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Fort Lewis College names first Indigenous presidential finalist

In a historic move that signals a significant step toward reconciliation with its past, Fort Lewis College (FLC) has named Dr. Heather J. Shotton as the sole finalist for the institution's presidency. If confirmed, Shotton—a citizen of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes and a Kiowa and Cheyenne descendant—will become the first Indigenous person to lead the institution.

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Navajo Nation gets hands-on with solar power

FLC professor Laurie Williams and her team are building and installing Victron Energy off-grid electricity systems which are donated to families who need it – and have no opportunity to connect to the electricity grid.

Westernaires reenact history with Native American costumes and whoops. Critics say the depictions have no place in a modern West.

What do Western traditions mean at a time when a state report last year identified at least 65 students who died more than a century ago at Colorado’s two most prominent Indian boarding schools? Megan Alvarado-Saggese, an assistant professor of Native American and Indigenous studies at FLC discusses how the U.S. military used reenactments of military battles to galvanize white Americans into...
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