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Section: Demographics > Native Americans
Native Americans
Ho-Chunk Tribe Hopes Change Sends More to College
The Ho-Chunk tribal legislature has proposed a policy it hopes will encourage members to better themselves after high school.
May 5, 2014
Native Americans
Sandra Begay – Campbell Principal Member of the Technical Staff , Sandia National Laboratories
Begay-Campbell leads Sandia’s efforts to assist Native American tribes with their renewable energy developments. Campbell, who worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory immediately aft er graduate school, received the American Indian Science and Engineering Society’s Lifetime Achievement Award and Stanford University’s Multicultural Alumni of the Year Award in 2000. Sandra is also a recipient of […]
April 25, 2014
Native Americans
Study: American Indians Highly Motivated for College, Yet Lacking Preparation
In a new study, the ACT testing organization found that American Indians overwhelmingly say they want to pursue college and other forms of postsecondary education.
March 26, 2014
Students
Harvard’s NCAA Dreams Belie Less Than Stellar Reality on Campus
You may not like Harvard because it busted your bracket going for the fake Buffet Billions. Even non-math types knew there was a statistical joke going on with Buffet having the edge. You hit a 1 in 9.2 quintillion shot and Buffet only pays you a billion? Sucker. It makes the lottery seem reasonable. And […]
March 24, 2014
African-American
Diversity Bigger Winner at 2014 Oscars for a Change
This year, the Oscars honored some tremendously talented people of color and there was nothing token about this gesture.
March 3, 2014
Students
Southern University Board Member Quits, Changes Mind
BATON ROUGE, La. ― Southern University’s Board of Supervisors member Calvin Braxton has apparently flip-flopped. On Wednesday, Braxton sent the Southern Board a letter of resignation that read: “Accept my recognition from the Southern University Board of Supervisors.” Less than a day later, Braxton says he has reconsidered and intends to remain a board member. […]
March 2, 2014
Faculty & Staff
John Lewis Takes Readers on a ‘March’ through Civil Rights
John Lewis’ best-selling graphic novel depicting the civil rights movement is the first in a trilogy, designed to tell the civil right story in an easy-to-read medium.
February 13, 2014
Leadership & Policy
University of Michigan Names Mark Schlissel New President
Brown University Provost Mark Schlissel was named Friday as the new president of the University of Michigan, vowing to strengthen what he called a “jewel” of higher education in the U.S.
January 26, 2014
Native Americans
Native Americans Taking Stand for Education Against California’s Humboldt County Schools
Humboldt, in the far north of the state, has a bad record of sending kids to college, but it’s particularly abysmal for Native Americans, with fewer than 10 students qualifying for either California State University or the University of California system.
January 23, 2014
African-American
Univ. of Nevada Professor Works to Preserve California Indian History
Dr. William Bauer uses his teaching and writing to change preconceived notions about what Native American history is about and who native peoples are.
January 13, 2014
Students
Crazy Horse Program Jumpstarts College Careers
Program’s CEO says about 68 percent of the students who have attended Indian University of North America summer sessions in the backdrop of the mammoth mountain carving in South Dakota’s Black Hills have continued to pursue degrees at private public or tribal colleges and universities.
December 23, 2013
African-American
Ohio University Helps Miami Tribe Preserve its History
Miami University is working to preserve 19th century land grant documents recently recovered by the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma.
December 15, 2013
Native Americans
Initiatives Promote Farming in American Indian Communities
Two professors at the University of Arkansas Law School launched the Indigenous Food and Agricultural Initiative to support food systems in Native American communities and to steer young Native Americans toward careers in agriculture.
December 3, 2013
Native Americans
American Indian College Fund President Has Lifetime of Preparation for Challenges
Cheryl Crazy Bull brings to her latest job persistence, business know-how, passion for the tribal college’s mission, and a willingness to face a variety of issues.
December 1, 2013
Native Americans
Tsosie Devoting Her Life’s Work to Teaching About Indian Law
As a youngster coming of age in Los Angeles in the 1970s, Rebecca Tsosie became radicalized to the plight of the American Indian community when she learned of an international incident that transpired on February 27, 1973 in Wounded Knee, S.D.
November 27, 2013
Native Americans
Shideezhi Program Emerging as Pipeline Program for American Indian Girls
This year, Shideezhi, which means “my little sister” in Navajo, celebrated its first graduating high school class.
November 26, 2013
Native Americans
Professors work to increase the number of American Indians in business.
Even more so than other minority groups, American Indians are largely absent from corporate boardrooms, executive positions in major corporations and are rare even in many small and medium-sized businesses.
November 25, 2013
Native Americans
American Indian Heritage Month
In this edition, Diverse features Rebecca Tsosie, a leading expert on American Indian law; we also look at efforts to get American Indian students on the MBA track, recruitment and retention strategies that work; and programs nurturing the next generation of American Indian farmers.
November 21, 2013
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