Reconciliation
Fort Lewis College is committed to a reconciliation process that acknowledges our historical impact and honors our responsibilities to Indigenous communities, students, faculty, and staff. We recognize this is an ongoing process requiring an intentional focus on healing. Our reconciliation is critical to our future.
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During the third annual ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ Tribal Convening, Ute Mountain Ute Chairman Manuel Heart, who has announced his retirement, was recognized for his 30 years of service.
Funded through a grant from Apple, the studio blends technology and tradition to support Indigenous language revitalization and oral storytelling.
Students, alumni, and faculty are working alongside industry partners AES and Marathon Petroleum to bring solar energy to homes on the Navajo Nation. The Village Aid Project Solar Initiative blends student-led design with culturally grounded engagement, advancing energy justice and long-term infrastructure solutions.
The three-year grant will support the launch and long-term success of a new Reconciliation Center at ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ, and builds on years of reconciliation work at ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ.
Rosalinda Linares-Gray will lead the new Reconciliation Center at ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ.
The Met, one of the world’s leading museums, is bringing cutting-edge scientific art-based research to the heart of the Four Corners.
From student researcher to reconciliation coordinator, Schaeffer draws on identity and lived experience to shape a more inclusive future at Fort Lewis College.
ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ program honors nine Ute Mountain Ute graduates who are revitalizing their language and traditions through community-based teaching.
For six decades, the center has served as a museum, archives, library, and a cultural gathering space and a steward of stories.
More than 370 graduates honored in joyful, emotional ceremonies that included keynote speaker Tommy Orange, acclaimed author of There, There.