Academic Affairs. Provost. Public Service Centers. Northwest Indian Applied Research Institute (NIARI) Records

Established September 1999 the Northwest Indian Applied Research Institute (NIARI) worked in collaboration with Indian leaders, public agencies, educators, students and community groups to assist tribes toward meeting their goals as it is related to cultural revitalization, resource management, economic sustainability, tribal governance and tribal administration. The institute worked to develop curricula on the Northwest Tribes which matched the Essential Learning Requirements for Washington State History and Social Studies passed by the Washington State Legislature in 2005. NIARI offered educational resources, culturally responsive curricula for secondary schools, and research assistance.

NIARA expanded its services so that the college could offer tribes assistance to enable Evergreen to assist local tribes to meet their economic, governance and resource goals. At the same time, the Institute provided additional, real-life learning opportunities for Evergreen students. The Institute engaged in designing and conducting research projects, workshops, symposia, and conferences on Indian issues in the following programmatic areas: Cultural Revitalization, Governance, Natural Resource Management, and Economic Sustainability. The Institute has been under the direction of Director, Alan Parker since its inceptiion. Alan's research and teaching interests focus on indigenous peoples' practice of self-governance, political empowerment and revitalization.

This Public Service Center ended its services in 2012.