Elisabeth McCumber selected as the recipient of OSU’s WAGS/ProQuest Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award October 11, 2023
Elizabeth was selected as the recipient of Award for the Humanities, Social Sciences, Education, and Business category.   Read the Full Article
David Lewis writes histories of Willamette Valley Tribes - Smoke Signals September 14, 2023
Some 170 years after European settlers invaded the Willamette Valley and made it their own, the other side of the story is being told in greater depth and detail by Tribal descendants.   
Archaeologists make incredible 18,000-year-old discovery - msn.com July 18, 2023
Archaeologists have found evidence that humans occupied a site near the Eastern Oregon town of Riley more than 18,000 years ago.   
Oregon’s Swastika Mountain is officially renamed after Indigenous chief - CNN April 29, 2023
he US Board on Geographic Names unanimously approved and then announced on April 13 the name change to Mount Halo, a reference in honor of Chief Halito of the Yoncalla Kalapuya Tribe, according to Kerry Tymchuk, the Boyle Family executive director of the   
Ethnic Studies Living-Learning Communities Touted as Innovative Examples - Inside Higher Ed February 20, 2023
Living-learning communities enable students to participate in academic and personal development under a shared topic.   
Amplifying the voices of Indigenous women on Wikipedia - wikiedu.org February 14, 2023
Women are often the de facto leaders in community change, social movements, and political groundswells. So why are only 19% of Wikipedia biographies about them?   Read the Full Article
Oregon State archaeologists uncover earliest human tools in the Americas - Fox 12 February 01, 2023
For months at a time, Oregon State University archaeology students worked to uncover secrets from the past. For 10 years, they set up along the Salmon River near where the borders of Oregon, Washington and Idaho all meet.   
New Indigenous studies minor at Oregon State combines past with present - Albany Democrat-Herald January 30, 2023
Oregon State University students now have the opportunity to enhance their degree with a minor in Indigenous studies, which not only covers Indigenous histories but contemporary issues Indigenous communities face today as well.   

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