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Students enjoy breakfast together at the NAC in their traditional regalia.

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Throughout November, our Fort Lewis community will celebrate Native American Heritage Month with various programs and events that honor the immense knowledges, diverse cultures, and contributions of our Indigenous students, faculty, and staff and the more than 120 Tribal Nations represented at Fort Lewis.

Photo of Indigenous dancers during a powwow held at Michigan Sttae University.

Heather Shotton, ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ's vice president of diversity affairs dicusses Indigenous student success and what it means to be a Native-ready campus. “It’s not enough just to recruit and enroll Indigenous students at our institutions, says Heather Shotton, VP for Diversity Affairs at ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ and an Indigenous Education scholar. “It’s important that institutions are ready to...

Mario Martinez, the provost and vice president for Academic Affairs of Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado, is on a mission to address health care inequities, with a focus on Native Americans and Latinx populations (at Fort Lewis College, 39% of the college’s students are Indigenous and 15% Latinx).

A view of the ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ clocktower and snow-tipped La Platas in the background.

La Plata Electric Association (LPEA) and Fort Lewis College (ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ) announced today that the cooperative will be the 2025-2028 Presenting Sponsor for ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ’s tenth anniversary of its Hawk Tank Business Plan Competition.

An ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ student DJ on the mic, adjusting sound settings on a DJ board.

Fort Lewis College radio station KDUR celebrates its 50th anniversary, marking its growth from a 10-watt student-run station to a 6,000-watt community hub, with events and special broadcasts planned to honor its enduring role in bringing diverse music and local voices to the Durango area.

The event concluded with a special screening of films produced by Tribal Water Media Fellows at Fort Lewis College.

Felicia Meyers, Theatre Faculty

ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ is the best place to work in Durango, CO, but don't take our word for it! Several of ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ's faculty and staff outline what it means to be a Durangoan and how they love Fort Lewis College.

A group of students and staff around glowing, ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ letters at the Clocktower.

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Students celebrated ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ's newest Homecoming tradition - lighting up our letters to the tune of the ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ Fight Song at the Clocktower. Photo by Jack Hulett.

President Biden apologized today to victims of the US government’s 150-year Indian Boarding School system at a ceremonial gathering at Arizona's Gila River Indian Community.

President Joe Biden on Friday formally apologized to Native Americans for the “sin” of a government-run boarding school system that for decades forcibly separated children from their parents, calling it a “blot on American history” in his first presidential visit to Indian Country.

The ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ Clocktower surrounded by yellow leaves.

Fort Lewis College launches national search for next president

The new president is expected to embrace ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ’s unique role as a Native American-Serving Non-Tribal Institution and as a convener for the Four Corners region's arts, sciences, and economic vitality. The next president will build on ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ's strong foundation while fostering educational excellence and expanding the college’s role in regional, state, and national growth and...
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