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The Living Breath of wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ Indigenous Foods Symposium

We hope you will join us for our 13th annual “Living Breath of wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ” Indigenous Foods Symposium on May 2nd & 3rd 2025, hosted by the UW’s American Indian Studies Department and the Na’ah Illahee Fund.  We are happy to share that our Keynote speaker is Mateus Tremembé an Indigenous Youth Leader from the Tremembé da Barra do Mundaú Indigenous community in Brazil! Mateus is an agroecological farmer, an agronomy student, and he coordinates Of Just Transitions in Food Systems Network and the Tremembé Climate Project. Mateus presented virtually at our symposium a few years ago and we were so moved by his presentation and the important work he is doing with and for his community that we invited him to come to Seattle and present in person (please see attached flyer for more information on Mateus). Our 2025 Symposium theme is “Generational Food Sovereignty: Nurturing our Sacred Relationships” and this year, for the first time, we have coordinated youth-driven panels and presentations highlighting the work ou… Event interval: Ongoing event. Campus location: Intellectual House (INT). Campus room: Gathering Hall. Accessibility Contact: dso@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Conferences. Exhibits. Lectures/Seminars. Event sponsors: UW Department of American Indian Studies Na'ah Illahee Fund UW Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies UW wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ Intellectual house UW College of the Environment UW Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity UW Nutritional Sciences Program UW Tacoma Division of Social and Historical Studies UW Department of Geograhy UW Indigenous Wellness Research Institute UW Canadian Studies Center Bill Holm Center. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UWLivingBreath. Friday, May 2, 2025, 9:00 AM – Saturday, May 3, 2025, 3:00 PM. For more info visit livingbreathfoodsymposium.org.

Indigenous Studies Research Symposium

Join us at the Annual Spring Indigenous Studies Research Symposium, Friday, May 9th 9am-4pm at the wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ Intellectual House. Hear from graduate and undergraduate students and Indigenous Knowledge Families as they present their original research in the field of Indigenous Studies followed by Q&A for each presenter. Breakfast and lunch provided, free and open to all. The general schedule is included below with a detailed schedule available closer to the date. PRESENTATION SCHEDULE, 9:00am Doors open. Coffee and pastries, 10:00am Session 1, 11:30am Lunch, 12:30pm Session 2, 2:00pm Break, 2:15pm Session 3. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Intellectual House (INT). Campus room: Gathering Hall. Accessibility Contact: kaiwise@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Event sponsors: UW Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies. Friday, May 9, 2025, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM. For more info visit ais.washington.edu.

Sacred Breath: Indigenous Writing and Storytelling Series

The Department of American Indian Studies at the University of Washington hosts an annual literary and storytelling series. Sacred Breath features Indigenous writers and storytellers sharing their craft at the beautiful wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ Intellectual House on the UW Seattle campus. Storytelling offers a spiritual connection, a sharing of sacred breath. Literature, similarly, preserves human experience and ideals. Both forms are durable and transmit power that teaches us how to live. Both storytelling and reading aloud can impact audiences through the power of presence, allowing for the experience of the transfer of sacred breath as audiences are immersed in the experience of being inside stories and works of literature. Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: jedge18@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances. Lectures/Seminars. Event sponsors: Sacred Breath is sponsored by the Department of American Indian Studies, the Intellectual House Academic Programming Committee, the Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies, the UW Department of English, the Banks Center for Educational Justice, the Squaxin Island Tribe, the Suquamish Tribe, and the Muckelshoot Tribe. Thursday, May 22, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM. Town Hall Seattle 1119 8th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101. For more info visit ais.washington.edu.