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Native Americans

Report: Investing in American Indian Students Improves Their Health, Income

WASHINGTON, D.C. Higher education can drive economic and social development for all American Indian communities, according to a recent study released by The Institute for Higher Education Policy.

April 2, 2007

Students

Grants & Gifts

The American Indian College Fund has received a five-year, $17.5 million grant from the Lilly Endowment to fund the Woksape Oyate initiative. The initiative,  plans to help improve the quality of faculty and students attending tribal colleges while allowing the colleges to tailor their programs to meet their specific needs. Calhoun Community College (Ala.) has […]

March 21, 2007

Native Americans

American Indians in Oklahoma say English-only Policy Diminishes Their Tribal Languages

OKLAHOMA CITY Legislation to make English the official language of the state of Oklahoma has run into opposition from American Indians, who say their native tongues are dying fast enough without any help from lawmakers.

March 18, 2007

Native Americans

Cherokee Nation Votes to Oust Freedmen From Tribal Rolls

In the aftermath of a highly publicized and bitter vote that removed 2,700 Blacks known as Freedmen from the tribal rolls of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, scholars are weighing in about a question that is as old as this country — What does it mean to be an American Indian?

March 8, 2007

Native Americans

Scholars Gather for State of the Black Union

A group of scholars, including Drs. Eddie Glaude, Farah Jasmine Griffin and Cornel West gathered on the campus of the…

March 7, 2007

Native Americans

Black, American Indian Scholars Correct History Books At “State of the Black Union 2007”

The 400th anniversary of the settlement at Jamestown this year gives America the chance to revisit and correct stories about the relationships between these Africans, American Indians and White colonists, as well as the pillaging of American Indian villages, the institution of slavery and the impact these events continue to have in 2007, said Dr. Cornel West and a group of other academics at a panel discussion that was part of “State of the Black Union 2007.”

February 12, 2007

Sports

North Dakota Looking For Opponents Who’ll Play Despite Nickname

GRAND FORKS, N.D. In trying to schedule games with NCAA Division I opponents, the University of North Dakota is finding resistance to its Fighting Sioux nickname.

January 30, 2007

Students

UI Officials to Talk With Three Students About Online Threats To American Indians

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. University of Illinois officials said this week they plan to talk to at least three students they believe may be behind threats against an American Indian student. The threats were posted on a Web page about the school’s mascot, Chief Illiniwek.

January 11, 2007

Students

Yale to Create Position to Oversee

With the help of private donations, Yale University is creating an endowment for a new assistant dean position…

December 27, 2006

Students

Damage Control at Dartmouth

American Indian students at Dartmouth College may be enjoying their winter break more than other students…

December 27, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Florida State University Launches Seminole History Class In Effort To Keep Mascot

TALLAHASSEE Fla. Florida State University student Daniel Lee learned in fourth grade most of what he knew about the Seminole Indians, namesakes of his school’s athletic teams. It wasn’t much.

November 28, 2006

Native Americans

The Learning Path of Patty Loew

Three years ago, while researching archival photographs and records for a documentary on American Indian war veterans…

November 1, 2006