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Section: Demographics > Native Americans
Students
A Tribal College’s Bold Approach to Launching Public School Academies, Charter Schools
Established throughout Michigan by the Bay Mills Community College, public school academies preserve Native culture and language with commitment to increasing student achievement.
June 30, 2011
Native Americans
Drawing From the Same Well
Caltech admissions director uses his American Indian roots to attract Native students to the elite school.
June 27, 2011
Students
Taking Action to Abandon Offensive American Indian Mascots Often Mired in Controversy
Six years ago, the National Collegiate Athletic Association adopted a policy that penalizes schools that use American Indian mascots, nicknames or logos.
May 18, 2011
Sports
‘Off the Rez’ Debuts at Tribeca Film Festival
Shoni Schimmel’s story reveals a great deal about the barriers that have prevented many American Indians with talent from getting athletic scholarships.
May 2, 2011
Native Americans
Oklahoma Gaming Proving Profitable for Tribal Higher Education
Legalizing American Indian gaming 10 years ago has brought about a cash windfall for Oklahoma’s tribal colleges, even if it is indirect.
April 28, 2011
Native Americans
Online Course Helping American Indian Leaders Improve Tribal Governance
A new online course is giving tribal nations the information they need to take control of their own governments.
April 10, 2011
Sports
Rarity in Division I Athletics, Native American Excels on Basketball Court
A finalist for the 2011 Sullivan Award, Tahnee Robinson is one of very few highly visible Native Americans playing Division I basketball.
March 24, 2011
Sports
North Dakota House Panel Says University Must Keep Fighting Sioux Name
The House Education Committee voted to support legislation that says UND must keep its nickname and a logo that shows the profile of an American Indian warrior.
February 20, 2011
Native Americans
Lawmaker Tries To Revive Ole Miss’ Colonel Reb Mascot
A state lawmaker says he’s trying to protect a unique part of southern culture with a bill that would require the University of Mississippi to bring back Colonel Rebel as its mascot.
January 25, 2011
Native Americans
American Indian Museum Still Facing Criticism for Historical Inaccuracies
Native American activists, scholars lead collaborative effort to address sins of omission at the National Museum of the American Indian.
December 13, 2010
Native Americans
Book Review: Lending Credibility to the Oral Tradition
Native American scholar validates indigenous oral history as a source of academic information with book exploring the murder of a famed Ojibwe chief.
December 12, 2010
Native Americans
Native Americans Combat the Suicide Spirit
Tribal colleges are at the forefront of communitywide efforts to combat suicide with culturally relevant methods.
December 9, 2010
African-American
Scholar Documents Historic Ties Between African-Americans and Native Americans
As an associate professor at the University of Michigan, Dr. Tiya Miles has emerged as a leading scholar of Cherokee-African American relations.
December 8, 2010
Native Americans
Pennsylvania Museum Ordered to Return Alaskan Tribal Artifacts
For the first time, the federal repatriation review committee must resolve a bitter ownership dispute between museum, Native Alaskan tribe.
November 29, 2010
Native Americans
Navajo Closer Than Ever To Electing Woman Leader
Some people clearly don’t want to see Lynda Lovejoy at the helm of the country’s largest American Indian reservation, the Navajo Nation. “Women belong in the kitchen,” said one spectator.
October 17, 2010
Native Americans
Tribal Officials: Indian Education Needs Money
American Indian students could achieve more academically if their crumbling schools are fixed, more money is provided for teachers and supplies and tribes gain more control of what happens in classrooms, tribal officials said Friday at a congressional hearing.
August 8, 2010
Students
Award-Winning Journalist Recalls Intervention by College Professor
With assistance from a caring professor, CBS news correspondent Byron Pitts overcame illiteracy and graduated in four years from Ohio Wesleyan University, according to his new autobiography.
August 1, 2010
Native Americans
Conn. Researchers Dig for Items from Tribe-settler War
This summer, University of Connecticut researchers are scouring residential neighborhoods in Connecticut, Rhode Island and New York for artifacts from the battle between the Pequot Indians and English settlers nearly 400 years ago.
July 11, 2010
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