Recent News
An article by Nancy Joesph from the UW College of Arts & Sciences about the return of "The Healing Heart of the First People of this Land" a symphony arrangement commissioned by the Late Vi Hilbert (Upper Skagit). The University of Washington symphony will be performing this work in February of 2026.
Makah Tribe’s treaty-protected whaling rights remain blocked more than two decades later - ICT
Marvin Oliver, renowned artist, advocate, UW graduate, associate curator for the Burke Museum, and professor emeritus of American Indian Studie
Jessica Bissett Perea (Dena’ina) had never heard powwow singing before attending an Indigenous music conference in Toronto in 2008.
The American Indian Studies department is excited to announce the hiring of Joe (
This quarter, new faculty Jessica Bissett-Perea and John-Carlos Perea are co-teaching a new iteration of “Powwow Cultures in Native North America.”