Native American Heritage Month

The Indian Child Welfare Act, the federal law requiring state agencies go to great lengths to keep Indigenous children with their families or Native communities if they’re removed from their parents, is central to tribes’ community wellness – and their sovereignty, said Natasha Singh, an…

Laural Ballew-Ses yehomia/tsi kuts bat soot, WWU’s Tribal Liaison, shares thoughts and insights on what this season means to her as a person of Native descent and how universities and tribes can constructively work toward a rewarding and collaborative future for their communities. 

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A second room had to be opened to accommodate the crowd as WWU Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education Anna Lees presented about Indigenous community driven research Tuesday in the Multicultural Center.

Lees, who is a descendant of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians…