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‘Indecent’ Dress, Lewd Conduct Banned at JSU

Jackson State University students are expected to behave and dress in a manner that represents the university in a positive way.

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Ellis Island Adding Histories of Indians, Slaves

Ellis Island is expanding its story of U.S. immigration history, including for the first time Native Americans and African slaves and adding modern arrivals.

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Alaska and Washington Schools Win Grants

Grants to the University of Alaska at Fairbanks Interior Aleutian campus and the Northwest Indian College in Bellingham, Wash., have been announced by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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$5 Million Awarded to Tribal Colleges

Seven Native American colleges and universities will share $5 million to expand, renovate, and equip their own facilities, to improve student housing, and to support construction of new facilities. the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced.

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MSU Billings Will Host Heritage Day

The histories, cultures and philosophies of American Indians will be celebrated on Sept 26 at Montana State University Billings, organizers announced.

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What’s Palin’s Record on Native Issues?

With 13 percent of its nearly 670,000 residents considered Native, Alaska has one of the highest percentages of Native people of any state in the country.

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KU Holds Symposium on U.S.-Indian Relations

The final stop in a three-year series of symposia focusing on diplomatic relations between American Indian tribes and the U.S. government will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, at the Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas, UK announced.

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UNT and Haskell Nations Collaborate for Environmental Careers

The University of North Texas announced that it will partner with Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kan., and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to build a diverse workforce that can meet the country’s environmental demands.

IU Offers Support for American Indian Group

Indiana University administrators are working to find a new space and director for a support group for American Indian students weeks after student leaders accused IU of not supporting the group.

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WSU Research to Help Native American Students

Accepting a challenge from the state’s lawmakers, four Washington State University researchers will report on the best ways to help Native American students succeed, the university announced.

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ECSU Honors Mashantucket Pequot Chairman

Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic conferred an honorary doctorate on Michael Thomas, chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation during a Convocation ceremony on Aug. 29, in the Francis E. Geissler Sports Center Gymnasium, officials announced recently.

Mazda Foundation Backs Scholarships at UNCP

The Mazda Foundation (USA), Inc., has renewed two four-year scholarships for American Indian students at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNCP), the university announced.

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