Whitman College recently unveiled a new role: Assistant to the President for Native American Outreach. The Wire spoke with Jeanine Gordon, the first person to fill that role, to hear her vision for...
Statistics have shown disproportionate rates of disappearances, violence and murders in Indigenous communities. According to federal data, Indigenous women are four times more likely to go missing than...
The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation’s (CTUIR) Youth Council encourages young tribal members to improve their communities, including advocating for environmental preservation...
Last week, Whitman partnered with the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) to build the first Long Tent ever to appear on a college campus. The Long Tent is specific to the...
On May 19, 2017, Whitman College signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR). The agreement signified a formal commitment to collaborate...
The Long Tent is the product of months of planning and preparation by a team of Whitman faculty, staff, students and members of local Indigenous American communities. Roger Amerman ’80 (Choctaw),...
Whitman is set to unveil a new scholarship for Indigenous students, with hopes to make an official announcement before the start of the 2022 fall semester. Though the scholarship has not yet been given...
On March 8, 2022, Whitman hosted Fred Hill Sr., a language educator and frequent master of ceremonies for powwows, as part of the sequence of speakers that have been invited in preparation for the...
Beginning April 18, the Long Tent is going to be a new addition to Ankeny. The construction of the Plateau Long Tent is meant to kick off a week-long series of Indigenous speakers, all focusing on...
Throughout the week following Indigenous Peoples’ Day, falling on Monday, Oct. 11 this year, Whitman’s history department and the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) co-sponsored...
As the neighboring Umatilla County struggles to increase vaccination rates, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, or CTUIR, continues a successful vaccine rollout that began in January.
In...
New students were welcomed to Whitman this year with an orientation program designed to introduce them to their new home–and to remind them of who they share it with.
2016 marks the inaugural year for...
