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Funding restored to United Tribes Technical College (06/27)
Funding has been restored to the United Tribes Technical College in North Dakota, Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-North Dakota) said. The Bush administration eliminated $4.5 million for the tribal college in the fiscal year 2009 budget. Dorgan restored the money through...
South Dakota court rules in boarding school cases (06/27)
The South Dakota Supreme Court issued rulings in two boarding school cases on Thursday. In Zephier v. Catholic Diocese of Sioux Falls, nine former students of the St. Paul’s School on the Yankton Sioux Reservation sued over alleged abuse. A...
Few Indian teachers in North Dakota, Minnesota (06/25)
It's getting harder and harder to find Indian teachers in Minnesota and North Dakota. In Minnesota, only 250 out of more than 55,000 teachers are Indian. That's down from 290 Indian teachers 10 years ago. In North Dakota, less...
Troubled tribal college given another deadline (06/24)
D-Q University in California could be in danger of losing its land if it doesn't start functioning as an educational institution by September 27. A letter from the General Services Administration states that the land has to be used for...
Native woman earns associate degree at age 47 (06/23)
Mary Platero, an Omaha and Kiowa woman, will be receiving her associate degree from South Seattle Community College on June 12. But the journey won't end there for Platero, 47. She is enrolling in Heritage University this fall to obtain...
Leech Lake man to head university Indian center (06/19)
Donald Day, a member of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, has been named director of the American Indian Resource Center at Bemidji State University in Minnesota. Day currently serves as president of the Fond du Lac Tribal and...
DNA links Alaska Natives to man found in glacier (06/18)
An Alaska Native woman confirmed she is related to a man found in a glacier in Canada. Marilyn Doyle of Juneau is one of 17 people in Alaska and Canada who have been linked to the man named ''Long Ago...
Fort Belknap Reservation school destroyed in fire (06/17)
A Catholic school on the Fort Belknap Reservation in Montana was destroyed by fire on Sunday. The classroom, offices and cafeteria were completely destroyed, the administrator for the Gros Ventre and the Assiniboine Tribes said. The gymnasium saw extensive water...
BIA students compete in national poetry contest (06/17)
A group of students from the Santa Fe Indian School in New Mexico will compete in the Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival in Washington, D.C., next month. Nolan Eskeets (Navajo), April Chavez (Pueblo/Navajo) and Santana Shorty...
Massachusetts school drops 'Redmen' nickname (06/17)
The "Redmen" nickname is no more at the Natick High School in Massachusetts after more than a year of debate. A school committee said the name was offensive to Native Americans. But supporters vowed to challenge the decision and...
Indian enrollment drops drastically in Nevada (06/17)
American Indian and Alaska Native enrollment at the Nevada's two universities has dropped dramatically. At the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Indian enrollment dropped by 50 percent. The Reno university also saw a drop in minority students. The decline is...
Letter: Indian tuition waiver not a treaty right (06/16)
"The treaties used to legitimize Indian Tuition Waivers do not guarantee a right to free college tuition for tribe members. The Washington Treaty of 1836 provided that the federal government would pay the Ottawa and Chippewa tribes $5,000 per...
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes open college (06/13)
The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of of Oklahoma are the latest to join the tribal college movement. The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribal College opened this spring. Dr. Henrietta Mann, who is Cheyenne, is serving as the first college president....
Little Big Horn College dedicates building (06/12)
Little Big Horn College on the Crow Reservation in Montana dedicated a new library and archives building on Wednesday. The $7.1 million building is located on the west side of campus. President David Yarlott said it represents the layout...
Indian student allowed eagle feathers at graduation (06/12)
An Indian student in North Carolina will be allowed to wear two eagle feathers to his graduation ceremony next month. Corey Bird, 18, is Lumbee and Sisseton-Wahpehton. He is wearing the feathers in honor of his late mother and...
Still no decision on eagle feathers at graduation (06/11)
An Indian student in North Carolina is weighing litigation in order to wear two eagle feathers to his high school graduation. Corey Bird, 18, is Lumbee and Sisseton-Wahpeton. He was told he could be barred from graduation ceremonies on...
Tule River Tribe congratulates 155 graduates (06/10)
The Tule River Tribe of California broke a record this year with 155 graduates. The tribe held a luncheon for its graduates on Monday. There were 30 kindergarten, 25 sixth-grade, 37 eighth-grade, 48 high school and 20 college graduates. The...
First Nation reclaims ancestors from New York museum (06/10)
Members of the Tseycum First Nation of British Columbia reclaimed 55 ancestors from the American Museum of Natural History on Monday. Chief Vern Jacks and his wife, Cora, led the Canadian delegation to New York City for the ceremony....
School urged to allow eagle feather at graduation (06/06)
The Native American Rights Fund and the American Civil Liberties Union have asked school officials in North Carolina to allow an Indian student to wear an eagle feather to his graduation. Corey Bird, 18, who is Lumbee and Sisseton-Wahpeton,...
Alaska Natives to test DNA with 10,300-year-old man (06/06)
Alaska Natives are submitting DNA samples to see if they are related to a 10,300-year-old man. Sealaska Heritage Institute, a nonprofit owned by Sealaska Corporation, is promoting the research. Rosita Worl, the president of the institute, said Tlingit, Haida and...
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