Feature by: Jeanine Gordon, Special Assistant to the President for Native American Outreach
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Indigenous Peoples of the United States are the original inhabitants of North America, Alaska, and Hawaii prior to European contact. American Indians of North America, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians have maintained their respective cultures, protected their respective homelands, preserved their native languages, passed on cultural knowledge and shared cultural traditions since time immemorial and long before the colonization of America.
Indigenous Peoples’ Day is a holiday in the United States that celebrates the contributions and spirit of resilience of America’s Indigenous peoples and commemorates their histories and cultures. On this day, people are encouraged to pause and reflect on the Indigenous peoples of the homelands where they reside, work, live, thrive, recreate, etc. One can take some time on this day to learn about these peoples, their cultures, their work in relation to their lands and treaty rights, their languages, their history, their present and their future.
Whitman College is located on the traditional Weyíiletpuu, Imatalamłáma, and Walúulapam (Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla) homelands. Whitman College recognizes the historical implications of colonization and respects Tribal elders both past and present and extends respect to the Indigenous peoples of this region. Whitman honors their stewardship of the land and ecosystem and their commitment to continuing that important work.
Whitman College entered into a formal Memorandum of Agreement with the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) in 2017. That Memorandum of Agreement was updated and signed at the historical Long Tent event on Whitman campus in 2022 and updated and signed again in October of 2024 as the oversight of ensuring that the colleges fulfills the responsibilities of the Memorandum of Agreement has transferred from the Provost to the Special Assistant to the President for Native American Outreach.
The Šináata Scholarship was first announced in 2022 and two scholarships were awarded for the 2022–2023 academic year to Aiden Wolf ’26 and Lindsey Pasena-Littlesky ’26. Three scholarships were awarded for the 2024-2025 academic year to Allen Zamudio ’28, Sky Smith ’28, and Anthony Crawford ’28.
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Students Needed for Focus Groups
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Whitman College has partnered with the Higher Education Data Sharing Consortium (HEDS), to collect information about how Whitties envision current and future success, and how Whitman enables (or not) students to achieve that success. The HEDS team will be on campus Oct. 21–23 to conduct a series of focus groups with students.
Student participation is essential to better understand the Whitman community. Take a minute to sign up for a focus group to participate. The HEDS conducted focus groups will be 50 minutes long with no Whitman staff or faculty present. Participants will receive $10, added to their flex account.
The entire campus community is invited to hear HEDS’ findings on Friday, Oct. 25 at noon in Kimball Theatre at Hunter Conservatory.
Questions? Contact Director of Institutional Research Neal Christopherson at christnj@whitman.edu.
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Public Lecture on Global Blackness Today
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The departments of Anthropology and South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies will host a public lecture, titled “From Baghdād to Baghpūr: Global Blackness in Medieval Arabo-Asia,” on Monday, Oct. 14 at 5 p.m. in Olin Auditorium. Associate Professor of Religion at Haverford College Guangtian Ha, Ph.D., will preview his upcoming book, “From Baghdād to Baghpūr,” that weaves together sources in classical Arabic, Persian, Chinese and Bahasa Indonesia/Malay to excavate or reimagine a premodern globality. This globality tracks across the Indian Ocean, tying East Africa, Arabia and Persia to South, Southeast and East Asia—tracing a history where multiple regimes of racialization overlap and heterogeneous conceptions of Blackness intersect. (Flyer attached.)
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Coyote Storytelling Event Tonight
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The Office of Native American Outreach and the Glover Alston Intercultural Center will host a “Coyote Storytelling” event on Monday, Oct. 14 at 7 p.m. in Harper Joy Theatre. The event will feature traditional language instructors Damien Totus and Thomas Morning Owl. (Flyer attached.)
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Staff Advisory Council Open Office Hours Tomorrow
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The Staff Advisory Council (SAC) will host open office hours on Tuesday, Oct. 15 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Reid Campus Center Coffeehouse. Nadir Ovcina ’17, Assistant Director Off-Campus Studies, will be available to discuss staff representation on the Board of Trustees. (Flyer attached.)
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Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) is currently visible from earth without use of a telescope when conditions allow. Assistant Professor of Physics Ashmeet Singh provided this photo, taken from the roof of the Hall of Science this weekend. Given the current weather predictions, tonight should be an excellent opportunity to look for it in the western sky, shortly after sunset.
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Movement That Matters: Pilates
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Reid Campus Center, All Faiths Room
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Leaving from Reid Campus Center, Side Lawn
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Reid Campus Center Lawn or Sherwood 114
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Sherwood Athletic Center, Room 106
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Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Coyote Storytelling
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Harper Joy Theatre, Freimann Studio
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Reid Campus Center, Room G02
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Reid Campus Center, Coffeehouse
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Movement That Matters: MELT
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Welty Student Health Center
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Reid Campus Center, Young Ballroom
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Reid Campus Center, Basement
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COVID-19 and Flu Shot Clinic (Safeway Pharmacy)
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Movement That Matters: Strength & Stretch
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Reid Campus Center Lawn or Sherwood 114
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Movement That Matters: Step Aerobics
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Reid Campus Center, All Faiths Room
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Reid Campus Center, Lobby
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Hunter Conservatory, Kimball Theatre
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Hunter Conservatory, Kimball Theatre
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Reid Campus Center, Basement
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Movement That Matters: Yoga
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McNary National Wildlife Refuge
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Reid Campus Center, Side Lawn
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