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Students

United Tribes Powwow Committee Hosts Annual Celebration

The United Tribes Powwow Committee is once against hosting one of the longest-running contest powwows in the country.

August 24, 2008

Native Americans

Study Finds Minorities More Likely to be Paddled in School

Paddlings, swats, licks. A quarter of a million U.S. schoolchildren got them last year and blacks, American Indians and kids with disabilities got a disproportionate share of the punishment, according to a study by a human rights group.

August 20, 2008

Native Americans

United Tribes Adds Law-Enforcement Classes

The United Tribes Technical College will be adding classes in criminal justice and law enforcement and will have a Bureau of Indian Affairs officer stationed on campus by the end of August to teach and work with tribal communities in the region.

August 12, 2008

Native Americans

Keeping With Traditions

With the 2008 Olympic Games taking place in Beijing this month, approximately 4 billion viewers worldwide will tune into the two week-long event.

August 6, 2008

Native Americans

Students Learn Entrepreneurial Skills at UA

Students representing American Indian tribes across Arizona are gaining real-world business experience they can apply toward starting their own enterprises at the Native American Youth Entrepreneur Camp, this week at the University of Arizona, the university announced.

July 22, 2008

Native Americans

Donation Supports Haskell Indian Nations University

The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, a federally recognized Native American tribe, has announced a donation of $150,000 to support initiatives at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas.

July 8, 2008

Native Americans

Students from 12 Tribes Attend Summer Institute

Eighteen high school students from 12 Native American western tribes are attending the 13th annual Na-ha-shnee Native American Summer Institute to learn about the health sciences professions and health-care issues, Washington State University announced.

June 25, 2008

Native Americans

$1 Million Grant Will Help Meet Need for American Indian and Hispanic Librarians

A program to increase the number of American Indian and Hispanic librarians has received a grant of nearly $1 million, the University of Arizona announced.

June 25, 2008

Leadership & Policy

A Tribal College With an ‘Edge’

Created out of the need to preserve the native language of the Cheyenne tribe, CATC opens its doors in Oklahoma.

June 11, 2008

Native Americans

Clinton affirms commitment to Native American issues

Hillary Rodham Clinton pledged her commitment Tuesday to tribal sovereignty and Indian health care.

May 29, 2008

Native Americans

Obama Pledges New Era for Federal-Indian Relations

Pledging to usher in a new era of honest federal dealings with Indian tribes, Democratic presidential front-runner on Monday made an unprecedented stop in Montana Indian country for a rally at the Crow reservation.

May 19, 2008

Native Americans

Best & Brightest: Student Works to Maintain Her Tribe’s Existence

Melissa Velky, a third-year law student at Michigan State University’s College of Law, is not waiting until graduation to immerse herself in a serious legal confrontation.

April 22, 2008