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How Uhh! Nu Rani Williams Me NahNe’Ah. Hello! My name is Rani Williams. I am currently a senior here at the UW double majoring in Communications and American Indian Studies. I also have a pre-health background. I am from the Walker River Paiute Reservation in Schurz, Nevada. I grew up on the reservation and commuted to a high school off the reservation 30+ miles away. I chose to attend the UW because of the great education I can earn while surrounding myself with a diverse community as well as a great American Indian student population on campus striving to become future leaders. Over the last three years I have been a member of First Nations (Communications Chair, Vice President), the American Indian Science and Engineering Society, Yehawali Mentorship Program, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute- Biology Fellows, as well as an active member within the Ethnic Cultural Center community. I was also accepted into the Four Directions Summer Research Program at Harvard Medical School where I conducted biomedical research for a summer and shadowed the best doctors and surgeons in the nation at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital Boston. I have lived in the dorms, UW apartments, and I have also lived around the U-district. I love to read, bead, and lead! I also enjoy playing and coaching volleyball, meeting new people, playing ANY sport, and going on any adventure that happens to come my way! My job as AISC Director is to be there for you whenever you need me. I am here to support you any way I can! If there is anything you want to see within the AISC, let me know. If you have any problems with school or life in general, I am here to listen. If there is anything within the ASUW that you want to support or you are against, give me a shout! I am here to make sure your voice is heard loud and clear within the student government. Please contact me if you have any questions, comments, or problems. Better yet, come into my office at the HUB, my door is always open for any student (Native or not)! I am very excited for this year and I can’t wait to meet all of you. Presha Mu! (Thank you all)

Canoe Journey Study Aproad 2014!

Posted May21 by asuwaisc | Leave a comment

Hi everyone! Ross is currently in the works of creating a Canoe Journey Study Abroad program! It is still in the planning phase, but we are surveying to see who would be interested and what people would like to see from a program like this. Please circulate far and wide!:

2014 Canoe Journey Study Abroad Catalyst
All:

Dr. Million, Val, and myself are developing a study abroad program that will go on the 2014 Canoe Journey to Bella Bella, BC. We are trying to find out how many of you are interested and what programs you are involved with.

Currently, we are in the planning phase and don’t have specific details. Please share this catalyst survey widely and fill it out so that we can get a measure of interest and we will move forward from there. As an added note, this survey will close on May 31.

https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/dabraine/201492

Thank you all for your time and attention,

Ross B. (Apsaalooke Nation)
University of Washington
Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity
Tribal Liaision
Office: 206.616.6056

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Out of the Office

Posted Dec25 by asuwaisc | Leave a comment

Hello Everyone!

I will be out of the office for the holidays. I will be back in the office Jan. 3rd. If you have any questions about the ASUW Winter Powwow on Jan. 26, 2013, the best way to get in contact will be by email: asuwaisc@uw.edu. I will be checking my email once a day. I hope you have a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

- Rani Williams

AISC Director

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Finals Week and Winter Break

Posted Dec10 by asuwaisc | Leave a comment

Hi Eveyone!

Finals week is upon us! I hope you all have been studying, I’m sure you will do great!

Since it is finals week, I will not be in the office so I can study also. As for Winter Break, I will be out of the office too, but I will be checking the AISC email and Facebook everyday. If you have any questions or comments, please send me and email and I will get back to you as soon as I can. Good luck on finals, have a great holiday break, and I’ll see you next year!

-Rani

American Indian Student Commission Director

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American Indian Studies Holiday Open House

Posted Dec3 by asuwaisc | Leave a comment
AIS Majors! You are invited to the AIS Department’s Holiday Party:
Please join the Department of American Indian Studies for a holiday open house on Thursday, December 6, starting at 1pm in our office (Padelford C-514). We will be welcoming everyone to our spruced-up office space and celebrating the Dean’s Office’s approval and recommendation in favor of tenure and promotion for Professor Dian Million! Food will be served.
Where: Padelford C-514
When: 12/6, 1:00pm – 3:30pm
Who: All of our colleagues, students, and friends
RSVP appreciated to elissaw@uw.edu.
 ——————
Elissa Washuta
Academic Counselor
Department of American Indian Studies
University of Washington
Drop-in advising hours:
MWF 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
(also available by appointment)
Padelford Hall, C-514
Box 354305
Seattle, WA  98195
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Office Hours This Week!

Posted Dec3 by asuwaisc | Leave a comment

Here are my office hours for this week! As always, you can schedule a meeting with me if you cannot make these hours. It’s dead week, so study hard and good luck on your finals! :)  

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1491′s!

Posted Nov30 by asuwaisc | Leave a comment

The 1491′s are at the University of Washington! Come to our event with them tonight from 7-9pm in Savery 260. Seats will go quickly, so come early! IT’S A FREE EVENT AND EVERYONE IS WELCOME!

UW Natives! If you would like to collab and meet the 1491s, Professor Dan Hart will be hosting them in his Producing Documentary class from 12pm-4pm in COM 318 (The Native Voices Lab)! There will be pizza!
Hope to see you there! :)

Hosted by AISC, FN@UW, American Indian Studies Department, and the Ethnic Cultural Center (Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity)

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Today’s Office Hours

Posted Nov27 by asuwaisc | Leave a comment

The office hours website won’t allow me to edit my hours, but I will not be in the office until 11:30 today! I will come in earlier on Thursday. Sorry about the mix up!

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Office Hours- Week of Nov 26-30th

Posted Nov26 by asuwaisc | Leave a comment

Happy Monday Everyone! Here are my office hours for this week:

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AISC Native American Heritage Month Events!

Posted Nov15 by asuwaisc | Leave a comment

All students are welcome to attend! :)

 

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Medicine Wheel Society’s Screening of “Our Spirits Don’t Speak English”

Posted Nov13 by asuwaisc | Leave a comment

Who: All are invited

What: A documentary about Native American boarding schools followed by a discussion held by the first ever and only woman principal in the 109 year history of Sherman Indian High school, Kathleen Silvas.

When: TONIGHT at 5:30

Where: Health Sciences Building T-530

Why: Native American boarding schools are a dark side of American history that is simply left out of our nation’s history books and our training. Under the founding idea of “kill the indian, save the man”, the US government was successful in completing wiping out Native American culture in a single generation! The same schools that were used to wipe culture are now being used to restore it. Sherman Indian High School is one of the biggest and oldest native boarding schools in the nation. Kathleen Silvas brings a unique perspective to modern day issues facing the native population today.

Kanan Silvas
Medicine Wheel President
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