James Fenelon

Biography

James “Jim” Fenelon is professor of sociology and Director of Center for Indigenous Peoples Studies at California State University, San Bernardino. He is Lakota / Dakota of Standing Rock, and has taught internationally, and worked with urban groups and indigenous peoples globally. He published Culturicide, Resistance, and Survival of the Lakota (Sioux Nation) with Taylor & Francis in 1998, Indigenous Peoples and Globalization (Paradigm, with Thomas D. Hall), and his newest book Redskins? Sports Mascots, Indian Nations and White Racism (Routledge); utilizing world systems analysis over indigenous cultural domination and global stratification in his last two books. James teaches race and ethnic relations, urban sociology, social movements, indigenous issues, genocide, political sociology, sovereignty, and dedicates his professional life to assisting social justice struggles.

Education

PhD–1995 Northwestern; CAS Harvard; MAT MIA at SIT, BA- LMU

Areas of Research / Professional Expertise

Native Nations, American Indians and Indigenous Peoples
Race, Ethnicity and Racism of Capitalism
Urban Inequality and Community Social Structures
Socio-Political Issues of Sovereignty, Immigration
Resistance, Survivance and Revitalization
World Systems from Asia to the Western Hemisphere
Area Studies: Asia (China, Japan, Malaysia); Caribbean (Haiti, Martinique); Americas (South, Central of Indigenous Peoples, North of Native Nations, Standing Rock); Western Europe (Denmark, Ireland)

Personal Interests

Photographic and Poetic Beauty of the World
Spirituality and Ceremony form the Northern Plains and Globally
Social and Personal Justice and Integrity
Nations and Traditional Cultures of the World
Languages and Worldviews of Diverse Ethnicity
Family - my Sons, Relatives and Mi Daku ye

Books