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Marvin Oliver, renowned artist, advocate, UW graduate, associate curator for the Burke Museum, and professor emeritus
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.”
These caretakers can help ensure museum collections are handled, and expanded, appropriately. AIS Adjunct Professor Sven Haakanson speaks about his experience as a curator at the Burke Museum and his hopes for more Indigenous curators.
Washington state is sending a statue of an Indigenous activist it arrested more than 50 times to the Halls of Congress. The statue of Billy Frank Jr. will be the first contemporary depiction of an Indigenous person in National Statuary Hall, since Oklahoma put a statue of movie star Will Rogers there in 1939.
The timeless power of storytelling lies in the sacred exchange between storyteller and listener—a connection that transcends generations, builds community, and sustains culture. It is through this exchange that we find our deepest truths, our shared histories, and the resilience to move forward.