phoenix Unified School District and the Arizona Humanities Council.” Phoenix, AZ, 2005.
Moderator. “Theory & Practice II: The Development of Future Knowledge Envisioning the Future of American Indian Studies.” American Indian Studies Consortium Conference, Arizona State University, Tempe, 2005.
Moderator. “Current Issues in Repatriation: Protecting the Spirits of Our Ancestors.” Protecting the Spirits of Our Ancestors II: Sacred Places Protection and Repatriation Conference, Santa Fe, NM. 2004
Panelist. “God and Country: The Politics of Religion.” Unity Conference. Washington, D.C. 2004.
Moderator. “Who Stole American Indian Studies?” American Indian Studies Consortium Conference, Arizona State University, Tempe, 2004.
Panelist. “Approaches to Guiding Principles and Protocols to Protect Sacred Places.” Summit on Consultation Protocols to Protect Native American Sacred Places. Santa Fe, NM. 2003.
Panelist. “Protecting Native American Human Remains, Burial Grounds, and Sacred Places.” The American Indian Religious Freedom Act’s 25th Anniversary: Past Accomplishments and Future Challenges Conference. Indian Legal Program, American Indian Studies, and Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics, Arizona State University, 2003.
Commentator. “Approaching the Frontier Paradigm in American Indian History.” American History Association Conference, Los Angeles, CA, 2002.
Moderator. “AIS Faculty Panel/Challenges and Accomplishments.” American Indian Studies Consortium Conference. Arizona State University, 2002.
Moderator. “What is the Responsibility of Native Intellectuals Regarding the Events of September 11?” American Indian Studies Consortium Conference, Arizona State University, Tempe, 2002.
Panelist. “Finding A Place for Civil Rights History in the National Parks Service.” Organization of American History Conference. Los Angeles, CA, 2001.
Presenter. “Native Struggles for Religious Freedom.” Ute Culture and History Teachers Institute. Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO, 2001.
Arizona State University, Tempe, 2001.
Commentator. “American Indians in the Twentieth Century,” Western Historical Association Conference, Portland, OR, 1999.
Panelist. “Repatriation, Tribal Sovereignty, and Cultural Survival.” Symposium on Land, Culture and Community: Contemporary Issues in Cultural Resources Protection, Arizona State University School of Law, Tempe, 1999.
Panelist. “Repatriation.” Western Hemisphere Indigenous Conference, University of California, Davis, 1998.
Respondent. Translating Native Culture: Native American Studies Conference, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1998.
Panelist. “American Indians.” Critical Race Theory Workshop, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 1997.
Panelist. “The Way West: Cultures in Conflict Symposium.” Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, NE, 1995.
Panelist. “Pawnee Repatriation Initiatives.” Guidelines for the Implementing NAGPRA Workshop, U.S. National Park Service, Lawrence, KS, 1995.
Panelist. “Possible New Directions for American Indians Studies.” The Future of American Indian Studies: A Commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of the UCLA American Indian Studies Center Conference, Los Angeles, 1994.
Plenary Session Panelist. “Contested Lands -- American Indian Perspectives on Religious Freedom, Sacred Sites, and the Environment.” Law and Society Association Conference, Phoenix, AZ, 1994.
Chair/Discussant. “Broken Promises and Transformative Strategies: Indigenous Rights and Socio-Legal Structures,” Law and Society Association Conference, Phoenix, AZ, 1994.
Presenter. “Intellectual Imperialism and American Indians.” American Indian and Alaskan Native Professors Conference, Arizona State University, Tempe, 1994.
Commentator. “American Indians in the West.” Western History Association Conference, Tulsa, OK, 1993.
Panelist. “The American Indian Repatriation Movement: Its Successes and Future Directions.” The Sacred and Profane Conference,” National Wildlife Art Museum, Jackson Hole, WY, 1993.
Panelist. “Ethical Issues with Special Populations in Research: Research with American Indians.” Contemporary Issues in Human Subjects Research: Challenges for Today’s IRBs Conference, Tempe, 1993.
Closing Remarks. “Voices of Indigenous Survival: 500 Years After Columbus Conference.” Arizona State University, Tempe, 1993.
Panelist. “Hollywood and Indians.” American Indian and Alaskan Native Professors Conference, Arizona State University, Tempe, 1992.
Panelist. “Repatriation and American Indians.” Society for the Study of Social Problems Conference, Pittsburg, PA, 1992.
Panelist. “Repatriation.” Indians Making Museums Conference, Arizona State University, Tempe, 1991.
Commentator. “Repatriation of Native American Human Remains and Burial Goods.” Western History Association Conference, Austin, TX, 1991.
Panelist. “Dances With Wolves: A Work of Popular Culture.” North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 1991.
Panelist. “The History of the American Indian Repatriation Movement.” American Indian Repatriation Conference, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 1991.
Paper. “Murder, Justifiable Homicide, or Head Hunting? The Killing and Decapitation of Pawnee Scout Veterans in 1869.” Northern Lights: Culture and History of the Northern Plains Conference, University of California, Davis, CA, 1990.
Panelist. “Findings of the National American Indian Education Dialogue Project.” American Education Research Association Conference, San Francisco, CA, 1989.
Panelist. “Culturally Relevant Education.” National Indian Education Association and American Indian Child Conferences, Albuquerque, NM, and Portland, OR, 1981.
Keynote and Commencement Addresses
Keynote Address. “Update on Legal Battle to Preserve San Francisco Peaks.” National Association of Tribal Historical Preservation Officers, Santa Fe, NM, July 18, 2006.
Keynote Address. “Activism and American Indian Studies.” American Indian Studies Graduate Students Association Conference. University of Arizona, March 2, 2006.
Summer Commencement Address. “What My Haskell Experiences Have Meant to Me.” Haskell Indian Junior College, Lawrence, KS, 1993.
Keynote Address. Annual Awards Night. Frank Elementary School, Guadalupe, AZ, 1992.
Invited Lectures
Presenter. “The Snowbowl Case.” Second Annual Southwest Indian & Policy Forum, Law School, University of Arizona, Tuscon, March 24, 2006.
Invited Lecture. “Effects of the Development of the American West on American Indians: Indian Wars and the Establishment of Reservations.” Arizona Humanities Council, Teaching American History Grant Program, Phoenix, AZ, 2003.
Invited Lecture. “A View of Pawnee History and Culture.” McCook Community College, McCook, NE, 2003.
Invited Lecture. “American Indian Sovereignty: A Historical View.” Arizona State University Downtown Center, Phoenix, AZ, 2001.
Keynote Address. Repatriation Conference. University of Chicago, Chicago, Il, 1997.
Invited Lecture. “The Legislative History of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.” North American Indian Student Organization, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI, 1996.
Invited Lecture. “Repatriation and American Indians.” Lansing Community College, Lansing, MI, 1996.
Invited Lecture. “Repatriation and American Indians.” Student Government, Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence, KS, 1995.
Invited Lecture. “The Mulberry Creek Massacre.” American Indian Club, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 1995.
Invited Lecture. “Native American Social Justice: An Agenda for the 21st Century.” School of Social Welfare, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 1995.
Invited Lecture. “Truth, History, and Justice: A Pawnee’s Perspective.” Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 1994.
Invited Lecture. “The American Indian Repatriation Movement: Its Origins, Successes, and Failures.” University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 1992.
Invited Lecture. “The American Indian Repatriation Movement: Its Successes and Failures.” Arizona State University Law School, Tempe, 1992.
Invited Lecture. “The American Indian Quest for Burial Rights.” University of California, Riverside, CA, 1992.
Invited Lecture. “Indian Quest for Equal Burial Protection under the Law.” Coalition for World Peace, Arizona State University, Tempe, 1991.
Invited Lecture. “The American Indian Repatriation Movement: A Quest for Equal and Religious Protections.” UCLA Library Committee on Diversity, Los Angeles, CA, 1991.
Keynote Address. “Indian Cultural Survival: 500 Years After Columbus.” American Indian Council Banquet, Arizona State University, Tempe, 1991.
Keynote Address. “The Need for an Active American Indian Professoriate.” American Indian Graduation Banquet, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 1991.
Invited Lecture. “Contemporary American Indian Issues.” Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, CA, 1987 and 1988.
Panel Presenter. “Affirmative Action and American Indians.” Minority Students’ Affirmative Action Forum, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 1987.
Invited Lecture. “Images of American Indians.” Navajo Community College, Shiprock, NM, 1982.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Member. American Indian Studies Association, 2000 to present.
Member. Indigenous Professors Association, 1990 to present.
Member. American Indian Studies Consortium Board, 2004 to present
Member. Western Historical Association, 1999 to 2001.
Member. Popular Culture Association, 1997.
Member. Ethnohistory Association, 1995.
Member. Council of Story Tellers (organization of tribal historians), 1992.
Member. Committee on the Status of Minority History and Minority Historians, Organization of American Historians, 1991 to 1993.
Member. American Indian Academic Council, Arizona State University, 1990 to present.
Member. Organization of American Historians, 1991 to 1994.
Member. American Indian Alumni Association, UCLA, 1989 to 1994.
Member. American Education Research Association, 1989.
Member. American Indian Board of Scholars, 1988 to 1990.
Member. National Indian Education Association, 1974 to 1988.
Representative. Native American Graduate Student Association, UCLA, 1984 to 1989.
Member. New Mexico Historical Society, 1979.
UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE, AND DEPARTMENT SERVICE
University Service (Arizona State University)
Member. Academic Senate, 2004 to present.
Panelist. “Writing Indigenous History: Opportunity and Obligations.” Roundtable Discussion, Arizona State University, Department of History, 2002.
Presenter. “American Indian Sovereignty: A Historical View.” Native American Lecture Series, Arizona State University, Downtown Center, 2001.
Member. General Studies Council, Cultural Diversity Subcommittee, 1999 to 2000.
Presenter. “American Indian Studies at Arizona State University.” On the Edge of the Next Millennium: A Colloquium for Educators of American Indians Conference, Tempe, 1998.
Consultant. “ Phase Two Technical Proposal to Fort McDowell Mojave, Apache Indian Community.” A Proposal Submitted to the Fort McDowell Mojave, Apache Indian Community Council, Arizona State University, 1997.
Co-Organizer and Discussant. American Indian Policy Center and American Indian Studies Mini Conference, Tempe, 1997.
Member. Executive Board, Committee on Law and the Social Sciences, 1996 to 1998, 2000 to 2002.
Member. Intergroup Relations Center Task Force, 1996 (Arizona State University Provost’s appointment).
Consultant. “The Turquoise Team Scholarship Proposal: A Proposal to the Navajo Nation.” Arizona State University, 1996.
Consultant. “A River of Learning.” Proposal Submitted to the Fort McDowell Mojave, Apache Indian Community Council, Arizona State University, 1996.
Faculty Advisor. American Indian Justice Studies Student Organization, 1996 to 1997.
Faculty Advisor. Students Against Discrimination, 1996 to 1997.
Faculty Advisor. American Indian Graduate Student Association, Arizona State University, 1994 to 1998.
Member. American Indian Academic Council. 1990 to present.
Faculty Fellow. American Indian Culture and Issues Campus Community, Arizona State University, 1993 to 1995.
Member. Campus Environment Team, Arizona State University, 1994 to 1995 (Arizona State University Presidential appointment).
Presenter. ASU Sun Devil Send Off, Window Rock and Tuba City, AZ, 1994.
Presenter. TA Orientation, Graduate College, 1996, 1994.
Panel Presenter. Seamless Web Student Orientation Professional Panel Discussion, Arizona State University, 1993.
Faculty Advisor. Gamma Beta Phi, Arizona State University, 1993.
Presenter. Academic Support Program Orientation, Arizona State University, 1992.
College Service
Member. College Senate, 2004 to present.
Chair. Director’s Search Committee. American Indian Studies, 2003 to 2004.
Member. Advisory Board. American Indian Studies Program, 2000 to present.
Member. Advisory Board. Center for Urban Inquiry, 2000 to present.
Affiliated Faculty. American Indian Studies, 2000 to 2004.
Member. Search Committee, American Indian Studies Program, 2001 to 2002.
Departmental Service
Member. Graduate Committee, American Indian Studies, 2005 to present.
Chair. Search Committee. American Indian Studies, 2004 to 2005 (two positions).
Chair. IT Search Committee. School of Justice Studies, 2002.
Member, Search Committee. School of Justice Studies, 1994 to 1995, 1998 to 1999, 1995 to 1996, 2001 to 2002, 2002.
Member. Undergraduate Committee. School of Justice Studies, 2002 to 2003.
Co-Developer and Program Administrator. American Indian Justice Studies Certificate Program, School of Justice Studies, 1993 to1999.
Member. American Indian Justice Studies Certificate Program Executive Committee, School of Justice Studies, 1993 to 1999.
Tenured Representative. Personnel Committee, School of Justice Studies, 2001 to 2002.
Untenured Representative. Personnel Committee, School of Justice Studies, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997.
Department Reports and Proposals
Riding In, James. “Summary Report, American Indian Justice Studies Certificate Program.” School of Justice Studies, 1994.
Lujan, Carol C., Manuel F. Pino, and James Riding In. “Proposal for the Creation of an American Indian Justice Studies Certificate Program.” School of Justice Studies, 1993.
Riding In, James. “The Status of the American Indian Concentration of the School of Justice Studies at Arizona State University: Report on the ASU Indian Presence in Justice Studies.” School of Justice Studies, 1992.
Riding In, James. “Proposed Concentration in American Indian Studies.” School of Justice Studies, 1990.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Chair. Board of Trustees, Pawnee Nation College, 2005 to present.
Member. Native American Advisory Board of the Eiteljorg Museum. Indianapolis, IN, 1998 to present.
Invited Speaker. Four Southern Tribes [Tohono O’odham Nation, Ak-Chin Indian Community, Gila River Indian Community, and Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community] Cultural Resource Working Group Meeting, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, AZ, September 20, 2006.
Invited Presenter and Participant. Rocky Mountain, Southwestern and Pacific Southwest Regions. Working Together: Strategy Summit. Pechanga Reservation, CA, February 1-3, 2006.
Member. Working Group on the Disposition of the Culturally Unidentifiable Human Remains, 2002 to present.
Statement. Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, November 16, 2006.
Roundtable Participant. “The American Indian Religious Freedom Act at 25.” Western Social Science Association Conference, Salt Lake City, 2004.
Advisory Board Member. Wicazo Sa Review: A Journal of Native American Studies, 1999 to 2003.
Statement. Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee Meeting. Seattle, WA, 2002.
Statement. Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee Meeting, Tulsa, Ok, 2002.
Participant. A Symposium on NAGPRA: The Issue of “Culturally Unidentifiable” Remains. Arizona State University, 2002.
Participant. DMC (Disproportionate Minority Confinement Research Focus Group). Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Washington, D.C., 2002.
Member. National NAGPRA Steering Committee. American Indian Nations, 2002.
Statement. Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee Meeting. Silver Spring, MD, 1999.
Consulting Scholar. The Trial of Standing Bear. Omaha Opera, Omaha, NE, 1999.
Member. Reducing Underage Drinking Advisory Committee. Native American Connections and U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Phoenix, AZ, 1999.
Reviewer. American Indian Culture and Research Journal. 1992 to1996.
Presenter. “Education and Social Issues.” Government Indian Intertribal Conference, Omaha, NE, 1997.
Presenter. “Pawnee History and Culture.” Genoa (Nebraska) Indian School Annual Reunion, Genoa, NE 1996.
Chair and Organizer. “Native Nebraskan Voices: Indian Perspectives about Historical and Contemporary Issues.” Western History Association Conference, Lincoln, NE, 1996.
Panelist. “Repatriation of Indian Remains and Artifacts.” Tribal Sovereignty Conference, American Indian Research and Policy Institute, Hamline University, School of Law, St. Paul, MN, 1995.
Chair and Organizer. “Enriching the Study of History: The Voices of American Indian Graduate Students.” Organization of American History Conference, Atlanta, GA, 1994.
Judge. National Indian Education Association Media Festival and Student Video Contest, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 1994.
Judge. Outstanding Dissertations Competition. National Association for Bilingual Education, Tempe, AZ, 1993.
Panel Presenter. “Stereotypes, Mascots, and Place Names: Ways in which Society Denigrates American Indians.” Unity Conference, Phoenix, AZ, 1993.
Museum Consultancy
Historical Consultant. Eiteljorg Museum. Indianapolis, IN, 1998 to present.
NAGPRA Consultant. Museum of Nebraska, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1998 to 2003.
Historical Consultant. Western Historical Trails Center, Council Bluff, Iowa, U.S. National Park Service and Vincent Chula Design, New York, 1993 to 1997.
PUBLIC/COMMUNITY SERVICE
Radio Interview. “Repatriation,” Native America Calling, November 16, 2005.
Newspaper Interview. “Racism and Sovereignty at the Borders.” Indian Country Today, August 17, 2006.
Pawnee Nation Representative. Plains Regional NAGPRA Consultation, Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO, March 21-22, 2006.
Retained Expert Witness. Hualapai Tribe, Norris Nez, and Bill Bucky Preston v. U.S. Forest Service et al. DNA. People’s Legal Services, Inc., August – December 2005. Provided services pro bono.
Speaker. NAGPRA at Fifteen Banquet. National Tribal Historical Preservation Officers. Albuquerque, NM, November 16, 2005.
Presenter. “NAGPRA-Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.” Native American Heritage Month Speakers Series, Scottsdale Community College, Scottsdale, AZ, 2004
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 2004.
Member. Genoa Indian School Scholarship Committee. Genoa, NE, 2004 to present.
Pawnee Nation Delegate. NAGPRA Consultation Meeting, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 2003.
Pawnee Nation Delegate. NAGPRA Consultation Meeting. Fort Berthold Reservation, White Shield, North Dakota, 2003.
Historical and Cultural Researcher and Consultant. Pawnee Nation of Indians, Pawnee, OK, 1989 to present.
Organizer and Supervisor. Wassaja History and Culture Restoration Project. Fort McDowell Mojave, Apache Community, AZ, 1997 to 1999.
Historical and Cultural Researcher and Consultant. Native American Rights Fund, Boulder, CO, 1989 to 1994.
Program Planner. Select Committee on Indian Affairs, United States Senate, Proposed Amendments to the American Indian Religious Freedom Act Hearings. Salt River Indian Community, AZ, 1993.
Radio Interview. “American Indian Gaming.” Pat McMahan Show, KTAR, Phoenix, AZ, 1992.
Radio Interview. “American Indians in Academe.” American Indian Airwaves, KPFK, Los Angeles, 1986.
Presenter. “American Indian History and Culture.” Mira Costa High School, Academic Decathlon Program, Redondo Beach, CA, 1989.
Panel Presenter. “The Columbus Quincentennary and American Indians.” Inner City Center, Los Angeles, 1989.
TV Interview. “Contemporary Problems Confronting American Indians.” Weekend Gallery, Channel 5, KTLA, Hollywood, CA, 1988.
RECOGNITION AND AWARDS
Certificate of Appreciation in Recognition of Valuable Contributions to “Protecting the Spirits of Our Ancestors II: Sacred Places Protection and Repatriation Conference, 2004.
Certificate of Appreciation for the American Indian Justice Studies Certificate Program Internship Placement Program, Arizona Commission of Indian Affairs, 1999.
Certification of Appreciation for Assisting in the Recovery of Pawnee Remains for Proper Reburial, Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, 1995.
Student Affairs Recognition for Significant Contributions to the Quality of Life for Students at Arizona State University, 1992 to 1998.
Research Project for Homeless People Grant Award, Arizona State University, 1992.
Service Award (School of Justice Studies Nominee), College of Public Programs, Arizona State University, 1992.
National University Correspondence Education Association Award (Arizona State University Nominee), 1992.
Faculty Aid-In-Grant Research Award, Arizona State University, 1991.
Institute of American Cultures Research Award, UCLA, 1990.
Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, 1989 to 1990.
Teaching Assistantship, Department of History, UCLA, 1988 to 1989.
Institute of American Cultures PreDoctoral Fellowship, UCLA, 1986 to 1988.
Sequoyah Fellowship, Association on American Indian Affairs, 1987 to 1988.
Graduate Advancement Program Award, UCLA, 1983 to 1984 and 1986 to 1987.
American Indian Leadership Program Fellowship, U.S. Department of Education, 1984 to 1985.
Fellow, Summer Institute for the Study of American Indians in American History, Newberry Library, Chicago, Il. 1982.
Who’s Who among American Junior Colleges, Haskell Indian Junior College, Lawrence, KS, 1974.
