Community Impact

Canoe Journey 2023, Paddle to Muckleshoot, Honoring our Warriors Past and Present, part 1
Canoe Journey 2023, Paddle to Muckleshoot, Honoring our Warriors Past and Present
(October 3, 2023)
Student members of the canoe family participate in the cleansing of the canoe during the Canoe Awakening in April 2023. Photo by Mark Stone.
"Creating spaces of possibility" for our Native Students, Faculty, and Staff
(June 1, 2023)
Sherri Berdine smiling at camera
College Profiles Sherri Berdine, UW's first official Director of Tribal Relations
(February 27, 2023)
Sketch of proposed canoe house on South Lake Union by architecture firm
Seattle Announces Plans for New Canoe Carving House
(January 18, 2023)
Sierra Red Bow smiling at camera
A Cultural Directory  We Know You'll Love
(June 27, 2022)
Stephanie Masterman sits outside the Burke museum holding a Tlingit cedar canoe paddle she recently carved
A Tlinglit Leader in the Making
(June 1, 2022)
Professor P. Joshua Griffin
“The stars have moved”: how climate change is impacting the planet at multiple scales
(May 4, 2022)
Leonard Forsman
Leonard Forsman named first Native American on UW Board of Regents
(October 27, 2021)
Canoe paddle sculptures outside Burke Museum, cover for Indigenous Walking Tour booklet
UW Indigenous Walking Tour Now Available!
(June 8, 2021)
artist Joe Seymour in front of his installed salmon artwork
AIS Instructor Joe Seymour Brings Coast Salish Salmon to Olympia Waterfront
(March 3, 2021)
Profile of Miranda Belarde-Lewis
Miranda Belarde-Lewis featured as part of #UWInnovates
(March 1, 2021)
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Full Recording of Short Talks: Home
(February 5, 2021)
Owen Oliver at the UW Intellectual House
Owen Oliver featured in College's Newsletter for his Indigenous Walking Tour
(January 26, 2021)
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Statement of Support for Our Sipekne’katik Relatives and All Mi’kmaq Fishers
(November 2, 2020)
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Statement of Support for our Māori Colleagues and Staff at the University of Waikato
(September 15, 2020)
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UW American Indian Studies Stands in Solidarity with the Movement for Black Lives
(June 8, 2020)
Tami Hohn
AIS Lecturer Tami Hohn- The Language of the Land
(May 4, 2020)
Center staff at an open house in 2019
CAIIS Offering Emergency Student Grant
(April 6, 2020)
Sample shot of new website identifying Coast Salish art in King County
New Tool Helps Locate Coast Salish Art in King County
(March 2, 2020)
Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs, from left, Rob Alfred, John Ridsdale (Na'Moks) and Antoinette Austin, rally in support of the Wet’suwet’en Nation in Smithers, B.C., on Jan. 10, 2020.
AIS Stands in Solidarity and in Support of the Wet’suwet’en People
(February 13, 2020)
Owen Oliver at the UW Intellectual House
AIS student, Owen Oliver, becomes a 2020 Champion for Change
(January 29, 2020)
Auston Jimmicum at the UW Intellectual house
Auston Jimmicum, AIS minor, reflects on how he's grown at the UW
(January 29, 2020)
Professor Holly Barker with several of her students
Public Statement in Support of Dr. Holly Barker's Scholarship
(October 23, 2019)
Iisaaksiichaa Braine and Jean Dennison speaking about CAIIS at the welebaltx intellectual house
Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies receives $1.8M Mellon Foundation grant
(September 23, 2019)
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University Launches New Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies
(October 25, 2018)
Chris Teuton, chair of American Indian Studies at the UW, displays the next letter for the group to practice. Teuton is Cherokee. (Alan Berner/The Seattle Times)
The Seattle Times joins us for Southern Lushootseed class
(January 16, 2018)
Still image of movie screening of " Because of Who I Am", one of the films presented by Marcella Ernest
Indigenous Feminisms Speaker Series Brings Together Students, Faculty, and Community
(November 6, 2017)
A statue of Christopher Columbus defaced in New York City's Central Park
History Channel Interviews AIS Faculty Christopher Teuton and Stephanie Fryberg
(October 3, 2017)
Grand Opening & Housewarming, March 12, 2015
wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ - Intellectual House opens on campus
(March 14, 2015)
Native Action Network 2013
(April 22, 2013)
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Bullet Proof
(March 21, 2013)
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Flashmob at UW: Idle No More
(March 18, 2013)
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Inspirational Videos: Idle No More
(March 14, 2013)
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Beauty In and On Earth
(March 10, 2013)
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Idle No More Voices
(March 4, 2013)
Taiaiake Alfred
Idle No More and Indigenous Nationhood
(February 27, 2013)
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Short Documentary about Idle No More
(February 21, 2013)
Woman with sign supporting chief Teresa Spence
"Warrior Women" by Jen Ten Bears
(February 15, 2013)
Silence is violence. how will you use your voice?
February 14th Idle No More
(February 14, 2013)
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What is Idle No More?
(February 11, 2013)
Charlotte Cote and Daniel Hart
Voices of the First Peoples Film Series premieres September 16
(September 14, 2012)
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Tribal Journeys in the New York Times
(July 29, 2011)
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Indigenous Knowledge Systems - 10th Annual NASAA Symposium
(May 2, 2011)
American Indian Film Festival at Bellevue College
(April 28, 2011)