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Section: Demographics > Native Americans

Grants & Gifts

The American Indian College Fund has received a five-year, $17.5 million grant from the Lilly Endowment to fund the Woksape Oyate initiative. The initiative, plans to help improve the quality of faculty and students attending tribal colleges while allowing the colleges to tailor their programs to meet their specific needs. Calhoun Community College (Ala.) has […]

March 21, 2007

Native Americans

American Indians in Oklahoma say English-only Policy Diminishes Their Tribal Languages

OKLAHOMA CITY Legislation to make English the official language of the state of Oklahoma has run into opposition from American Indians, who say their native tongues are dying fast enough without any help from lawmakers.

March 18, 2007

Illinois Retires American Indian Mascot

URBANA Ill. The University of Illinois swept aside the last vestiges of Chief Illiniwek on Tuesday, voting to retire the mascot’s name, regalia and image.

March 13, 2007

Native Americans

Cherokee Nation Votes to Oust Freedmen From Tribal Rolls

In the aftermath of a highly publicized and bitter vote that removed 2,700 Blacks known as Freedmen from the tribal rolls of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, scholars are weighing in about a question that is as old as this country — What does it mean to be an American Indian?

March 8, 2007

Tribal Colleges Fight To Retain Federal Funding

It may not receive the attention of Pell Grants or other financial aid issues…

March 7, 2007

Native Americans

Scholars Gather for State of the Black Union

A group of scholars, including Drs. Eddie Glaude, Farah Jasmine Griffin and Cornel West gathered on the campus of the…

March 7, 2007

Native Americans

American Indian School Celebrates Historic Recognition

ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. About 300 alumni of a tribal school that taught generations of American Indians along the Kansas-Oklahoma boarder gathered Sunday to celebrate its recent addition to the National Register of Historic Places.

March 5, 2007

Hed: Bringing a Unique Perspective

The University of New Mexico is building a multimillion-dollar health policy center to increase American Indian and Hispanic scholars’ involvement in national health policy research and development.

February 27, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Perspectives: University of Illinois Misses A Teachable Moment On The Mascot

When University of Illinois officials announced the retirement of Chief Illiniwek, the controversial mascot who made his last offensive performance yesterday, they missed an opportunity to acknowledge the concerns of the Native community and address the hostile campus environment created by the Chief. Instead, opponents of the Chief fear they may have generated more resentment of American Indian students.

February 21, 2007

Native Americans

Another Frame of Mind

The SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry announced the creation this year of the…

February 21, 2007

Leadership & Policy

University of Illinois To Retire Chief Illiniwek Performances

URBANA, Ill. The University of Illinois will retire its 81-year-old American Indian mascot, Chief Illiniwek, following the last men’s home basketball game of the season on Wednesday.

February 18, 2007

Native Americans

Black, American Indian Scholars Correct History Books At “State of the Black Union 2007”

The 400th anniversary of the settlement at Jamestown this year gives America the chance to revisit and correct stories about the relationships between these Africans, American Indians and White colonists, as well as the pillaging of American Indian villages, the institution of slavery and the impact these events continue to have in 2007, said Dr. Cornel West and a group of other academics at a panel discussion that was part of “State of the Black Union 2007.”

February 12, 2007

American Indians Should Boycott Racist Colleges and Universities

American Indians Should Boycott Racist Colleges and Universities I have a college-aged son who was contemplating attending the University of North Dakota (see “Damage Control at Dartmouth,” Dec. 28). He was very discouraged and decided not to attend after hearing of the hostility generated on campus and in Grand Forks by campus alumni and conservative […]

February 7, 2007

North Dakota Looking For Opponents Who’ll Play Despite Nickname

GRAND FORKS, N.D. In trying to schedule games with NCAA Division I opponents, the University of North Dakota is finding resistance to its Fighting Sioux nickname.

January 30, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Ethnic Fraud?

For American Indian scholars, securing a job in higher education can sometimes be as simple as checking a box…

January 24, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Ethnic Fraud?

For American Indian scholars, securing a job in higher education can sometimes be as simple as checking a box…

January 24, 2007

UI Officials to Talk With Three Students About Online Threats To American Indians

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. University of Illinois officials said this week they plan to talk to at least three students they believe may be behind threats against an American Indian student. The threats were posted on a Web page about the school’s mascot, Chief Illiniwek.

January 11, 2007

Yale to Create Position to Oversee

With the help of private donations, Yale University is creating an endowment for a new assistant dean position…

December 27, 2006