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Native Americans

A Matter of Survival

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

November 1, 2006

Sports

North Dakota Officials Sue NCAA Over Fighting Sioux Nickname

FARGO, N.D. State officials filed a lawsuit Friday against the NCAA to challenge its restrictions on the University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux nickname.

October 7, 2006

African-American

Native American Studies Program Expands at Columbia

Spurred on by fierce student activism a decade ago, Columbia University is now pushing forward with plans to create an American Indian studies program, making it one of only three Ivy League colleges to offer such a curriculum.

October 2, 2006

Native Americans

Space Constraints Force Tribal College To Close Doors on Enrollment

A housing shortage on the campus of United Tribes Technical College has led the college to cut off enrollment…

September 20, 2006

Native Americans

Space Constraints Forces Tribal College to Close Doors on Enrollment

BISMARCK, N.D. A housing shortage on the campus of United Tribes Technical College has led the college to cut off enrollment.

August 23, 2006

Native Americans

Dances With Teachers

More and more professors are stepping out of the classroom for lesson inspiration…

August 23, 2006

Native Americans

Tribes Find Teaching Is Last Hope

As time treks through Indian country, the words of ancient songs and sacred rituals crumble under…

August 23, 2006

Native Americans

Diversity in the Newsroom

Five journalists discuss how they got started in the business and offer advice to aspiring reporters.

August 17, 2006

Native Americans

Diversity in the Newsroom

Five journalists discuss how they got started in the business and offer advice to aspiring reporters…

August 9, 2006

Students

Solving the Funding Riddle

When Leola Tsinnajinnie decided to pursue a major in educational thought and sociocultural studies at the University of New Mexico…

August 2, 2006

Native Americans

Federal Help Sought To Save Native Languages

BISMARCK, N.D. Federal grants can help keep some rarely spoken American Indian languages from disappearing, tribal and Indian education officials say.

July 29, 2006

Students

A Dark History Revealed

Fascinating, interesting and disturbing is how I’d characterize our cover story, “The Secrets of St. Agnes”…

July 26, 2006