Indigenous students

Opinion Submission: Native voices, WashU choices: A call for Native American and Indigenous representation

Native students like us deserve to be here. We deserve Native and Indigenous professors to teach and mentor us. We deserve a department to study critical Native Studies topics. We deserve a space to learn and grow and gather. We are here, we are WashU, and we deserve to be seen.

and | Class of 2026, Dinė; Class of 2025, Choctaw/Chickasaw

A land acknowledgment isn’t enough for WashU’s dwindling Indigenous population

WashU is failing both to create a welcoming community for Indigenous students and to support its current ones. 

and | Staff Writer and Contributing Writer

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