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Current Courses:
AIE 335 Social/Cultural Consideration
CD 355 Language Development
Current Department Activities:
Ka’m-t’em: Next Steps for K-12 Educators
ACES Aware Grant- Trainings for Medical Professionals
Ka’m-t’em Speaker Series
Elementary Subject Matter Curriculum
Identity, Family, and Community as Antidotes for Historical and Race-Based Trauma- with Dr. Meenal Rana
Current Community Partner Activities:
Career and College Readiness, Yurok Tribe
Administration of Justice, Public Safety and Response, College of the Redwoods
Mental Health Prevention and Early Suicide Intervention, Two Feathers Native American Family Services
Department of Health and Human Services, Child Welfare Services
Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health
California Landscape Stewardship Network
California Department of Education- American Indian Education Oversight Committee
https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/ai/
Selected Publications:
Lara-Cooper, K., Juan, C., Colegrove, E., Gensaw, T., & Ammon, G. (In Press). “In the Telling and
In the Listening, Humanity Meets”: Youth Testimonials of Resilience. In Hilary Weaver,
Routledge Handbook of International Indigenous Resiliency. New York: Routledge.
Lara-Cooper, K. & Lara, W. (Eds.) (2019). Ka’mte’m: A Journey toward Healing. Temecula,
Ca: Great Oak Press.
Lara, W. & Lara-Cooper, K. (2019). Across the Lagoon: The Inspiration behind the Northwest
Indian Cemetery Protection Association (NICPA). In Kishan Lara-Cooper and Walt Lara, Ka’mte’m: A Journey Toward Healing. Temecula, CA: Great Oak Press.
Lara, W. & Lara-Cooper, K. (2019). Fish Wars on the Klamath River. In Kishan Lara-Cooper
and Walt Lara, Ka’mte’m: A Journey Toward Healing. Temecula, CA: Great Oak Press.
Lara-Cooper, K. (2019). “More than a Boat”: Bias, Institutional Frameworks, and Testimonial
Injustice. In Kishan Lara-Cooper and Walt Lara, Ka’mte’m: A Journey Toward Healing.
Temecula, CA: Great Oak Press.
Lara-Cooper, K. (2017). Creating a Space for Indigenous Knowledge: A Multilogical View of
Giftedness. In Joely Proudfit, On Indian Ground: A Return to Indigenous Knowledge-
Generating Hope, Leadership, and Sovereignty Through Education (pp 1-18). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Lara-Cooper, K. (2017). Protecting the Treasure: A History of Indigenous Education in
California. In Joely Proudfit, On Indian Ground: A Return to Indigenous Knowledge-
Generating Hope, Leadership, and Sovereignty Through Education (pp 137-156).
Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Lara-Cooper, K. & Cooper, S. (2016). “Our Culture is not a Costume”: The Influences of
Stereotypes on School-Age Children. Wicazo Sa Review, 31 (2), 56-68.
Trinidad Rancheria, Yurok Elder’s Wisdom Preservation Project, and Lara-Cooper, K. (2016).
Re-chok’ ne’-ohl-we-yoch. Trinidad, Ca: Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Trinidad Rancheria, Yurok Elder’s Wisdom Preservation Project, and Lara-Cooper, K. (2016).
Kues tue ‘n-uuek. Trinidad, Ca: Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Trinidad Rancheria, Yurok Elder’s Wisdom Preservation Project, and Lara-Cooper, K. (2016).
Hoo-loh. Trinidad, Ca: Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Trinidad Rancheria, Yurok Elder’s Wisdom Preservation Project, and Lara-Cooper, K. (2016).
Kues Keech Roh? Trinidad, Ca: Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Trinidad Rancheria, Yurok Elder’s Wisdom Preservation Project, and Lara-Cooper, K. (2016).
Kues tue hoo-re-mes? Trinidad, Ca: Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Trinidad Rancheria, Yurok Elder’s Wisdom Preservation Project, and Lara-Cooper, K. (2016).
Keech Ney-gehl. Trinidad, Ca: Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Lara-Cooper, K. (2014). K’winya’nya:n-ma’awhiniw: Creating a Space for Indigenous
Knowledge in the Classroom. Journal of American Indian Education, 53 (1), 3-22.
Lara, K. (2008). Pick up the Basket. Wicazo Sa Review, 23 (2), 103-104.