Native traditions project receives $350,000 award

Sara Waters, assistant professor in the department of human development at WSU Vancouver, has received a $350,000 award from the Robert W. Johnson Foundation for her project “Healing intergenerational trauma by reclaiming native traditions: A integration of intervention science and tribal knowledge with the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation.”

Closeup of Sarah Waters.
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The foundation is the nation’s largest philanthropy dedicated solely to health.

For information contact Sara Waters, WSU Vancouver Human Development Department, 360‑546‑9272, sara.f.waters@wsu.edu

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