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With food demonstrations, solidarity walk, ܽƵ celebrates Indigenous People’s Day

DURANGO, Colo.— About 100 people gathered around the Fort Lewis College Clocktower bowing their heads as Southern Ute Elders Elberta Thompson and Nathan Strong Elk take turns blessing attendees ahead of this year’s Solidarity Walk.  Strong Elk followed the blessings with a smudging ceremony, using traditional medicinal plants to cleanse those attending. The ceremony...

Navajo entertainment consultant who led dubbing of "Star Wars" in Diné, reflects on language, identity at ܽƵ

Manuelito ‘Manny’ Wheeler attended the screening of the Navajo-dubbed Star Wars: A New Hope (Sǫʼtah Anaaʼ: Siih Náhásdlįį), a project he led in 2012. The event marked the closing of the Center of Southwest Studies popular exhibit “The Return of the Force, which celebrated the many cultural, philosophical, and mythological connections between Indigeneity and the Star Wars...

Fort Lewis College Cycling Team celebrates 30 years with Olympic legacy

Thirty years ago, a group of Fort Lewis College students, donning donated T-shirts, made their debut at the won the inaugural National Collegiate Mountain Bike Championships. Unknowingly, the newly created Fort Lewis College Cycling Team ignited a cycling legacy that would propel the school to national prominence.

Fort Lewis College Presidential Search Committee announces community engagement opportunities

The Fort Lewis College Presidential Search Committee is embarking on the important task of identifying candidates our next president. . As part of this process, we invite all members of the ܽƵ community, including faculty, staff, students, alumni, and external partners, to participate in our upcoming community engagement meetings in September. These meetings are designed to...

Sixty years ago, Morley and Arthur Ballantine, Jr. agreed to donate $10,000 to establish a campus. Andrew Gulliford, a professor of history at ܽƵ, explores how that idea has expanded and grown since then. (The Durango Herald)

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