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Native Americans

Leaders, students break ground on new Native American Center

The University of Montana’s new Native American Center will inspire a new era in leadership, vitalize American Indian studies and become a cornerstone of tribal community, said author and educator Gregory Cajete.

April 20, 2008

Students

Sorority Party at UND Prompts Discrimination Complaint

A group of American Indian students is upset about a University of North Dakota sorority party last fall in which students dressed up in Indian costumes and wore red makeup on their faces and bodies.

March 23, 2008

Native Americans

State, UW Join Push for Tribal Center at Riverton College

Plans for a long-sought American Indian center at Central Wyoming College in Riverton have gotten a boost with the University of Wyoming joining the project and the state Legislature’s approval of $1.1 million in funding.

March 12, 2008

Students

Grants & Gifts

The AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND has received a $50,000 grant from the AT&T Foundation for student scholarship through the AICF’s Tribal College Program. The monies will benefit tribal college students studying math, science, technology and business. The CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY has received an eight-year, $24 MILLION grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation to […]

March 3, 2008

Native Americans

New Academic Journal Focuses on History of American Indians in South

Dr. Greg O’Brien, a University of Southern Mississippi associate professor of history, will be a founding editor of The Native South, a new academic journal that seeks to broaden and challenge the traditional study of American Indians in the South, according to a report in the Hattiesburg American.

February 21, 2008

Native Americans

American Indian UND Graduates Want To Make Their Case for Getting Rid of the Fighting Sioux Nickname

Some Spirit Lake tribal members who are University of North Dakota graduates want to make their case for getting rid of UND’s Fighting Sioux nickname before any tribal vote is held.

February 18, 2008

Sports

Tribe Likely to Vote on UND Nickname

BISMARCK N.D. Members of the Spirit Lake Nation likely will vote on whether to support the University of North Dakota’s “Fighting Sioux” nickname, the tribe’s leader says. Chairwoman Myra Pearson said Saturday that the tribe has grown tired of the issue. “It’s been something that’s not as important as our health care or housing or […]

February 3, 2008

Native Americans

San Francisco State To Become Third California University To Offer Bachelor’s in American Indian Studies

San Francisco State University, home to the only College of Ethnic Studies in the United States, has added a bachelor’s degree in American Indian studies this semester.

February 2, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Under Pressure

Tribes are leery about what’s to come over the next three years as the University of North Dakota tries to seek approval to keep the “Fighting Sioux” logo and imagery.

November 28, 2007

Native Americans

American Indians Are Still Here

Richard B. Williams, president of the American Indian College Fund and author of the “Last Word” in this edition, expresses what many Americans Indian in this country feel — that they are ignored, if not invisible in mainstream American society.

November 28, 2007

Leadership & Policy

UND “Fighting Sioux” Logo Supporters Put Pressure on Tribes

Tribes are leery about what’s to come over the next three years as the University of North Dakota tries to seek approval to keep the “Fighting Sioux” logo and imagery.

November 28, 2007

Native Americans

Getting to Know: Alyssa Mt. Pleasant

Knowledge of American Indian history is integral to understanding U.S. history, according to Dr. Alyssa Mt. Pleasant, an assistant professor of American studies and history at Yale University.

November 28, 2007