On February 24-25, 2016, the university came together to further our conversation about diversity and inclusion. When we met last February, we knew that the event would be only one facet of our effort toward becoming a more engaged, welcoming, and inclusive community. Brown School students Jeremy Vu (Oglala Lakota), first-year MSW student; Rhonda Coursey-Pratt […]
At the Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis, the graduate students in the Leadership and Evaluation in Indian Country class (Tovar, instructor) have expressed concern over the rights of Indigenous peoples to preserve this historical, cultural, and sacred space. As a result, a position paper to that effect has been […]
Sarah (Hicks) Kastelic knew she wanted to pursue a career in working with Native communities, but it wasn’t until she arrived at the Brown School that she found a focus for her ambition. Now, as Executive Director of the National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA), she’s helping to change national policies to make an impact. […]
The Spring Issue of Taking Flight, a newsletter from the Center for Violence and Injury Prevention at Washington University’s Brown School, focused on Violence Prevention in Indian Country. Read Newsletter
The Washington University Journal of American Indian & Alaska Native Health is a peer-reviewed and refereed multidisciplinary journal published by Washington University in St Louis’s Open Scholarship. The goal of the journal is to publish scholarly works that specifically addresses health and wellness issues in American Indian & Alaska Native communities. We believe American Indian […]