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Section: Demographics > Native Americans
Native Americans
Idle No More Brings Native Voices, Tribal Education to the Forefront
Like many Natives and our allies across our Grandmother Earth, Unci Maka, I have joined the Idle No More movement, attending round dance gatherings, praying for Chief Theresa Spence and her supporters, sharing the stories I hear and read and perusing news and opinion pieces.
January 23, 2013
Students
Pembroke University Celebrates 125 Years of Accomplishments, Growth
Dr. Kyle Carter, chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, has some advice for university administrators with major milestones on the horizon
November 26, 2012
Native Americans
Special Focus: American Indian Heritage Month
Tribal colleges make an effort to return to their food roots; Efforts to recruit American Indian males to college are working; Professors work to increase the number of American Indians in business.
November 26, 2012
Students
FAMU Head Coach Joe Taylor Steps Down Immediately
Florida A&M coach Joe Taylor announced Thursday heâs stepping down immediately.
November 13, 2012
Leadership & Policy
University of Alabama President Resigns, Cites Wifeâs Health
The president of the University of Alabama is quitting after less than two months in the position.
October 31, 2012
Native Americans
New Initiative Helps Schools Cater to First-Generation Collegians
Thirty MSIs were given a $100,000 âcapacity-building grantâ to put practices and processes in place to help more first-generation students of color achieve academic success, the brief states.
September 5, 2012
Native Americans
Former University of New Mexico Regent Inspires NCORE Audience
Recounting her experiences growing up on a Navajo reservation in New Mexico and the isolating effects of academia on minority students, Sandra Begay-Campbell struck a chord with the women at this yearâs NCORE event.
June 3, 2012
Students
Popular Powwow Celebrates Native American Presence at Stanford University
The annual, student-run Stanford Powwow draws more than 300 dancers in full regalia from around the country and Canada and celebrates the respective cultures of the 300-plus Indian students on campus.
May 6, 2012
Native Americans
Newly Re-established White House Initiative Office to Seek Ideas on Native American Education
The White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education will host forums around the U.S. in the coming weeks to seek ideas on boosting educational outcomes for indigenous populations.
April 30, 2012
Native Americans
University of North Dakota Will Use Fighting Sioux Nickname
The University of North Dakota will resume using its contentious Fighting Sioux nickname despite threats from the NCAA, the schoolâs president said Wednesday, marking the latest twist in a years-long fight about a name that some consider offensive.
February 9, 2012
Native Americans
Court Rules Berkeley Not Obligated To Reinstate Fired Professor
The University of California, Berkeley, doesnât have to reinstate a former untenured Native American faculty member although a jury awarded her retaliation damages, a California Court of Appeal has ruled.
January 5, 2012
Native Americans
Indigenous Communities Educate American Public About Natural Health and Healing Concepts.
In October, the National Library of Medicine debuted a two-year exhibition called âNative Voices: Native Peoplesâ Concepts of Health and Illness.â
December 13, 2011
Students
Tribal College âBeats the Oddsâ to Find Academic Success
In 2011, the college awarded 204 diplomas and certificates, 155 in 2010 and 133 in 2009.
November 29, 2011
Sports
Governor: Let University of North Dakota Dump Fighting Sioux Nickname
Gov. Jack Dalrymple asked North Dakota lawmakers on Monday to reverse a decision they made eight months earlier and allow the University of North Dakota to drop its Fighting Sioux athletics nickname.
November 8, 2011
Students
Top 100 Degree Producers, 2014
For several years now, Diverse: Issues In Higher Education has produced the Top 100 Degree Producers rankings of the institutions that confer the most degrees to minority students.   Click the link above to discover the institutions that confer the most degrees to students of color.  Ranked institutions are searchable by institution name, state, discipline or race/ethnicity of graduates.
September 29, 2011
Sports
Students File Lawsuit Over North Dakota Schoolâs Nickname
The complaint alleges that a new law requiring the school to keep the nickname violates the state constitution and reverses a court-ordered settlement between UND and the NCAA that retired the logo.
August 14, 2011
Leadership & Policy
Haskell Indian Nations University President Chris Redman Looking to Future
The new president of Haskell Indian Nations University said itâs time to move on from recent unrest at the school, and instead focus on providing more opportunities for its students.
August 7, 2011
Native Americans
Native American Rights Lawyer, Former University of Colorado Law Dean Dies at 68
The Boulder Daily Camera reports that university officials say David Getches died at his home on Tuesday of pancreatic cancer.
July 7, 2011
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