The Native American Music 265 class and the Palouse Falls Intertribal Drum Group will perform on Nov. 13 from 5-6 p.m. at the Northside Café. Both groups will also perform on Wednesday, Nov. 14 from 5-6 p.m. at the Stephenson Dining Center. Their performances are part of WSU Dining Services Passport to a Culinary Adventure, […]
Crow Creek Sioux poet, novelist and scholar Elizabeth Cook-Lynn will give a literary reading at the WSU Museum of Anthropology in College Hall at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, October 10. This event is free and open to everyone. According to Lynn-Cook, who was born in Fort Thompson, S. D., in 1930 and raised on the reservation, […]
Omaha/Nez Perce weaver Jenny Williams will speak and give a demonstration of Nez Perce cornhusk weaving at the Washington State University Museum of Anthropology in College Hall from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 3. This event is free and open to everyone. Cornhusk weaving was common throughout the Columbia River Plateau and […]
Researchers presented their work on Friday at the 2007 Native American Research and Outreach Expo. (Photos by Jordy Byrd, WSU Today intern) Related Event: For information about the Pah Loots Pu Powwow Celebration see http://wsutoday.wsu.edu/completestory.asp?StoryID=3989
PULLMAN- The 32nd annual Pah Loots Pu Powwow Celebration will be held in the Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum April 21-22, with Grand Entries at noon and 7 p.m. on Saturday and at noon on Sunday. Admission is free and is open to the public. Natives and non-natives alike have come together for the Powwow at […]
The Spokane Tribe of Indians and WSU Spokane CityLab have teamed up to encourage healthy activities among Native American children. With $29,000 in grant support from the Group Health Community Foundation, an after-school and summer program will be established to complement and enhance in-school learning experiences and encourage nutritious health habits.The Spokane Tribe of Indians […]
The 31st annual Pah Loots Pu Powwow Celebration will be held in the Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum April 1 – 2, with Grand Entries at noon and 6 p.m. on Saturday and at noon on Sunday. Admission is free and open to the public.Natives and non-natives alike have come together for the Powwow at WSU […]
In honor of Native American Awareness Month, the Washington State University Graduate and Professional Student Association and the Plateau Center for American Indian Studies will host a Native American Research and Culture Exposition Nov. 15.The expo is set for 9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. in the Compton Union Building Ballroom on the Pullman campus. The […]
VANCOUVER, Wash. — Representatives from six Northwest American Indian tribes will be featured in “Sovereign to Sovereign: Northwest Indian Nations and Lewis and Clark,” a new lecture series sponsored by Washington State University Vancouver, the Center for Columbia River History, the Oregon Historical Society and the National Park Service. All lectures are free and open […]
In a continued university effort to assess instruction in order to offer the best undergraduate education, WSU’s Intercollegiate College of Nursing (ICN) plans to research the effectiveness of its Native American Summer Nursing Institute. The institute, which has been in operation since 1995, is intended to recruit Native American students into college and nursing. “Early […]