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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.
August 2, 2007
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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.
July 29, 2007
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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?
July 28, 2007
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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.”
July 25, 2007
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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.
July 22, 2007
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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.
July 22, 2007
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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.
July 22, 2007
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Navajo Leaders Meet with Indian Affairs Delegate
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. Needs across Indian Country include jails, schools, infrastructure and water. On the Navajo Nation, those needs surface on a much larger scale than elsewhere, a U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs official says.
July 17, 2007
Leadership & Policy
To educate a nation; Native American tribe hopes to bring higher education to an Arizona reservation – Tohono O’Odham Nation, Papago Indian Reservation, Sells, Arizona
When the Tohono O’Odham Nation’s surveyed its members last year about barriers that they faced to obtaining a college degree, recurring themes kept cropping up. The nearest college to the Sells, Arizona community was more than an hour’s drive away. Moving to a city with a college was not an option for others. And many found the high cost of big-city rent prohibitive.
July 12, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Plotting the assassination of little red Sambo: psychologists join war against racist campus mascots – Native American mascots
Psychologists Join War Against Racist Campus Mascots
July 12, 2007
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Learning to live a warrior’s life: institute seeks to improve Native American education – National Institute for Native Leadership in Higher Education
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Native American students often struggle academically at colleges and universities nationwide because the institutions are virtually foreign environments. As a result, says Pam Agoyo, director of the National Institute for Native Leadership in Higher Education, half of the first-year Native American students who start college leave by the end of their first year.
July 11, 2007
Sports
UCLA Hires New Director of Basketball Operations
LOS ANGELES Joe Hillock, the women’s coach at Southern Utah for 10 years, has been hired as director of operations for the UCLA men’s basketball program.
July 8, 2007
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University of Wisconsin woman’s disappearance remains a mystery
MADISON Wis. Was Kelly Nolan kidnapped? Is she lost, hurt, or worse? Or did she just walk away and not look back?
July 2, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Former state Indian Affairs official named to UND search panel
BISMARCK N.D. A tribal college president and former director of North Dakota’s Indian Affairs Commission has been appointed to the committee that will recruit the University of North Dakota’s new president.
July 2, 2007
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Oklahoma American Indian tribe receives $3.8 million federal grant for education, economic development
WASHINGTON The Oklahoma-based Muscogee (Creek) Nation will receive a $3.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to be used for technology-driven regional education and economic development activities, U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine Chao said Friday.
June 29, 2007
Leadership & Policy
President of United Tribes Upbeat About Prospect of American Indian Committee Member for UND
BISMARCK N.D. United Tribes Technical College President David Gipp says he is encouraged by the prospect of an American Indian member of the committee searching for a new University of North Dakota president.
June 29, 2007
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Board President Wants Indian Rep on UND Search Committee
BISMARCK N.D. After first rebuffing the idea, the president of the North Dakota Board of Higher Education says he will now recommend adding an American Indian to the panel that will recruit a new president for the University of North Dakota.
June 28, 2007
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Tribal members receiving an education thanks to gambling
MESA Ariz. One of the payoffs of gambling on the Gila River Indian Community is education paid for by the tribe.
June 25, 2007
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