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.   
Humans May Have Settled in North America 16,000 Years Ago, Ready to Hunt - Discover Magazine January 25, 2023
Projectile points from the Cooper's Ferry site in Idaho help prove that people may have been settled in North America 3,000 years earlier than previously thought.   
Lane County Mountain with Controversial Name May Be Changed - Daily Emerald January 17, 2023
  
Purple Prairie - Oregon Humanities January 11, 2023
Tribal members and conservationists are trying, camas patch by camas patch, to create a patchwork of native prairie in the Willamette Valley.   

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