The Evergreen State College has been an influential and progressive part of the Olympia community for many years, striving to support and help individuals achieve their academic goals. Even beyond that, though, Evergreen has a mission to connect people worldwide. Specifically, The s’gʷi gʷi ʔ altxʷ Longhouse and Indigenous Arts Campus has made a commendable effort in connecting artists and indigenous peoples of the world to each other, including holding the annual Native Arts Fair happening this December. In conjunction with this mission, the Longhouse team organized about seven years ago under the leadership of Tina Kuckkahn-Miller, currently the VP of Indigenous Arts and Education, and the founding Longhouse Director, with the vision of having their own studio space to support some of the bigger themes of native art in the region and around the world. “We embarked on a…