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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.
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Partnership Receives Gates and Lumina Grants
The Partnership for Native American College Access and Success received $292,000 from the Gates Foundation and $195,000 from the Lumina Foundation to strengthen postsecondary curriculum for Native students and create a clear pathway to a bachelor’s degree for Native Americans in Muckleshoot and Tulalip communities, Evergreen State College announced.
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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.
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Mvskogee Creek Teacher Wins Writing Award
Michael Thompson, a member of the Mvskogee Creek tribe, received the Gold EXCEL Award for “Feature Article- Magazine” from the Society of National Association Publications (SNAP)., the New Mexico Department of Public Education announced.
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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.
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S.D. School of Mines Holds Geosciences Camps
The Institute of Atmospheric Sciences (IAS) at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, recently held four 5-day geosciences camps for middle and high school Native American students, the school announced.
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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.
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Tribal Colleges Stay True to Mission
Celebrating 40 years, the tribal college movement remains committed to sustaining native culture, language and community, officials say.
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New Mexico First State To Adopt Navajo Textbook
In the Navajo language, there’s no one word that translates into “go”; it’s more like a sentence.
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Scholar Wants More American Indian Faculty in Business Colleges
Beau Barnes, recipient of a doctoral scholarship designed to increase faculty and student diversity in business colleges, says he wants to boost the number of American Indians teaching in Oklahoma business colleges.
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American Indian Languages Dying
A decreasing number of American Indians can speak or understand their ancestral language, experts say.
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UA Students Form Second Chapter of Journalists’ Association
Students in the University of Arizona department of journalism have formed the second student chapter of the Native American Journalists Association.
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