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# Activists and Lawyers Discuss Tribal Rights at the Hammer Museum
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/activists-and-lawyers-discuss-tribal-rights-at-the-hammer-museum/
- Published: 2017-03-01T17:15:59.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:12:57.000Z
- Description: Tonight, the Hammer Museum is hosting the panel discussion Standing Tall for Tribal Rights, held in conjunction with the current retrospective of the work of Jimmie Durham.
- Author: Matt Stromberg
- Tags: Art, Events, Hammer Museum, Standing Rock, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:23 (2016, 2017, part 2)

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A water protector from the Oceti Sakowun Camp at Standing Rock (photo by Avery White)

Over the past year, [protests](https://hyperallergic.com/a-report-from-standing-rock-where-artists-listen-learn-inspire-and-heal/) against the Dakota Access Pipeline spearheaded by native activists and water protectors at Standing Rock have focused international attention on environmental and lands rights issues facing indigenous communities. A [construction delay](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/army-corps-delays-dakota-access-pipeline-calls-review/?ref=hyperallergic.com) issued last November by the Army Corps of Engineers was tentatively seen as a victory, only to be thwarted as the [new administration chose to press ahead](http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2017/02/dakota-access-pipeline-standing-rock-trump?ref=hyperallergic.com), leading to numerous arrests and the clearing of the protest camp.

Tonight, the Hammer Museum is hosting the panel discussion [Standing Tall for Tribal Rights](https://hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2017/03/standing-tall-for-tribal-rights/?ref=hyperallergic.com), held in conjunction with the current retrospective of the work of [Jimmie Durham](https://hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/2017/jimmie-durham-at-the-center-of-the-world/?ref=hyperallergic.com), an artist with a long connection to Native American struggles. Moderated by journalist, filmmaker, and radio host [Ian Masters](http://ianmasters.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com), the talk features UCLA law professors Carole Goldberg and Angela R. Riley in conversation with activist Melanie K. Yazzie, founder of [The Red Nation](https://therednation.org/?ref=hyperallergic.com), a group that aims to “center Native political agendas and struggles through direct action, advocacy, mobilization, and education.”

**When:** Wednesday, March 1, 7:30pm  
**Where:** Hammer Museum (10899 Wilshire Boulevard, Westwood, Los Angeles)

*More info* [*here*](https://hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2017/03/standing-tall-for-tribal-rights/?ref=hyperallergic.com)*.*