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This story was originally posted by Keith Powell on the WSU Foundation News website. On a cold morning last spring, a young boy from a local tribal community near Spokane walked into his classroom wearing a white doctor’s coat nearly three sizes too big. He earned the coat during the pilot of Washington State University’s […]

A unique project, facilitated by WSU’s Native Health Sciences (NAHS) program, invites Native American community members to share their healthcare experiences to help train future healthcare providers to deliver more respectful, culturally safe, and effective care. The program seeks personal stories that illustrate both challenges and moments of exceptional care for use in NAHS’s healthcare […]

Join us for a professional development opportunity that teaches leaders to approach your organization and teams with the Gathering of Native Americans (GONA) curriculum, a culture-based planning approach widely used in many communities to drive your mission and goals

NAHS invites youth to a FREE video game tournament open to the community hosted in partnership with Native Gaming.

Jerry Crowshoe has been named director of Native American Health Sciences after serving as interim director for six months, following two years as the department’s assistant director. “Jerry’s dynamic leadership and program development experience will enable Native American Health Sciences to expand its experiential learning opportunities for health science students and drive engagement with Indigenous […]

NAHS invites the WSU community to a FREE screening of “Bones of Crows” in recognition of Native American Heritage Month.