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Native Pathways Program

Partnerships with two-year and tribal colleges to create pathways for Native transfer students Working i­n partnership with the Simpson Center partnership with Seattle Colleges, we will expand this effort to connect with Wenatchee Valley College (WVC), the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation (Colville), and other two-year and tribal colleges by hosting a bi-annual regional

UW Graduate School to get first Indigenous studies program

By Lilli Trompke Contributing writer Dec 3, 2019 Updated Dec 5, 2019 Graduate student Laura De Vos had been trying to put together courses for her dissertation focused on Indigenous studies, but experienced difficulties organizing a schedule and receiving guidance from faculty. In 2018, when the Simpson Center sent out the call for graduate programs to apply

Public Statement in Support of Dr. Holly Barker’s Scholarship

The Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies (CAIIS), the Department Of American Indian Studies and the Bill Holm Center for the Study of Northwest Native Art at the University of Washington condemn the demeaning attacks in the media and the harassment directed at Dr. Holly Barker in response to her recent publication, “Unsettling SpongeBob

CAIIS receives $1.8M grant

wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ – Intellectual House – is one of the campus partners in the UW Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies. Programs to support current and future Native American students, along with both undergraduate and graduate research in the Indigenous humanities, will benefit from a $1.8 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The nearly

Travel & Research Grant Open!

The Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies (CAIIS) aims to promote knowledge production and sharing in American Indian and Indigenous Studies across the three UW campuses, as well as with surrounding Native and Indigenous communities. CAIIS awards small grants (up to $2,000) to help offset costs associated with conference, research, networking, and community outreach

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