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Swimming upstream

“Can salmon people still be salmon people if they aren’t allowed to fish in water that legally belongs to them?” Bridget Groat (Alaska Native) poses the unanswerable to her Indigenous Food Systems class.

Beverly Maxwell stays the course

Rooted on land she’s known her whole life in Shiprock, New Mexico, Beverly Maxwell (Environmental Biology, ’08) is a farmer, a scientist, a mother, a veteran, and a first-generation college graduate. She lives and works on her farm, Tó’aheedlíinii, the name of her maternal clan, The Water Flows Together people. The farm has served as Maxwell’s true north, guiding...

ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ's featured scholar brings undergraduates a taste of rare mathematics research

Fort Lewis College Mathematics is one of the smaller, more tightly knit programs on campus, which is exactly what Professor Laura Scull prefers. At ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ, Scull and her students are not only on a first-name basis but they're also collaborators and colleagues, working on world-class concepts. “It’s so great to have a group of students that really want to learn and are willing...

Water in the West

Students, faculty, and alumni dive into the Dolores River watershed.

Fit for farming

Students, community revive interest in regenerative agriculture at the Old Fort.

Where the bison wallow

Local bison ranch owner connects with student researchers for land management insights.

Housing

Housing availability for students, faculty, and staff in Durango has become a pressing issue as small mountain towns across the state struggle to accommodate more renters and prices continue to increase. Fort Lewis College is looking at several solutions in collaboration with local partners.

Michaela Goade

, a distinction that honors her art and opens the door to more Indigenous storytelling and creators.

Build To Scale

The Fort Lewis College Center for Innovation is one of the recipients of the Build to Scale Grant Program funded by the U.S. Economic Development Administration. The grant will allow the Center to expand its current opportunities to include mentorship, more coworking spaces, and more partnerships with local and aspiring entrepreneurs.

Veronica R. Lane

as assistant vice president and business development officer for Native American Bank, the only Native-owned bank in the country.

Victoria Cannon

In a digital story from The University of Arizona, Fort Lewis College Sociology & Human Services major Victoria Cannon explains how she chose her path to pursue social services work, how she wants to use her knowledge to help her family and community, and what it means to be an indigenous person with a disability seeking higher education.

Simon Ortiz

Simon J. Ortiz (Chemistry, ATT '61-'62) . Ortiz, known for his contributions to the second wave of the Native American Renaissance, is an Indigenous writer with several published works.

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