Out of the hundreds of students who apply every year to be a Udall Scholar, Emma Johnson (Cowlitz) was one of only 5 in the nation selected for a scholarship in Udall’s Tribal Policy category for 2018. Johnson is a senior in cultural anthropology at WSU Vancouver. » More …
Native American Programs and WSU Cougar Athletics are combining powers once again to bring Native middle and high school students to campus for a college basketball game, lunch, and an informative conversation on sports opportunities at Washington State University. » More …
Anthony (Tony) Brave is settling into his new position as outreach coordinator after only being on the job for five months. Having come from another higher education institution, Brave said the transition was easy for him and he was eager to work directly with youth again.
Brave comes to WSU via The Evergreen State College where he taught undergraduate and graduate courses. He also taught classes at Northwest Indian College’s Nisqually site. Brave is a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe located in South Dakota. He earned his master’s in public administration with emphasis in tribal governance from The Evergreen State College. » More …
WSU Native American Programs spent much of last spring looking for new staff to fill empty positions. After a thorough process, Joelle Edwards was the first of four new hires to the office.
Joelle Edwards was receiving her master’s degree one week then the next moving from Flagstaff, Arizona to Pullman. » More …
On October 8, 2018, Washington State University and the city of Pullman celebrated Indigenous Peoples’ Day for the first time.
WSU students, staff and faculty initiated the idea for recognizing the holiday, and with their encouragement, WSU President Kirk Schulz signed a proclamation declaring the 2nd Monday of October Indigenous Peoples’ Day and the Pullman City Council passed a resolution doing the same.
Two keynote speakers and one artist were the talk of the night Sept. 28 at Elson S. Floyd Cultural Center.
The Women’s Resource Center, WSU Native Programs, and the Coalition for Women Students brought in three women with a background of empowering others through their work.
Rebecca Miles, WSU alumna, encouraged WSU Native students to be bold and to not give up at this semester’s Welcome Back Barbecue in September.
“What I love about the generation today is that you’re not making any apologies in living our way of life,” Miles said.
As I sit at my desk here in French Administration, my window looks out on several trees, evergreen and crabapple trees. The ground and trees are lightly blanketed with a skiff of snow. The crabapple trees are bare of their leaves, but still retain their small dried fruits on their limbs. I watch as a squirrel grips a branch while it pulls at one of the dried crabapples. » More …
Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) is the first video game developed in collaboration with the Iñupiat Alaska Native people. Ian Gil, the lead game designer, will be at WSU March 7 and 8 to share about the game’s development. » More …
Native American Programs will host a historical trauma workshop 4 pm. – 9 p.m. Friday, February 23, and 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Saturday, February 24 at Casa Latina for students and the community to learn how to identify trauma in their family and establish personal tools to apply healing to themselves and their family. » More …