Contact Information

Rose Soza War Soldier

Associate Professor

Office Location: Amador 554C

Office Hours: Fall '26 T/R 9-10am and 12-1pm (in person at the Wileety Lib 1001)

Email: Rose.SozaWarSoldier@csus.edu

Phone: +1 916-278-4977

Mailing Address: 6000 J Street Sacramento, CA 95819

Courses That I Teach

• ETHN 11 Introduction to Ethnic Studies
• ETHN 53 Introduction to Native American Studies
• ETHN 140 Native American Experience
• ETHN 142 Native American Tribal Government
• ETHN 145 Native Voice, Memory, and Biography
• ETHN 146 California Indian Studies
• ETHN 151 Native American Women

Research Interests

20^th Century American history; American Indian activism and resistance; California Indian history and politics; Decolonization, Oral history; Race relations; Cultural and Social history; Western history; Indigenous feminism; Indigenous Futurisms

Professional Associations

• American Indian Studies Association (AISA)
• California Indian Studies and Scholars Association (CISSA)
• Western History Association (WHA)

Education

• BA degree in History with a double minor in Political Science and Social/Ethnic Relations, University of California, Davis
• Ph.D. degree in History with an emphasis in American Indian History, Arizona State University

Interviews and Publications

• Rose Soza War Soldier interview resulting in Sacramento News & Review, December 28, 2023, https://sacramento.newsreview.com/2023/12/28/sacramento-area-colleges-still-holding-onto-to-native-american-bones-and-artifacts-are-about-to-face-the-law/

• Rose Soza War Soldier interview resulting in Diverse Issues in Higher Education, November 9, 2023, https://www.diverseeducation.com/from-the-magazine/article/15637646/renewed-push-apace-to-return-native-american-remains

• Rose Soza War Soldier, in Terria Smith, ed. Know We Are Here: Voices of Native California Resistance. Berkeley, California: Heyday, 2023.https://www.heydaybooks.com/catalog/know-we-are-here/

• Rose Soza War Soldier, “And it’s time for them to come down”: History, Memory, and Decentering Settler Colonialism,” in Brian Baker, ed. et. al, Introduction to Ethnic Studies, Dubuque, Iowa, 4^th edition, Kendall-Hunt Publishing Company, 2022.

• Rose Soza War Soldier, “Tilted history is too often taught”: Activism, Advocacy, and Restoring Humanity,” in Lara-Cooper, Kishan, and Walter J. Lara, eds. Ka’m-t’em: A Journey toward Healing. Great Oak Press, 2019. https://kamtem-indigenousknowledge.com/

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