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Students Use Art to Defy Stereotypes
Students at Todd County High School, on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation (in Mission, South Dakota), have a message for the world: they are more than the negative stereotypes so often associated with their people. They are more than an image …
Audio Books Bring Cherokee Language to Students and Public
The Cherokee Nation Foundation has created a reading center with audio books to help preserve the Cherokee Language. The center was created through a partnership with Cherokee Media
U.S. Consults Tribes to Improve AI/AN Education
Four Tribal Leader Education Roundtables have been scheduled over the next few weeks as a result of U.S. Executive Order 13592 – Improving American Indian and Alaska
National Indian Education Association Selects New Executive Director
On July 6, the National Indian Education Association, the nation's largest Indian education organization, announced that its board of directors has selected Colin Kippen to serve as
Prairie Band Potawatomi Brings Higher Ed to Its Reservation
Through an agreement with Friends University, members and employees of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation can now obtain a college degree without leaving the reservation. Beginning this
Be Heard at Upcoming Indian Education Listening Session
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs will be conducting a listening session to discuss priorities and recommendations for Indian education on March 3 from 2:00 p.m. to
Actress Leaves Indian College Fund $100,000
The late actress Bea Arthur left $100,000 to the American Indian College Fund for the Bea Arthur Scholarship Fund, according to a press release issued by the
Choctaw Nation Launches Online Scholarship Database
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma has launched an online database to provide its youth and their parents with access to scholarship information. The database, custom-designed and provided through
College Football Star Rolls Out Health Program to Native American Kids
College football star Myron Rolle, in partnership with the U.S. Department of the Interior, is rolling out a program to DOI-funded schools that will educate Native American students
Workshop Shows How Languages Can Be Preserved with Technology
Indian tribes have really embraced technology, but when it comes to solutions and tools that can help them save their languages, their arms could not be
