➜ The new Wind Walkers Pre-College Chapter at Laramie High School in Laramie, Wyo., is poised to learn about STEM careers and plans to meet with other chapters and attend AISES events. Linda Temte, a chapter sponsor, emphasizes that the group wants to be inclusive and welcome everyone, not just Indigenous students interested in STEM. They are the first pre-college chapter in Wyoming outside the Wind River Reservation.
➜ McGill University chapter president Joel Grant was quoted in the McGill Tribune supporting the school’s new Indigenous Equity Fund, which will support student organizations. Grant pointed out that the funds will enable the chapter to get involved in Indigenous STEM initiatives even beyond the university and to be active in the expansion of AISES (.caISES) in Canada.
➜ Members of the College Chapter at Northeastern State University, in in Tahlequah, Okla., participated in a storytelling event marking Native American Heritage Month.
➜ Efforts by members of the University of California, Long Beach College Chapter to revitalize the maritime traditions of the Tongva, Chumash, Acjachemen, and other coastal communities were recognized in a report by public television station KCET. The students are helping restore a traditional Chumash plank canoe.
➜ Last October the College Chapter at Colorado State University celebrated the 37th annual AISES Powwow in honor of Native American Heritage Month. The school’s Native American Cultural Center, where the powwow is held, marked its 40th anniversary in 2019.
➜ McKalee Steen, president of the Vanderbilt University College Chapter, applauded the resolution of the student government to recognize Indigenous Peoples Day and urged the school to acknowledge at commencement and other major events that the campus is built on Cherokee and Sewanee lands.