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![Aiden Wolf](/images/whitman-stories/stories/2022/June/confederated-tribe-tn.jpg)
June 7, 2022
Whitman College Announces New Scholarship for Native Students
Aiden Wolf ’26 and Lindsey Pasena-Littlesky ’26 are the first recipients of the Šináata Scholarship, created in recognition of the special relationship between the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and Whitman College.
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![Plateau Long Tent photo courtesy of Roger Amerman.](/images/whitman-stories/stories/2022/April/Long%20Tent/long%20tent%20amerman%20thumb.jpg)
April 11, 2022
Plateau Long Tent Coming to Whitman College
Whitman College is partnering with the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation to bring this important element of Plateau culture and architecture to Ankeny Field.
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![Chuck Sams speaks at Whitman College in 2017.](/images/whitman-stories/stories/2020/April/170826-HomeInPasxapa-3685-Thumbnail.jpg)
April 13, 2020
Co-Taught Indigenous Politics Course Brings Tribal Perspective to Pandemic
Before Whitman College announced the move to online teaching in March in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Sams and Thayne had already made the decision to shift the course to an online format out of concern for the safety of students and the CTUIR community.
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![Beaded bracelets depict Native American portraits.](/images/whitman-stories/stories/2019/December/191118_Marcus-Beadmaking-8-Thumbnail.jpg)
December 16, 2019
Marcus Amerman ’81 Pushes Boundaries of Native American Beadwork
Native American beadwork artists Marcus Amerman ’81 pushes the envelope on traditional beadwork by creating realistic pieces based on historic photographs. A member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Amerman earned a degree in art from Whitman College and often infuses his work with sociopolitical messages.
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