Phase 1 Milestones
Phase I of the project to build w菨色菨b蕯altx史 – Intellectual House came to completion when the 91探花 and Native American communities celebrated its grand opening on March 12, 2015.
Phase I included construction of听an 8,400 square-foot building that听features a gathering hall for 600, a large kitchen that accommodates teaching space for indigenous food preparation and a meeting space. Also included is an outdoor gathering circle.
The planning process received input and guidance from 91探花community members, an elders committee and regional tribes. Funding for Phase I was provided through the UW, individual gifts, organizations, communities, corporations, foundations and government organizations. A site blessing was performed on April 10, 2009 and the groundbreaking was held Oct. 25, 2013.
Fundraising for Phase II – a Teaching and Learning space – is underway. Information on how to support these efforts can be found here.
More News
: w菨色菨b蕯altx史 – Intellectual House is a place the 91探花Native American community can call home. of the June 2015 issue of Columns Magazine.
opens its doors. featuring the grand opening festivities.
opens, a dream is realized. Read more .
of the construction process, including听the August 6 Log Blessing.
celebrating a significant milestone in the 40-year dream to build a longhouse on campus. Read more .
have been approved for the Intellectual House. Read more .
听for Intellectual House Begins. Read more听.
听pledges $100,000 to support the Intellectual House. Read more听.
in matching gift funds toward the $10.6 million needed to build the Intellectual House if $5 million can be raised by the end of 2011. Make a gift towards this total .
91探花Regents approve traditional naming of the House of Knowledge听to听W菨色菨b蕯altx史, which translates to “Intellectual House” in the Lushootseed language and is phonetically pronounced “wah-sheb-altuh”. Read the details听here.
听have been selected as the architects for the Intellectual House. Their predesign for the project was completed in June 2010. See their work听.
Yakama Nation to donate materials valued at $91,000 to the Intellectual House. Read the details听here.
听features the Intellectual House project in its Fall 2008 issue. Read the whole article听.
