Benedict J Colombi
- Professor, American Indian Studies
- Professor, School of Geography and Development
- Professor, Anthropology
- Professor, American Indian Studies-GIDP
- Professor, Natural Resources and the Environment
- Member of the Graduate Faculty
- Chair, American Indian Studies-GIDP
Contact
- (520) 621-2269
- Richard P. Harvill Building, Rm. 237B
- Tucson, AZ 85721
- bcolombi@arizona.edu
Awards
- Esteemed Faculty Award, Presidents Office
- University of Arizona, Spring 2016
- Fulbright Scholar Award
- United States Department of StateBureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Fall 2014
Interests
No activities entered.
Courses
2024-25 Courses
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Fund of American Indian Study
AIS 504A (Fall 2024)
2023-24 Courses
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Dissertation
AISG 920 (Spring 2024) -
Many Nations/Native Am
AIS 160A1 (Spring 2024) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
AIS 441A (Spring 2024) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
ANTH 441A (Spring 2024) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
ARL 441A (Spring 2024) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
ENVS 441A (Spring 2024) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
ENVS 541A (Spring 2024) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
RAM 441A (Spring 2024) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
RNR 441A (Spring 2024) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
WFSC 441A (Spring 2024) -
Fund of American Indian Study
AIS 504A (Fall 2023)
2022-23 Courses
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Independent Study
RNR 599 (Spring 2023) -
Many Nations/Native Am
AIS 160A1 (Spring 2023) -
Many Nations/Native Am
AIS 160A1 (Fall 2022)
2021-22 Courses
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Contemp Am Indian Issues
AIS 220 (Spring 2022) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
AIS 441A (Spring 2022) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
AIS 541A (Spring 2022) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
ANTH 441A (Spring 2022) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
ENVS 441A (Spring 2022) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
RAM 441A (Spring 2022) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
RNR 441A (Spring 2022) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
RNR 541A (Spring 2022) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
WFSC 441A (Spring 2022)
2020-21 Courses
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Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
AIS 441A (Spring 2021) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
AIS 541A (Spring 2021) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
ANTH 441A (Spring 2021) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
ENVS 441A (Spring 2021) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
RAM 441A (Spring 2021) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
RNR 441A (Spring 2021) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
RNR 541A (Spring 2021) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
WFSC 541A (Spring 2021)
2019-20 Courses
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Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
AIS 441A (Spring 2020) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
AIS 541A (Spring 2020) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
ENVS 541A (Spring 2020) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
RAM 441A (Spring 2020) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
RNR 441A (Spring 2020) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
WSM 441A (Spring 2020) -
Dissertation
AIS 920 (Fall 2019)
2018-19 Courses
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Independent Study
AIS 699 (Spring 2019) -
Independent Study
AIS 699 (Fall 2018)
2017-18 Courses
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Dissertation
AIS 920 (Spring 2018) -
Honors Thesis
AIS 498H (Spring 2018) -
Honors Thesis
AIS 498H (Fall 2017) -
Indigenous Entrepreneurship
AIS 225 (Fall 2017)
2016-17 Courses
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Many Nations/Native Am
AIS 160A1 (Summer I 2017) -
Dissertation
AIS 920 (Spring 2017) -
Independent Study
AIS 699 (Spring 2017) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
AIS 441A (Spring 2017) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
AIS 541A (Spring 2017) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
ANTH 441A (Spring 2017) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
ARL 541A (Spring 2017) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
ENVS 441A (Spring 2017) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
ENVS 541A (Spring 2017) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
RAM 441A (Spring 2017) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
RNR 541A (Spring 2017) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
WFSC 441A (Spring 2017) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
WFSC 541A (Spring 2017) -
Research
AIS 900 (Spring 2017) -
Independent Study
AIS 699 (Fall 2016) -
Independent Study
RNR 599 (Fall 2016) -
Rsrch Dsgn:Amer Ind Comm
AIS 697C (Fall 2016)
2015-16 Courses
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Many Nations/Native Am
AIS 160A1 (Summer I 2016) -
Dissertation
RNR 920 (Spring 2016) -
Many Nations/Native Am
AIS 160A1 (Spring 2016) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
AIS 441A (Spring 2016) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
AIS 541A (Spring 2016) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
ANTH 441A (Spring 2016) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
ARL 541A (Spring 2016) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
ENVS 441A (Spring 2016) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
ENVS 541A (Spring 2016) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
RAM 441A (Spring 2016) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
RNR 441A (Spring 2016) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
RNR 541A (Spring 2016) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
WFSC 441A (Spring 2016) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
WFSC 541A (Spring 2016) -
Nat Rsrc Mgmt Native Com
WSM 441A (Spring 2016)
Scholarly Contributions
Books
- Colombi, B. J., Petrasheva, V., & Degai, T. (2015). Remembering Lesnaya: Koryak (Nymylyn) Language, Culture, and History.. Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geography.
- Maldonado, J. K., Colombi, B. J., & Pandya, R. (2014). Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples in the United States: Impacts, Experiences and Actions. Switzerland: Springer Verlag Press.
Chapters
- Colombi, B. J. (2020). Salmon Nation Building: Globalization and the Future. In Rising From the Ashes: Survival, Sovereignty, and Native America(pp 249-277). University of Nebraska Press.
- Maldonado, J. K., Colombi, B. J., & Pandya, R. (2014). Preface. In Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples in the United States: Impacts, Experiences and Actions(pp v-vi). Switzerland: Springer Verlag Press.
Journals/Publications
- Colombi, B. J. (2019). Incorporating Socio-Ecological Considerations into Basin-Wide Responses to Climate Change in the Colorado River Basin. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 37, 14-19.
- Colombi, B. J., Chief, K., Kirchoff, C., Perry, D. M., Schmidt, J. C., Yackulic, C. B., & Bair, L. S. (2019). Incorporating social-ecological considerations into basin-wide responses to climate change in the Colorado River Basin. Current opinion in environmental sustainability, 37, 14-19. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2019.04.002
- Colombi, B. J. (2016). A Paradox of Plenty: Renewable Energy on Navajo Nation Lands. Society & Natural Resources: An International Journal.
- Colombi, B. J. (2016). Bringing Indigenous Kamchatka to Google Earth: Collaborative Digital Mapping with the Itelmen Peoples. Sibirica: Interdisciplinary Journal of Siberian Studies.
- Colombi, B. J. (2014). Here and There: The Effects of Upriver Dams on Indigenous Peoples. Tipiti: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America, 12(2), 99-104.
- Colombi, B. J., & Smith, C. L. (2014). Insights On Adaptive Capacity: Three Indigenous Pacific Northwest Historical Narratives. Journal of Northwest Anthropology, 48(2), 189-202.
Proceedings Publications
- Molina, Z., Marchand, C., Colombi, B. J., Chief, K., Setúbal, S., Athayde, S., & Perry, D. (2021). One river unites Indigenous peoples across the Americas: A cultural exchange on the legacy of hydroelectric dam impacts on the Colorado and Tocantins rivers. In Rivers, lands and cultures: learning from Tocantins social-ecological system, 865.More infoPerry, D.M., S. Athayde, S. Setúbal, K.Chief, B.J. Colombi, C. Marchand, and Z. Molina. 2021. One river unites Indigenous peoples across the Americas: A cultural exchange on the legacy of hydroelectric dam impacts on the Colorado and Tocantins rivers. In (J. Laufer, E.E. Marques, S. Athayde, A.C. Swanson, and A.D.A. Zagallo) Rivers, lands and cultures: learning from Tocantins social-ecological system, pgs 258-274. 865 pages DOI - 10.22350/9786587340197 https://www.editorafi.org/19rios.
- Perry, D., Melis, T., Colombi, B. J., Bair, L., & Chief, K. (2021). Tribes and water management in the Colorado River, US.. In Rivers, lands and cultures: learning from Tocantins social-ecological system, 865.More infoBair, L.S., K.Chief, B.J. Colombi, T.S. Melis, and D.M. Perry, C. 2021. Tribes and water management in the Colorado River, US. In (J. Laufer, E.E. Marques, S. Athayde, A.C. Swanson, and A.D.A. Zagallo) Rivers, lands and cultures: learning from Tocantins social-ecological system, pgs 106-126. 865 pages DOI - 10.22350/9786587340197 https://www.editorafi.org/19rios.
- Colombi, B. J. (2019, May 2019). Colorado River Report, Tribes and Water Management in the Colorado River. In Workshop Proceedings of International Workshop: Rivers, Lands and Culutres: Learning from the Tocantins Social-Ecological System.
- Colombi, B. J. (2018, December). Field Trip Report, One River Unites Indigenous Peoples from across the Americas: A Cultural Exchange on the Legacy of Hyrdoelectric Dam Impacts. In International Workshop: Rivers, Lands and Culutres: Learning from the Tocantins Social-Ecological System.
Presentations
- Colombi, B. J. (2019, March). Learn to identify challenge areas for institutional support of high-demand interdisciplinary programs; learn strategies for supporting and sustaining these programs. Western Association of Graduate Schools Conference.
- Colombi, B. J. (2018, July). Graduate Training at the Food-Energy-Water Nexus. NSF-NRT University of Montana Bridges Conference. Missoula, MT.
- Colombi, B. J. (2018, June). Establishing the First Ever Indigenous Studies Program in Uruguay. Department of Social Sciences, Universidad de la Republica, Tacuarembo, Uruguay. Tacuarembo, Uruguay.
- Colombi, B. J. (2018, June). Indigenous Peoples and the Political Ecology of Dam Building: A Comparative Perspective. Department of Anthropology, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay. Montevideo, Uruguay: Department of Anthropology, Universidad de la Republica.
- Colombi, B. J. (2018, May). The Social-Ecological Future of the American West. The Human-Environment Systems Workshop, Boise State University. Boise, ID.
- Colombi, B. J. (2018, November). The Inverse Relationship(s) between Salmon Biodiversity and Indigenous Peoples’ Political Standing Directionally across the North Pacific. American American Anthropology Association Annual Meeting. San Jose, CA.
- Colombi, B. J. (2018, Summer). Rivers, Lands and Cultures: Learning from the Tocantins Social-ecological System. NSF-CNH-RCN Amazon Dams Network Workshop. Tocantins, Brazil: NSF.
- Litson, B., Potter, K., Arnold, R. G., Shirley, V., Colombi, B. J., Ratcliffe, E. L., Ogden, K. L., & Chief, K. (2018, May). IndigeFEWSS: Indigenous Food, Energy, and Water Security-Sovereignty. NSF INFEWS PI workshop. Washington, DC: National Science Foundation.More info12. K. Chief, K. Ogden, E. L. Ratcliff, M. Kacira, B. J. Colombi, V. Shirley, R. Arnold, K. Simmons-Potter, B. Litson, “IndigeFEWSS: Indigenous Food, Energy, and Water Security-Sovereignty,” NSF INFEWS PI workshop, Washington, D.C., May 16-19, 2018.
- Melis, T., Colombi, B. J., Chief, K., & Blair, L. (2018, May). Panel on Colorado River Management. NSF-CNH-RCN: Amazon Dams Network: Advancing Integrative Research and Adaptive Management of Social-ecological Systems Transformed by Hydroelectric Dams Workshop Palmas 2018: Rivers, Lands and Cultures: Learning from the Tocantins Social-ecological System. Palmas, TO, Brazil: NSF-CNH-RCN: Amazon Dams Network.
- Colombi, B. J. (2017, December). Indigenous Communities: Pathways to Promote Social and Ecological Sustainability in The Face of Global Environmental Change. Socio-Ecological Synthesis Center Workshop. Annapolis, MD.
- Colombi, B. J. (2017, March). From Ecological Frameworks to Socioecological Systems: Roles for Anthropology in Environmental Change Debates, Part I-II-III, Systems, Methods, Theories. Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting.
- Colombi, B. J. (2017, March). Indigenous Cartography: Maps, Sacred Places and Storied Landscapes. Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting.
- Colombi, B. J. (2017, March). Indigenous Resource Management and Sustainability. Navajo Department of Fish and Wildlife Annual Strategic Planning Session / Climate Change Training.
- Colombi, B. J. (2017, May). Exploring the Colorado River Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program. NSF-CNH-RCN Amazon Dams Network Workshop:.
- Colombi, B. J. (2017, September). Keystone Nations: The Politics of Salmon and Indigenous Peoples across the North Pacfic. Whitman College Keynote Lecture, Invited Guest Scholar.
- Colombi, B. J. (2016, April). Building Strategies for Water Ethics: Future Directions in Research and Education. Water Ethics Symposium. University of Arizona.
- Colombi, B. J. (2016, February). Cultural Keystone Species and Indigenous Sustainability Concerns. Colloquia, Native American Studies, Montana State University.
- Colombi, B. J. (2016, February). Keystone Nations: Indigenous Peoples and Salmon across the North Pacific. Keynote Address, Annual Graduate Student Banquet, Department of Anthropology, University of Montana.
- Colombi, B. J. (2016, March). Double Movement: The Inverse Relationship between Salmon Biodiversity and Indigenous Peoples’ Political Standing Directionally across the North Pacific. Society for Applied Anthropology 76th Annual Meeting, Indigenous Rights in Global Context: Cases and Comparisons.
- Colombi, B. J. (2015, April). Mapping Indigenous Claims in Kamchatka. Spaces of Indigenous Justice.
- Colombi, B. J. (2015, March). Keystone Nations: Society, Water, Climate. Department of Anthropology, University of Utah (Colloquia).
- Colombi, B. J. (2015, March). The Inverse Relationship between Salmon Biodiversity and Indigenous Peoples’ Political Standing Directionally across the North Pacific. Oceans and Deserts: Charting Transdisciplinary Currents in Environment and Culture within the Arts and Sciences.
- Colombi, B. J. (2015, May). Sustainability and Diverse Indigenous Food Systems. Department of Anthropology, Ohio State University (Colloquia).
- Colombi, B. J. (2015, September). Contemporary Issues among Hunter-Fishers across the North Pacific. Eleventh Conference on Hunting and Gathering Societies (CHAGS 11). Vienna, Austria.
- Colombi, B. J. (2014, April). Kamchatka: Strengthening Cross Cultural Collaboration through the Use of Indigenous Google Mapping Technologies. Department of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley (Colloquia).
- Colombi, B. J. (2014, August). Kamchatka: Strengthening Cross Cultural Collaboration through the Use of Indigenous Google Mapping Technologies. School of Anthropology, University of Arizona (Colloquia).
- Colombi, B. J. (2014, February). Mapping Indigenous Populations on the Kamchatka Peninsula. Oceans and Deserts: Charting Transdisciplinary Currents in Environment and Culture within the Arts and Sciences. University of Arizona: UA Confluence Center and Department of German Studies.
- Colombi, B. J. (2014, January). Indigenous Google-Mapping and the Sustainability of Landscapes across the North Pacific. International Symposium on the Comparative Studies of Indigenous Cultures around the North Pacific Rim: Focusing on Indigenous Rights and Marine Resource Utilization. Osaka, Japan: National Museum of Ethnology,.
- Colombi, B. J. (2014, March). (Discussant) Power and Scale: An Anthropological Approach Looking at Development and Beyond - Papers in Honor of John H. Bodley.. Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology. Albuquerque, New Mexico: Society for Applied Anthropology.
- Colombi, B. J. (2014, March). Strengthening Cross Cultural Collaboration and Sustainability through the Use of Indigenous Google Digital Mapping Technologies, in panel In Search for Sustainability: Vision and Practice in Environmental Conservation. Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology. Albuquerque, New Mexico: Society for Applied Anthropology.
- Jones, T., & Colombi, B. J. (2014, November). North American Deserts, North American Indigenous Peoples and Protected Areas. International Union for Conservation of Nature World Parks Congress. Sydney, Australia: International Union for Conservation of Nature.
- Kishigami, N., Koester, D., & Colombi, B. J. (2014, January). Co-Chair / Co-Organizer. International Symposium on the Comparative Studies of Indigenous Cultures around the North Pacific Rim: Focusing on Indigenous Rights and Marine Resource Utilization. Osaka, Japan: National Museum of Ethnology.
Creative Productions
- Colombi, B. J. (2018. [Learning Modules] “Indigenous Peoples, Hydroelectric Dams, and Water Resources: A View from the Colorado River. NSF RCN: Learning Modules, Colorado Indigenous PeoplesNSF-CNH-RCN.