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Sacred Breath: Indigenous Writing and Storytelling Series

Save the Date! Thrusday, May 21st, 5:00-7:00pm at wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ Intellectual House 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. Free and open to the public. Doors open at 4:30pm with light refreshments. Books available for purchase with author signing after the event. ABOUT THE ARTIST BETH PIATOTE (Nimi:pu, Colville) Beth Piatote is an associat… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Intellectual House (INT). Campus room: Gathering Hall. Accessibility Contact: dso@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances. Special Events. Lectures/Seminars. Event sponsors: Sacred Breath is sponsored by the Department of American Indian Studies, the Mellon Foundation, 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 Muckleshoot Tribe. Thursday, May 21, 2026, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM. For more info visit ais.washington.edu.

Indigenous Studies Research Symposium

Join us at the Annual Spring Indigenous Studies Research Symposium. Hear from graduate and undergraduate students and Indigenous Knowledge Families as they present their original research in the field of Indigenous Studies. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Intellectual House (INT). Campus room: Gathering Hall. Accessibility Contact: dso@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Special Events. Conferences. Event sponsors: Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies and the Mellon Foundation. Friday, May 29, 2026, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM.