“Walking. I am listening to a deeper way. Suddenly all my ancestors are behind me. Be still, they say. Watch and listen. You are the result of the love of thousands.”  Linda Hogan, 1947 (I have been told that my ancestors love me, they walk with me, and sacrifice for me. I never really understood…

The Native Youth Enrichment Program (NYEP) completed another awesome summer program that wrapped up on August 19, 2016. Native youth from around the Seattle area came to the UW campus for four weeks of curriculum focused on “energy.” We were excited to welcome Ceni Myles as our lead teacher and were thrilled to have Damon…

September 14, 2016 Indigenous teachings teach us that water is our first medicine. The majority of our world is made up of it and our bodies as well. The water we drink today has touched the lips of our ancestors—having risen up to the heavens only to return back to earth to nourish us in…

The Indigenous Substance Abuse, Medicines, and Addictions Research Training (ISMART) program is a structured, mentored research training and career development program for Indigenous and underrepresented minority scholars. The ISMART program aims to contribute to efforts to reduce substance abuse-related health disparities in Indigenous communities by supporting the development of historically underrepresented scholars with a commitment…

Billie Jo Kipp is the President of Blackfeet Community College (BCC) in Browning, Montana, just east of Glacier National Park. She is also Research Committee Chair of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, which is comprised of the 37 tribally- and federally-chartered Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCU). Previously, she had been the Associate Director for…

Recent notice that the Ina Maka “Mother Earth” Family Program was awarded four more years of funding by the Administration for Children and Families was welcome news to Myra Parker, PhD, (Mandan-Hidatsa), Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Director of the Indigenous Protocols and Ethics Division at IWRI. Myra has been the evaluator…

Colville Tribal NARCH, Māhina celebrate launch of summer programs with cultural exchange day This article is reprinted with permission from the Tribal Tribune, the official publication of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. It was posted online June 17, 2016. NESPELEM—This is what an indigenous scholar looks like. The Colville Tribal NARCH (Native American…

The faculty and staff of IWRI wish to acknowledge and offer our heartfelt thanks to the ten student research assistants who were critical in the success of our projects during the past 2015-2016 academic year. The following autobiographies were written by the students and reflect their unique styles, perspectives, and interests. Biographies of two of…

  In this section, we wish to honor the incredible accomplishments of three Native students who are connected to IWRI and received Master’s or Ph.D. degrees from the UW this year. They are role models who will be missed by up-and-coming graduate students, as well as the IWRI family. Emma Elliott, Ph.D. (Cowichan Tribes, Vancouver…