Fall 2020
He got the call
Barry Warren achieved his dream to be a principal througha WSU Indigenous teachers and school administrators program. » More ...
Native Americans
Winter 2019
The new west
We're in a new west, and that means a better recognition of Native American cultures, reinventing cowboy ideas, and a lot of evolving to recognize our new era. » More ...
Winter 2019
Stripland
Review of Stripland, a novel by former Washington State University professor of English Joan Burbick. » More ...
Winter 2019
Good medicine
Washington State University staff and medical researchers open the doors of Western-style medical practice to the medicine of the Native Americans for better healthcare for all. It also can hopefully draw in more Native American health-care practitioners. » More ...
Winter 2019
Power of language
Relationships come to life by revitalizing rather than preserving Native American languages. That's what Washington State University Professor Kim Christen strives for with several projects. » More ...
Fall 2019
Ancient ink
A chance find in Washington State University's College Hall leads to a better understanding of tattooing in early North American peoples. » More ...
Fall 2019
Interwoven Lives: Indigenous Mothers of Salish Coast Communities
Review of "Interwoven Lives: Indigenous Mothers of Salish Coast Communities," by Candace Wellman and published by WSU Press in 2018. » More ...
Summer 2019
Hearing the whispers
Washington State University alumna Annita Lucchesi produced a groundbreaking report that was published by the Urban Indian Health Institute that revealed the astonishing and horrifying numbers of missing and unsolved murders of indigenous women across North America. » More ...
Winter 2018
Days of future past
Rapid global cooling 13,000 years ago challenged early occupants of Alaska to adapt. People used to hunting mammoths and other megafauna with big stone tools suddenly found their weapons shattering in the cold. Access to the stone they used to make them got buried under snow.
As with any climactic change, the cold resulted in a shift in fauna, requiring new tools. Early Alaskans turned to microblade technology, a technique they’d kept alive for hundreds of years along with their dominant hunting tools. Microblades made efficient use of now-scarce toolstone and met the needs of a changing climate.
“Throughout the Holocene, the importance of microblade … » More …
Winter 2018
Peace for the wounded warrior
Since the earliest days of the republic, Native Americans have stepped up to defend the United States at higher rates than any other ethnic group.
From General Washington’s inclusion of Tuscarora and Oneida warriors at Valley Forge, through the world wars and Vietnam to today’s conflicts in the Middle East, Native Americans continue to answer their cultural calling to serve.
Traditionally, these soldiers were welcomed home with healing ceremonies that helped reintegrate them with the tribe and wider society. Compassionate medicine men, and women, used time-honored practices to mend the emotional, spiritual, and physical trauma of war.
“Unfortunately, the U.S. government banned Native religious ceremonies … » More …