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Jessica Bissett Perea


April 8, 2025

UW professors highlight music in powwow culture course

People entering the UW Powwow

University of Washington associate professors Jessica Bissett Perea and John-Carolos Perea are co-teaching a new iteration of “Powwow Cultures in Native North America” this quarter. While a powwow course existed in the past, this is the first time it’s an interdisciplinary offering between American Indian Studies and the School of Music.


November 26, 2024

From classrooms to KEXP, UW lecturer shares love of Indigenous music

Two microphones on a table

When he isn’t lecturing at the University of Washington or pursuing his doctoral studies at the University of California, Davis, Tory Johnston (Quinault) co-hosts a global Indigenous radio show, Sounds of Survivance.