April 15th 12:00 – 1:00 via Zoom

Join us for an engaging session delving into the research design and findings of the Towards Recognition and University-Tribal Healing (TRUTH) Project, featuring the coordinator of the project, Misty Blue. This session will also include some of the impacts made following the release of the TRUTH Project Final Report in April 2023, and some recommendations made to university leadership.

Biography:

Misty Blue, MPH, citizen of the White Earth Nation and appointed by the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council (MIAC) coordinated the Towards Recognition and University-Tribal Healing (TRUTH) project. She assembled a team of Native scholars who have examined the past, present, and future of Tribal-University relations since the University opened in 1851. These Tribal Research Fellows conducted place-based, tribally-based research using archival and indigenous methodologies around a self-determined topic. Each Tribal Research Fellow presented their experience and their findings at the TRUTH Project Symposium in May 2022. The TRUTH Project Final Report, entitled Oshkigin Noojimo’iwe, Naġi Waƞ P̣etu Uƞ Ihduwaṡ‘ake He Oyate Kiƞ Zaniwic̣aye Kte, was released in April 2023. Misty is a Senior Strategist at Grassroots Solutions and continues to examine Tribal-University Relations.

Please reach out to cahnrs.forall@wsu.edu for any questions about this event.