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Angela Gonzales, a member of the Hopi Tribe and director of American Indian Studies, was elected as president of the\u0026nbsp;\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-09-22T10:58:57-07:00\u0022\u003E09\/22\/2026-10:58am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Angela Gonzales, a member of the Hopi Tribe and director of American Indian Studies program at ASU, was elected as president of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA) for the 2026\u201327 term.","teaser":"As the\u0026nbsp;American Indian Studies program at Arizona State University marks its 25th anniversary this year, the program is gaining new visibility on an international stage.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/PaloVerdeBlooms.jpg","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/b\/20260922-asu-professor-lead-indigenous-studies-association","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences","contributor-contact-information-name":"Megan Neely","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus, Online","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/PaloVerdeBlooms.jpg","image_alt":"ASU logo sign in front of palo verde trees","image_caption":"","related_story":"","news_units":"American Indian Studies Program|Center for Indian Education|The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences","interests":"","audiences":"","locations":"Tempe campus|Online","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"feed_only_article","field_saf":""}},{"node":{"nid":"116776","title":"London provides international case study for sports\u2019 community impact","body":"In athletics, you win or lose \u2014 or maybe draw, depending on the sport. 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Three years later, the Japanese government is sending Cisneros to Japan.Cisneros, a Japanese major at The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences\u0027\u0026nbsp;School of\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-09-14T09:52:23-07:00\u0022\u003E09\/14\/2026-9:52am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Japanese major Derek Cisneros earned one of Japan\u0026#039;s most competitive international scholarships, continuing a recent streak of success for ASU\u0026#039;s Japanese program.","teaser":"Derek Cisneros came to Arizona State University because of a high school Japanese teacher who had earned his own degree from ASU. 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