native american

May 9, 2024

Preserving the past, protecting the future

Leonard Forsman's love for cultural preservation has led to a life of service.


January 8, 2024

A man in a grey cardigan and blue button down shirt smiles in front of an academic building.

A new history

Ned Blackhawk's book about Native Americans in U.S. history won the National Book Award for its enlightening take on "rediscovering" America.


November 29, 2023

Fulfilling a vision

The original vision for wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ (the Intellectual House) included workshop space. That vision is on its way to becoming a reality.


May 16, 2022

UW’s new regent, Leonard Forsman, ’87, looks ahead

Leonard Forsman, '87, is the UW's new regent. He tells Viewpoint his goals and priorities for his six-year term.


March 4, 2022

Native leader joins Regents

As a UW regent, Leonard Forsman plans to help represent Indigenous people.


March 11, 2021

Native knowledge

Native art is prominent in the life of Miranda Belarde-Lewis, an assistant professor in the University of Washington Information School.


June 10, 2020

Language of the land

Southern Lushootseed, the language spoken for generations in the Puget Sound area, is being preserved and passed on to students, thanks to Tami Hohn’s work and the Department of American Indian Studies.


May 12, 2020

Vision for indigenizing

Charlotte Coté, this year’s Samuel E. Kelly Distinguished Faculty Lecturer, offers her thoughts on weaving Native understanding into the fabric of the UW.


Justice arrives

Raquel Montoya-Lewis, '95, '96, is the second Native American to ever serve on any state’s supreme court.


April 20, 2019

The ways we see

Professor Stephanie Fryberg draws on her own life to build support for Indigenous children