UNLV's University Forum lecture series in January will offer two lectures - one about Nevada casino workers and the other concerning images of American Indians.

Photographer and author Kit Miller will present a slide-illustrated lecture titled "Inside the Glitter: Portraits of Workers in Nevada's Casino Industry" at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 23.

In her presentation, which is scheduled to take place in the Classroom Building Complex, Room A-110, Miller will introduce the audience to some of Nevada's 200,000 casino and hotel workers.

Combining photographs of the workers with their own descriptions, Miller explores the diversity of their jobs, their ideas about the industry, and their lives at home. She is in the process of writing a book that will carry the same title as her lecture.

On Jan. 30, historian Philip J. Deloria will discuss "Playing Indian: Making American Identities from the Boston Tea Party to the New Age."

Deloria, an assistant professor of history at the University of Colorado, Boulder, is scheduled to speak at 7:30 p.m. in the Classroom Building Complex, Room A-108.

He will examine how American Indian images are constructed by mainstream society and are subsequently utilized by both Indians and non-Indians. Deloria also will present ideas from his forthcoming book, "Playing Indian: Otherness and Authenticity in the Assumption of American Indian Identity."

All presentations of the University Forum lecture series are free and open to the public. For additional information, call the College of Liberal Arts at (702) 895-3401.

The University Forum lecture series is sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts and underwritten by the UNLV Foundation.