Anthropology Colloquium: Emily Hayflick

Emily is a PhD student in the Department of Anthropology at Cornell University. Emily Hayflick’s research centers on the entanglements of American legal frameworks, conservation programs/wildlife management, and communities’ relations with land and animals. Specifically, she is interested in how these entanglements emerge in the context of Indigenous tribes and nations' relations with the U.S government. Her MA work concentrated on the language of the Alaska Native arts and crafts exemption within the Marine Mammal Protection Act, examining the law in relation to the Indian Arts and Crafts Act