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Alumni Awards honor outstanding ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ graduates

A little over a decade after taking an accidental journalism course at Fort Lewis College, Jourdan Bennett-Begaye (Athletic Training, ’13) is the editor-in-chief of ICT (formerly Indian Country Today), a digital platform reporting on the Indigenous world.

Left to right: Ernest House Jr., Trustee; Heather Shotton, Vice President for Diversity Affairs; Tom Stritikus, President

Letter to our community on History Colorado's report on Fort Lewis Indian Boarding School

To more completely understand the boarding school era, ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ’s leadership, working directly with leaders of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, advocated for Colorado House Bill 22-1327--state legislation that tasked History Colorado with investigating traumas inflicted upon Native American children at the Federal Indian Boarding Schools in the State of...

Letter to our community on History Colorado's report

To more completely understand the boarding school era and as part of Fort Lewis College's reconciliation efforts, ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ’s leadership, working directly with leaders of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, advocated for Colorado House Bill 22-1327--state legislation that tasked History Colorado with investigating traumas inflicted upon Native American children at...

Acknowledging the past to focus on the future

The contradiction between Fort Lewis College’s past as a boarding school and present as a Native American serving institution is stark, according to an op-ed for The Durango Herald by President Tom Stritikus,  VP  for Diversity Affairs Heather Shotton and board trustee Ernest House Jr. “We expect the unveiling of these painful truths to sharpen our focus on the...

BOT passes resolution on Reconciliation

DENVER — Recognizing the profound impact that federal Indian boarding schools had on Indigenous communities, the Fort Lewis College Board of Trustees reaffirmed its commitment to the College’s reconciliation process passing a resolution at its annual retreat in Denver last week.

ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ Board reaffirms its commitment to ongoing reconciliation process as it awaits History Colorado's report

DENVER — Recognizing the profound impact that federal Indian boarding schools had on Indigenous communities, the Fort Lewis College Board of Trustees reaffirmed its commitment to the College’s reconciliation process at its annual retreat in Denver last week. ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ traces its roots to the Fort Lewis Indian School that operated from 1892 to 1910 in Hesperus—about 20 miles from...

All Our Kin Collective

Professor Janine Fitzgerald created the All Our Kin Collective this year to help in students’ communities and help them understand a crucial part of their identities.

FIT program partnering with local nonprofits

ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ's Farmer-In-Training program at the Old Fort is . They hope to create more agricultural education opportunities in the area and boost agricultural production.

Brechler Award for women's basketball

The ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ women’s basketball team won the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference's 2022-23 Brechler Award, recognizing the Skyhawks squad as with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.57.

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