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Tribe settles with California school district over discrimination claims

Christine Wilson remembers the way the father of her children, an American Indian of the Paiute tribe, was picked on at school in Bishop, the small mountain town where they grew up. But watching their daughters get roughed up and suspended unfairly told her it was time for real change, she said.

Fall 2007 OSU system shows increases in Hispanic, Native American enrollment, but overall system enrollment declines

STILLWATER Okla. Lower high school graduation rates, increased admission standards and stiff competition from neighboring universities caused a slight decline in enrollment across Oklahoma State University’s five campuses.

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All-Star event seeks to boost college prospects for American Indians

BARTLESVILLE Okla. Carol Conner asks participants in Oklahoma’s annual Indian All-State basketball games the same question every year: How many of them are planning on attending college?

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Learning N.C. American Indian culture helps broaden horizons

ST. JAMES N.C. The flat coastal plain, punctuated by trailers and cornfields, offers few clues that this is the home of the Waccamaw-Siouans, a little-known American Indian tribe that has lived in southeastern North Carolina since the mid-1700s.

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Rancher, linguist working to preserve native language

TWIN BUTTES N.D. An effort to save the Mandan language may rest on the shoulders of a 75-year-old horse rancher.

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ALA Inaugurates its First American Indian President

For the first time in its 131-year history, the American Library Association has tapped an American Indian to lead the world’s oldest and largest library organization. Dr. Loriene Roy, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin’s School of Information, was installed as president at the 2007 ALA national conference in late June.

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Native Leaders Protest Closure of UC-Berkeley’s Artifacts Restoration Unit

JUNEAU, Alaska Groups in Alaska are criticizing a California university’s decision to eliminate the unit that restores American Indian artifacts to their original owners.

UA digs into Cuban American Indian history

TUSCALOOSA Ala. What might Cuba’s native culture looked like before the Spanish conquest in the early 1500s?

Getting to Know: Denny McAuliffe

Denny McAuliffe realized early on that traditional college recruiting wasn’t going to bring more American Indians to journalism school. As a result, “We don’t recruit,” he says. “We go to them.”

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Recommendation backs Cherokee opposition to federal review

MUSKOGEE Okla. A federal official has recommended that a Cherokee Nation vote to remove federal oversight from the tribe’s constitution and amendments be approved.

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R.I. loses lawsuit casting doubt on Indian land trusts

PROVIDENCE R.I. Rhode Island authorities lost a lawsuit Friday disputing the federal government’s ability to take land into trust for American Indian tribes, a case Indian rights groups fear could undermine tribal land across the country.

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Virginia festival to showcase 15 American Indian tribes

HAMPTON Va. Powhatan Red Cloud-Owen occasionally runs into people including other American Indians who are surprised to learn there are still Indian tribes in Virginia.

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