American Indian Culture and Research Journal

Beginning in the spring of 1976, the American Indian Studies Center at UCLA began exploring the possibility of developing an interdisciplinary Master of Arts program in American Indian Studies. Given the large number of courses about American Indians already being offered at UCLA (22 undergraduate, 13 graduate) the first attempts were really to identify the mechanics of putting together such a program of study. The American Indian Studies Center also needed a curriculum coordinator to oversee the planning of the M.A. During the summer of 1976, Dr. David Draper joined the faculty and assumed this role.