SALEM — Megan Van Pelt just finished resident assistant training at the University of Oregon. She’s settling into her dorm room at UO’s Kalapuya Ilihi residence hall and preparing for the start of the fall term.
Van Pelt is a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
Megan Van Pelt holds one of her latest beading projects — an old University of Oregon hat. Van Pelt took up beading as one way to connect with her Native American heritage.
Megan Van Pelt stands in her dorm room in the University of Oregon’s Kalapuya Ilihi residence hall. Van Pelt is a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and a resident assistant for students who are part of UO’s Native American and Indigenous Studies program living in the dorm.
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