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Opinion: Firing of Ward Churchill affects public employment law (12/16)
"Make no mistake. Disgraced University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill deserved to be fired. To be rather blunt, and as has been well documented over the last several years, he...
Program seeks to improve Indian graduation rates in Minnesota (12/15)
The public school district in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has been awarded a $1.2. million Department of Education grant to improve Indian student graduation rates. The grant will fund College PREP (Personalized...
Haskell professor awarded grant to post Cheyenne ledger online (12/14)
A professor at Haskell Indian Nations University in Kansas has been awarded a $29,400 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Denise Low will use the grant to create...
Cherokee Nation breaks ground on museum to honor Chief Ross (12/03)
The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma broke ground on a museum that will honor Chief John Ross, who led the tribe during the Trail of Tears. The tribe will restore a...
Native Sun News: Summit keeps Native languages on frontburner (12/03)
The following story was written and reported by Evelyn Broecher . All content © Native Sun News. RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA — The non-profit organization, Tusweca Tiospaye, recognized that the...
Daily Planet: Closing the Indian achievement gaps in Minnesota (11/30)
"According to a 2009 report to the State of Minnesota, only two of five American Indian high school students in Minnesota graduate high school within four years, as compared to...
'Fighting Sioux' supporters launch last minute nickname appeal (11/30)
Members of the Spirit Lake Dakotah Nation make a last-minute appeal to preserve the "Fighting Sioux" nickname and logo of the University of North Dakota. As part of a settlement...
Editorial: Center at ASU will help preserve indigenous languages (11/30)
"According to a 2005 publication of the SIL Ethnologue, a worldwide manifest of language, 170 endangered languages in the Americas are forced to not just imagine this, but accept it...
Editorial: Program helps educators teachers of Lakota language (11/29)
"Once, the Lakota language was suppressed in South Dakota schools. Now, many schools on or near reservations give children a taste of the language, with words for colors, numbers and...
NAGPRA review panel wants artifacts returned to Alaska Natives (11/29)
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee is recommending the return of artifacts to the Tlingit community in Alaska. The committee said the University of Pennsylvania Museum of...
Native Sun News: Tribal colleges a top priority at NCAI meeting (11/29)
The following story was written and reported by Kate Saltzstein. All content © Native Sun News. ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO –– Tribal colleges must prepare students for the new job market...
Bad River Band sends officers to school after Facebook threats (11/19)
The chairman and two police officers from the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians visited a public school on Thursday after violent threats were made...
MSU News: Program boosts science education on reservations (11/17)
"After Dora Hugs enrolled in a program designed to strengthen science education for Native American students, the science teacher at St. Charles Mission School in Pryor and member of the...
Peterson Zah leaves tribal affair job at Arizona State University (11/16)
Peterson Zah, the former president of the Navajo Nation, is leaving his post at Arizona State University. Zah has served as special advisor to the ASU president since 1995. He...
BIA accepting applications for new leader of Haskell University (11/15)
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is accepting applications for president of Haskell Indian Nations University in Kansas. Linda Sue Warner, a member of the Comanche Nation of Oklahoma, was serving...
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe starts college prep program with grant (11/09)
The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts received a $1.2 million grant from the Department of Education. The tribe will use the money to start Native Tribal Scholars, a college preparatory...
San Manuel chairman wins election to college's board of trustees (11/04)
James Ramos, the chairman of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, won re-election to San Bernardino Community College Board of Trustees. Ramos was first elected to the board in...
Navajo Nation Supreme Court upholds removal of college president (11/04)
The Navajo Nation Supreme Court has affirmed the ouster of the president of Dine College. Ferlin Clark was suspended without pay in January. He was accused of misusing his position...
BIA to look for new president for Haskell Indian Nations University (11/03)
After more than a year in limbo, Linda Sue Warner is no longer serving as president of Haskell Indian Nations University in Kansas. Warner, a member of the Comanche Nation...
Native Sun News: Protest seeks better services for FAS children (10/28)
The following story was written and reported by Randall Howell. All content © Native Sun News. KYLE, SOUTH DAKOTA –– They’re numbers may have been small, but their voices were...
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