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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

Native Americans

Deal or No Deal?

Education at a tribal college for non-Native students is “an awfully good deal for states,” says…

December 6, 2006

Students

American Indians Get Apology from Dartmouth College Head

HANOVER The president of Dartmouth College has apologized for a string of incidents this fall that many American Indian students viewed as racist.

November 29, 2006

Native Americans

Deal or No Deal?

Education at a tribal college for non-Native students is “an awfully good deal for states,” says…

November 29, 2006

Native Americans

Photo Essay: African-Americans and American Indians, A Shared History

On April 13, 1878, an unprecedented event in American Indian education began in Virginia at the Hampton Institute

November 29, 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

A Matter of Survival

To the average ear, the words and sounds of Arapaho are from another world…

November 8, 2006

Native Americans

Examining the American Indian Experience

In 1990, then-President George H.W. Bush designated November as…

November 1, 2006

Native Americans

Getting to Know Dr. Denise Askin

American Indian literature classes are not plentiful at U.S. colleges and universities

November 1, 2006

Faculty & Staff

Columbia University Announces Creation

Spurred on by fierce student activism a decade ago, Columbia University is now pushing forward with plans…

November 1, 2006