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CUTCHA RISLING BALDY
(Hupa, Karuk, Yurok); Enrolled Member- Hoopa Valley Tribe
Education
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University of California - Davis
PhD in Native American Studies (Designated Emphasis in Feminist Theory and Research) Focus/Interests: Native American Literature; Native American Women; Native American Arts & Culture; Native American Religion & Spirituality; Feminist Theory; Indigenous Methodologies, Epistemologies &Knowledge; California Indian History & Peoples; Native American Politics & Contemporary Society. San Diego State University M.F.A. Creative Writing & Literature Thesis: Stories They Tell Me (A Short Story Collection) Stanford University B.A. Psychology (special focus in Health & Development) |
Fall 2010 - Present
2002 - 2005 1997- 2001 |
Awards
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FORD Foundation Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
UC Davis Block Grant Award American Indian Graduate Center Fellowship American Indian College Fund: Anthony A. Welmas Graduate Scholarship Blue Lake Rancheria Higher Education Scholarship Rodney T. Mathews Scholarship: Morongo Band of Mission Indians |
2011 - 2014
2010 - 2011 2010 - 2011 2010- 2011 2010 2010 |
Teaching Experience
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University of California - Davis
Associate Instructor Teaching Consultant - Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning University of California - Davis Associate Instructor: Native American Studies 05 - Native American Literature Topic: Native American History, Native American Identity, Stereotypes, DecolonizationTopic: Concepts of Native American Literature (Oral History, Space/Place/Time/Regionalism, Indian Humor, Sovereignty, De-colonization, Survivance) Topic: California Indians and Native American Literature University of California - Davis Teaching Assistant: Special Project Research Methodologies "Uneasy Remains" Film Project Stanford University Teaching Assistant: Peer Health Education Training Course |
Summer 2012
2011 - 2012 2010 - 2011 2001 |
Contracts & Grants
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Department and Professional Service
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University of California - Davis
Member: Chancellor’s 2020 Initiative Task Force – Enrollment Management Committee University of California - Davis Member: Academic Senate Affirmative Action & Diversity Committee University of California - Davis NAS Graduate Student Symposium Planning Committee University of California - Davis Graduate Student Representative (Native American Studies) University of California - Davis Board Member/ Selection Committee: Chancellor's Graduate and Professional Student Advisory Board University of California - Davis Graduate Student Researcher (Environmental Justice Project) |
2011- ongoing
2011- ongoing 2011- 2012 2011 - 2012 2010 - 2012 Summer 2011 |
Presentations
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National Women’s Studies Association (Oakland, CA)
Why We Dance: The Hupa Women’s Flower Dance Ceremony – DecolonizationIn 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 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? 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 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 |
2012
2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2007 2006 |
Papers and Publications
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Center for Indian Community Development - Humboldt State University
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) 20 Years Later - What Works Center for Indian Community Development - Humboldt State University Caring for Native American Regalia Items - A practical guide for personal collections |
2011
2010 |
Related Experience
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“Uneasy Remains” Film Project
Project Coordinator Lead project coordinator for a $100,000 film project focusing on the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). CBaldy Consulting Nonprofit & Tribal Consultant Planning and development of projects and/or programs. Evaluation, data analysis, needs assessment, grant writing and board development Native Women’s Collective Executive Director Responsible for the overall management and operation of a nonprofit organization that focuses on arts and culture projects |
2010 - Present
2009 - Present 2009 - Present |
Workshops
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Courses and Trainings
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University of California - Davis
English 393: Teaching Literature and Composition University of California - Davis UWP 390: Theory and Practice of University Level Composition Instruction Humboldt State University Wills and Probate Training in Indian Country (Falmouth Institute) Humboldt State University Tribal Comprehensive Economic Development Strategies Seminar |
2011
2011 2010 2009 |
Memberships
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Modern Language Association
National Women's Studies Association Native American Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA) Native Women's Collective Me'Dil Institute (Maintaining, Enhancing and Defending Indigenous Living) Northern California Association of Nonprofits North Coast Natural History Museum Association Stanford Native American Alumni Association Stanford Alumni Association |
