Tag: American Indian/Native American: Page 4

Native Americans

Ute Tribe Wants More in Exchange for Use of Name

The Ute Indian Tribe wants more in exchange from the University of Utah to continue allowing them to use the tribe’s name and logo for sports teams.

November 12, 2013

Leadership & Policy

New Tribal College Slated to Open in California

With the endorsement of more than 40 California Indian nations, a new nonprofit tribal college will open in northern California in 2014 to serve American Indian students from the state.

October 10, 2013

Students

Happy Anniversary!

Online Editor G.E. Branch III is celebrating his first anniversary as a member of the Diverse: Issues In Higher Education team. G.E. is responsible for managing content for diverseeducation.com, which posts fresh diversity-related news each weekday.

October 3, 2013

Native Americans

Delaware State University to Review Hiring Practices, Audit Finances

Delaware State University officials say the school is reviewing its hiring practices and auditing financial records from the tenure of a former dean who has embezzlement and forgery convictions.

July 21, 2013

Students

Former Delaware State University Dean Has Criminal Record

A Delaware State University administrator who resigned last week has a criminal record.

July 16, 2013

Native Americans

USD Students Condemn Native Studies Program

Some University of South Dakota students are criticizing the school’s Native Studies major, saying it falsely advertises coursework and doesn’t have enough instructors.

June 18, 2013

Latinx

Redskins’ Name Fight Shows Diversity Loosely Embraced

If Redskins name change issue is a barometer for real diversity in America, the outlook is not good.

June 2, 2013

Native Americans

Chief Group Wants to Resurrect Mascot at University of Illinois

A group of University of Illinois graduates who in the past portrayed Chief Illiniwek is pitching a plan to bring back the former mascot.

May 8, 2013

Faculty & Staff

American Indian Activist Horse Capture Dies

American Indian activist, curator and professor George Horse Capture has died in Great Falls. He was 75.

May 2, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Navajo Tech Continues Its Ascension

A small college on the eastern edge of the nation’s largest American Indian reservation is getting noticed.

April 21, 2013

Native Americans

Two Tribes Move Closer To Securing FM Radio Stations

FLAGSTAFF Ariz. — Two Southwest tribes are moving closer to securing radio stations that others in Indian Country have turned to for emergency alerts, health tips, the latest rodeo news, traditional stories and language lessons.

March 24, 2013

Native Americans

Idle No More Brings Native Voices, Tribal Education to the Forefront

Like many Natives and our allies across our Grandmother Earth, Unci Maka, I have joined the Idle No More movement, attending round dance gatherings, praying for Chief Theresa Spence and her supporters, sharing the stories I hear and read and perusing news and opinion pieces.

January 23, 2013