Angela Aleiss, lecturer emeritus in the College of Business, has created the Native Americans in the Arts and Entertainment Award for the Los Angeles Press Club. The honor, which includes a $500 cash prize, will debut at the club’s dinner in December and recognize the best story highlighting issues affecting Native Americans in the arts and entertainment industry. Aleiss is the author of “Hollywood’s Native Americans: Stories of Identity and Resistance” and will publish her next book, “Broken Arrow,” with University of New Mexico Press in October 2025. The new work explores the 1950 film of the same name, part of the Reel West series, and continues her focus on representations of Native Americans in popular media.
