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Chino Y Chicano Podcast: Washington State’s Alert System for Missing Indigenous Women

From South Seattle Emerald (by Enrique Cerna and Matt Chan) – State Rep. Debra Lekanoff speaks on the importance of Washington’s first-in-the-nation alert system for missing Indigenous people.

On the 21st-Century Renaissance of Native American Fiction

From Lithub (by Erika Wurth) – Indigenous writers Erika Wurth and Margaret Verble discuss today’s proliferation of Native writing and what it means to be part of it.

Healing Generational Trauma

From YES! Magazine (By Jasmin Joseph) – “For Black and Indigenous communities, it takes more than therapy and medicine to tackle mental illness. We need a holistic approach.”
A singer stands next to a guitar player on stage performing.
Logan Ulavale and Nicole Suyama perform covers and other music in the lounge area at The Cove Restaurant and Lounge in Lynnwood, Jan. 28, 2021. (Via Real Change, Photos by Matthew S. Browning)

Soaring into community

From Real Change (by Ashley Archibald) – With program manager Nicole Suyama, Red Eagle Soaring provides a space for Indigenous youth to connect with their tribal customs through music and theatre.
Exterior front building photo of the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art
Exterior front building photo of the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art

How Newly Recruited Native Curators Are Changing the Narrative of American Art at Museums Across the Country

From Artnet News (by Zachary Small) – Around the country, art museums are taking steps to collaborate with Native American communities to display Indigenous art.

EchoX’s Best of 2021

As 2021 comes to a close, here’s a look back at a few of our proudest accomplishments. For such a small team, we were able to do so much!

Native American Heritage Day

This November, EchoX expanded on our story map, “400 Years After the Mayflower”.

Indigenous Walking Tour

From student Owen Oliver, a walking tour of the University of Washington, “written, created, and curated within multiple Indigenous lands and waters. Not limited to but including the Musqueam, Duwamish, Suquamish, Tulalip, Muckleshoot, Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian territories”.

Decolonizing Thanksgiving: A Q&A

For our third installment, we’ve asked EchoX staff, board members, friends, and community members to take part in a short Thanksgiving Q&A.

Decolonizing Thanksgiving: Healing, Truthmaking, & Revitalizing

This Thanksgiving, EchoX staff, Board members, & DIGITIZE youth members have curated media, music, and resources discussing both contemporary and historical issues Indigenous Americans have faced in the past and continue to face today.

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