Native Americans
February 23, 2024
Boldt Decision echoes today
The Boldt Decision, which turns 50 this year, reaffirmed tribal fishing rights in Washington and marked a turning point for tribal sovereignty.
May 11, 2021
‘Guests’ at the Burke
Artists Tony Johnson (naschio) and Adam McIsaac installed their sculpture, “Guests From the Great River,” just outside the Burke Museum.
May 10, 2021
Vaccine equity
Nationwide, we’re falling short on distributing vaccines to the communities that need it most.
March 4, 2021
Stories of home
The UW Alumni Association recently invited a group of Native storytellers for a virtual event to discuss the meaning of sense of place.
December 16, 2020
Whitman revisited
In “Unsettled Ground: The Whitman Massacre and Its Shifting Legacy in The American West,” historian Cassandra Tate, ’86, ’88, ’95, revisits a conflict that left 13 settlers dead.
June 11, 2020
Unearthed and retooled
The unlikely story of two carved canoes, divided by decades, linked in tribal tradition.
May 12, 2020
Justice arrives
Raquel Montoya-Lewis, '95, '96, is the second Native American to ever serve on any state’s supreme court.
June 3, 2019
Character: Howie Echo-Hawk
"I describe my comedy as punishment for white people, not comedy for white people."
March 1, 2011
Passion for policy
Tracie Stevens is the first woman to chair the National Indian Gaming Commission, the agency that regulates the $27 billion Indian gaming industry.
March 1, 2009
Tribal counsel
Since Mark Emmert’s arrival as president, the UW has renewed its focus on recruiting and retaining more Native American students, faculty and staff.
December 1, 2008
House of knowledge
The UW Seattle campus bears many Native American street names, but no place that really signifies the Native presence. That will change in 2011, when construction is slated to begin on the House of Knowledge.
September 1, 2007
Dining on tradition
UW archaeologists are digging up information about the traditional diets of Native Americans, in the hopes of helping their descendants eat better and beat diabetes.
March 1, 2004
Verne Ray, 1905-2003
Verne Frederick Ray, ’31, ’33, a UW anthropology professor who helped dozens of Northwest tribes win tribal land-claim settlements, died Sept. 28. He was 98.
December 1, 2003
Keeping their words
The UW is helping to revive Native languages of the Pacific Northwest, thanks in part to a quirky professor's quest in the 1930s to preserve tribal legends and songs.
September 1, 2002
'Doing more'
“My parents taught me that life is not about having more, but rather doing more and being thankful,” David Matheson says.
December 1, 2000
Bones of contention
The saga of Kennewick Man is a volatile mix of race, religion, politics and science, and the UW is right in the middle of it.