Lushootseed Lecture Series
with guest Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe

Join us as we welcome tribal members, Indigenous people, and other scholars to speak about the Lushootseed language and culture, its cultural importance and what it has to teach us.

Questions? Email lapoint1@seattleu.edu

  • WHEN:
    January 24th, 2025 | 4:00-5:00pm

  • WHERE:
    Byte Cafe | Lemieux Library | Floor 2

About special guest Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe

Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe is from the Upper Skagit and Nooksack Indian Tribe. Native to the Pacific Northwest, she draws inspiration from her coastal heritage as well as her life in the city. She writes with a focus on trauma and resilience, ranging topics from PTSD, sexual violence, the work her great grandmother did for the Lushootseed language revitalization, to loud basement punk shows and what it means to grow up mixed heritage. With strange obsessions revolving around Twin Peaks, the Seattle music scene, and Coast Salish Salmon Ceremonies, Sasha explores her own truth of indigenous identity in the Coast Salish territory.

Hosted by the Indigenous Peoples Institute & the Lemieux Library and McGoldrick Learning Commons