The Connection Points project is a walkable route opening in the next couple of weeks connecting 15 mental health locations with native plant life spread across campus. Each stop includes photos from each season, a description of the plant life, their Indigenous names, a meditation exercise, and a podcast episode expanding on the stories of the plants and WashU’s relationship to indigeneity.

When junior Marissa Mathieson, a Diné student at WashU, arrived on campus, she was frustrated to find how little support there is for Native American students such as herself.

Yuria Celidwen, author and senior fellow at the University of California Berkeley’s Othering and Belonging Institute, presented a lecture titled “Ethics of Belonging of Indigenous Contemplative Traditions” as part of the Mindfulness and Anti-Racism Lecture Series, April 5.