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Kalapuya Ilihi hall set to reopen in fall 2025 By Corey Hoffman Campus News Reporter
Following a two-year closure, Kalapuya Ilihi, a residence hall, is set to open in fall 2025 for the 2025 to 2026 academic school year. Kalapuya Ilihi, which originally opened in 2017, temporarily closed in July 2023 to fix structural issues and cracks in several walls, The Daily Emerald reported. At the time, the University of Oregon filed a $7.5 million lawsuit against the construction companies that helped build the hall. According to UO’s website, features of Kalapuya Ilhi, which is named for the Indigenous
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ARTS & CULTURE
A future woven with
past and present How Stephanie Craig, a seventh-generation basket weaver, challenges historical standards in pursuit of 21st century authenticity
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CITY NEWS
By Mark Munson-Warnken Arts & Culture Writer
In 2025, the pursuit of truth is a ChatGPT search query. For anthropological consultant and seventh-generation basket weaver Stephanie Craig, the waves of AI induced noise are just another backdrop in her 20 year journey of preserving Indigenous history and facing discomfort in pursuit of truth. Craig, a descendant of Santiam and Yoncalla, Takelma, Cow Creek Umpqua, and Chinook, didn’t grow into her heritage until her undergraduate years at University of Oregon. She grew up in a rural non-BIPOC community where sticking with the status quo meant safety. Craig attributes the parental decision to conceal their culture largely to the generational trauma endured by her mother. “My mom grew up on the reservation in Grand Ronde during the time of termination. We didn’t have Federal recognition, so she got a lot of harassment,” she said. The Termination Era (1953-1970) was a period when the government, in pursuit of the natural resources controlled by the tribes, revoked the sovereignty of Indigenous nations. Followed by numerous efforts to erase their identities and Americanize the nations, the government forced the previously independent communities to assimilate into American cultures and ideologies. While the
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How invasive species are threatening Eugene By Ceci Cronin, City News Reporter Read story on page 4
Stephanie Craig poses with baskets she wove.
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