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Best & Brightest: Student Works to Maintain Her Tribe’s Existence

Melissa Velky, a third-year law student at Michigan State University’s College of Law, is not waiting until graduation to immerse herself in a serious legal confrontation.

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American Indian Higher Education Consortium Prepares for New Leadership

Carrie Billy of the Navajo tribe will take over the position of executive director of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium effective June 1.

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Leaders, students break ground on new Native American Center

The University of Montana’s new Native American Center will inspire a new era in leadership, vitalize American Indian studies and become a cornerstone of tribal community, said author and educator Gregory Cajete.

Nevada Higher Ed Seeks Increased American Indian Enrollment

Higher education officials have formed a coalition to try to turn around the historically low number of American Indian students who go on to college in Nevada.

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DIVERSIFYING PEDAGOGY

Indigenous Ways of Knowing has been making its way out of tribal colleges into mainstream universities, but this method of teaching has its critics.

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Native American, Indigenous Scholars Form New Interdisciplinary Association

During a three-day conference held at the University of Georgia this past weekend, Native American and indigenous scholars from around the world voted overwhelmingly to form what organizers say is the first-ever membership-based, interdisciplinary, scholarly association.

Sorority Party at UND Prompts Discrimination Complaint

A group of American Indian students is upset about a University of North Dakota sorority party last fall in which students dressed up in Indian costumes and wore red makeup on their faces and bodies.

Leadership & Policy

Tribal College Leaders Bow Out of UND Advertisement, Citing Nickname

Five current and former tribal college presidents have decided not to take part in a photo shoot for a University of North Dakota student recruiting campaign because of their opposition to the Fighting Sioux nickname, a UND official says.

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State, UW Join Push for Tribal Center at Riverton College

Plans for a long-sought American Indian center at Central Wyoming College in Riverton have gotten a boost with the University of Wyoming joining the project and the state Legislature’s approval of $1.1 million in funding.

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The Struggle to Keep Native Students in College

Fourteen of New Mexico Highlands University’s 106 American Indian students enrolled last fall did not return for spring semester. The university is trying to figure out how to retain students who “don’t feel like they belong.”

Providing a ‘Full Circle of Support’

With less than 1 percent of American Indian students majoring in the sciences, AISES founders say they are on a mission greater than themselves.

Grants & Gifts

The AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND has received a $50,000 grant from the AT&T Foundation for student scholarship through the AICF’s Tribal College Program. The monies will benefit tribal college students studying math, science, technology and business. The CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY has received an eight-year, $24 MILLION grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation to […]

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