EducationNative Voices
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GIAGO: South Dakota Public Radio flunks on two counts (5/20/2013)
(South Dakota) -- It is ironic that when experienced reporters familiar with Indian Country are replaced by new reporters or broadcasters with little or no experience in...
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WALN: School Boards are responsible for the mental health of students (5/13/2013)
(USA) -- May is designated as Children’s Mental Health Awareness Month. Balanced children are mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually healthy. Schools...
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ROSS: Student Loans, Big Decisions, and Staying Hungry: Advice for Graduates (5/10/2013)
(Washington) -- We are firmly in graduation season. All of my graduations happened at least a decade ago, so I barely remember them. I do vaguely remember my law school...
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Ecoffey: Confronting the dangers of instant Indians (5/6/2013)
(South Dakota) -- One of the greatest dangers to Native American communities is the Indians created by the elite institutions of higher learning.
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COLUMN: Native studies is falsely advertised (4/2/2013)
(South Dakota) -- Whenever I tell people I’m from northern Illinois, I tend to hear one of two questions: “What brought you to South Dakota?” or...
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CHAMPAGNE: The Case for Indigenous-Based Education (3/24/2013)
(USA) -- The most critical and radical contemporary approach to schooling today is culturally based education. Its virtues and drawbacks are many.
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CHAVERS: Shattering Education Myths (3/24/2013)
(New Mexico) -- In a controversial book called Education Myths: What Special Interest Groups Want You to Believe About Our Schools—And Why It Isn't So...
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ROBERTSON: Institutional Discrimination Against Indigenous Culture (3/13/2013)
(Oklahoma) -- During the Spring 2013 semester, Oklahoma’s Northeastern State University (NSU) cancelled three 1-hour-credit college courses based on Indigenous...
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CHAVERS: Eliminating the Stanford Indian Mascot (3/9/2013)
(California) -- I got my notice of admission to graduate school at Stanford University in March 1970. I was so happy about it that I took the letter to the Native...
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Code Talkers
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Code Talker to receive honorary diploma from Greyhills Academy (5/14/2013)
(Arizona) -- Officials at Greyhills Academy High Shcool will award Navajo code talker Dan Akee, 92, with an honory high school diploma on May 17. It is 67 years overdue.
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First Nations Politics
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COLUMN: Aboriginal education vexes Canada (and Paul Martin) (5/14/2013)
(Canada) -- Former prime minister Paul Martin could have put up his feet after leaving political life, but relaxation is not part of his DNA.
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First Nations meet with gov't leaders over claim delays (4/26/2013)
(Saskatchewan) -- The federal and provincial governments have kept their promises to meet with First Nations from the File Hills Qu'Appelle Tribal Council. Last week...
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Ontario wants Canada to step in with more cash for First Nations education (4/23/2013)
(Ontario) -- Ontario premier Kathleen Wynne wants the federal government to start spending more cash on First Nations students. The former Aboriginal Affairs minister...
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Northern Ontario First Nations sign education agreement with province, Ottawa (4/9/2013)
(Ontario) -- Canada, Ontario and a large group of northern First Nations have signed a joint plan to give the communities a larger say in the schooling of about 7,000...
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First Nations leaders fear First Nation Education Act will be federally imposed without adequate consultation (4/1/2013)
(Ottawa) -- It’s the next major issue the Conservative government is tackling in aboriginal affairs: the First Nation Education Act to be passed by September 2014...
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Native groups, opposition parties push for reserve education funds (3/24/2013)
(Ottawa) -- First Nations groups and opposition parties continue to push the feds to fund reserve education and address crises in the system.
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Aboriginal affairs minister slammed over reserve school funding (3/7/2013)
(Ottawa) -- Comments about funding for reserve schools made by newly minted Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt before a Commons committee Thursday were met...
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Mashpee Wampanoag
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As the area’s school populations drops 20% the Native American school population grows 4% (5/12/2013)
(Massachusetts) -- 329 Native American children attend schools from Dennis to Plymouth, according to statistics obtained from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary...
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Wampanoags oppose one superintendent finalist; another withdraws (3/20/2013)
(Massachusetts) -- The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe took a stand on March 15 against one of three finalists for Mashpee superintendent of schools. Tribal Chairman Cedric...
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Mashpee school candidate, tribe willing to work it out (3/19/2013)
(Massachusetts) -- The lone internal candidate for superintendent came under fire late last week from the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe but the allegations of anti-tribal...
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Mashpee Tribal Council Takes Stand Against Superintendent Candidate Hyde (3/17/2013)
(Massachusetts) -- The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Council released a blistering, personal attack on Mashpee High School history teacher and superintendent candidate Brian...
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Massachusetts Gaming
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Gaming commission to pay UMass Amherst $3.64M for study (5/10/2013)
(Massachusetts) -- The Massachusetts Gaming Commission said today it will provide $3.64 million to a University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Public Health and...
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Massachusetts Gaming Commission picks UMass team to study long-term impact of casinos (5/10/2013)
(Massachusetts) -- The Massachusetts Gaming Commission announced Thursday that it has selected a University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Public Health and Health...
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Chumash Tribe
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Summer program gives kids glimpse of Chumash (5/9/2013)
(California) -- The Museum of Ventura County is accepting registrations for its summer Chumash Youth Program, which teaches kids about Ventura County’s indigenous...
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Mascot Issue
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Peoria tribe leader doesn't back Chief return (5/7/2013)
(Illinois) -- The head of the Peoria tribe says he doesn't support a proposal from former Chief Illiniwek portrayers to bring back the Chief in a limited way,...
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MORON ALERT: Goshen stands by school's 'Redskins' nickname (5/6/2013)
(Indiana) -- A northern Indiana high school's nickname isn't likely to change anytime soon despite efforts around the country to bar its use.
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What’s in a name?: Calls continue for teams to change American Indian mascot names (5/6/2013)
(Wisconsin) -- For the past several decades there has been a nationwide push to eliminate Native American-related nicknames and mascots for high school, college and...
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'Redskins' name change controversy surfaces again at Neshaminy School Board meeting (5/2/2013)
(New Jersey) -- Langhorne resident Donna Boyle again implored the school district on April 9 to change the name of the 'Redskins' school logo and mascot. Boyle,...
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Wis. candidate won't force schools to drop mascots (3/28/2013)
(Wisconsin) -- A Republican lawmaker vying to become Wisconsin’s schools superintendent vowed Thursday to eliminate the Department of Public Instruction’s...
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Cooperstown to retire Redskins nickname June 30 (3/7/2013)
(New York) -- As of June 30, the Cooperstown Redskins will be no more. The school district Board of Education voted Wednesday night to retire the name in favor of a new...
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School in upstate NY retires Redskins nickname (3/7/2013)
(New York) -- Athletes at Cooperstown Central School will no longer take the field as the Redskins. The school board in the upstate New York village voted 6-to-1...
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Baby Veronica
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Panelists discuss Supreme Court case (5/6/2013)
(New Hampshire) -- In April, the Supreme Court heard the Baby Veronica case, officially titled Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl, and will soon rule whether custody of a half...
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Illinois Gaming
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Emanuel pledges again: All casino revenue would go to schools (5/2/2013)
(Illinois) -- The same day that the Illinois State Senate passed another bill that would give Chicago its first casino, Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office posted a video...
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Emanuel: Chicago casino profits would go to schools (3/13/2013)
(Illinois) -- Mayor Rahm Emanuel furthered his push for a Chicago casino by promising that all city profits from one would go to education, according to a report by NBC...
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Maine Gaming
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Battle Brewing Over Use of Maine Casino Profits for Education Initiatives (4/6/2013)
(Maine) -- The political battle over school funding continues in Augusta Monday with a public hearing before the Legislature's Education and Cultural Affairs...
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Cobell
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AICF to administer Cobell Settlement scholarships (4/2/2013)
(Washington D.C.) -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced on March 12 that the American Indian College Fund would administer a student scholarship fund...
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Cobell Scholarship money on its way (3/21/2013)
(Washington D.C.) -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced last week that American Indian College fund in partnership with the American Indian Graduate Center...
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AIGC to administer $12M in Cobell Settlement money (3/13/2013)
(Colorado) -- The American Indian Graduate Center in Albuquerque has been chosen to administer $12 million in education money from the $3.4 billion Cobell Settlement...
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Colorado fund to administer Indian scholarships (3/12/2013)
(Colorado) -- Federal officials say the American Indian College Fund will administer a scholarship program that is part of a $3.4 billion government settlement with...
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UM's Native American Center to honor Cobell (3/10/2013)
(Montana) -- Elouise Cobell had a way of sorting through complex Native American land ownership tangles and combing out what's right. It's part of the legacy the...
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Pine Ridge
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Internet Library Opens In Pine Ridge (4/2/2013)
(South Dakota) -- The Internet has made the world seem like a very small place. But it's a world that's been out of reach for many on the Pine Ridge Indian...
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Meet Richard Black Elk: Lakota Warrior, Proud Teacher for Little Wound School on Pine Ridge (3/15/2013)
(South Dakota) -- Richard Black Elk’s career path has been a marathon. But the former All-American long-distance runner maintained a steady course to a rewarding...
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Native Sun News: Oglala leader prods White House on education (3/8/2013)
(South Dakota) -- Oglala Sioux Tribal President and longtime educator Bryan Brewer has called upon the Obama administration to fulfill its campaign promise to support...
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Pine Ridge reservation school honoring volunteers (3/8/2013)
(South Dakota) -- A school on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is honoring the work of its volunteer staff next week.
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Supreme Court
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Supreme Court Rejects Ward Churchill Appeal Without Comment (4/2/2013)
(Washington D.C.) -- Some civil libertarians may be upset—but likely won’t be surprised—at the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision April 1 to decline,...
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Idle No More
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Idle No More Gathers Steam in Portland, Oregon, With Teach-in (3/30/2013)
(Oregon) -- As the Idle No More movement maintains its traction across Canada, the U.S. and the rest of the world, foundation-building teach-ins and events designed to...
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CRAZY BULL: Idle No More Brings Native Voices, Tribal Education to the Forefront (3/16/2013)
(Colorado) -- Like many Natives and our allies across our Grandmother Earth, Unci Maka, I have joined the Idle No More movement, attending round dance gatherings,...
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Georgia Gaming
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Video gambling bill to boost HOPE goes to governor (3/28/2013)
(Georgia) -- Georgia’s HOPE college scholarship program could see a financial boost under a video gambling bill headed for Gov. Nathan Deal’s desk.
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Residential Schools
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American Indian boarding schools topic of UM lecture Monday (3/24/2013)
(Montana) -- University of Minnesota American studies Associate Professor Brenda Child will deliver a lecture titled “The American Indian Boarding School...
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Wampanoag Aquinnah
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Wampanoags sent Mashpee School Committee blistering objection to Brian Hyde's appointment as new school superintendent (3/19/2013)
(Massachusetts) -- The Mashpee Enterprise reports that the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Council released a blistering, personal attack on Mashpee High School history teacher...
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Other News
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Chamberlain: Honor song 'should be inside' (5/20/2013)
(South Dakota) -- Graduations always are said to be freighted with the values and attributes of a culture. That was the case Sunday for Chamberlain High School. The...
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Honor song group protests exclusion in SD town (5/20/2013)
(South Dakota) -- Supporters of having an American Indian honor song played during high school graduation ceremonies in Chamberlain say they will not give up their...
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Jennifer Caruso is new casino GM (5/20/2013)
(New York) -- Jennifer Caruso is the new general manager of the Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino, which will open a $130 million permanent gambling venue downtown this summer.
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Jill Biden applauds Navajo Technical College students at graduation (5/20/2013)
(New Mexico) -- While U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's wife, Jill Biden, mispronounced "thank you" in the Navajo language, she still seemed to say all the...
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Navajo Prep breaks ground on new facility (5/20/2013)
(New Mexico) -- Navajo Preparatory School officials broke ground Friday afternoon on a project 13 years in the making.
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Odawa tribe to close Appleyard day care (5/20/2013)
(Michigan) -- Parents at Appleyard Childcare Center of Petoskey received a surprising notice Monday. The 30-year-old school would be closing its doors June 7, giving...
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Shiprock school shines at solar competition (5/20/2013)
(New Mexico) -- When all was said and done, teamwork, timing and design of their car are what helped the Bombers from Mesa Elementary School in Shiprock win this year...
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Teacher that faked daughters death, now works in a Navajo Nation school (5/20/2013)
(New Mexico) -- With the Navajo Nation being remote, you can easily harbor your secrets. Zia Managaytay, a teacher at the Ch’ooshgai Community School in Tohatchi,...
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UI mascot survey results show continued support for Chief Illiniwek (5/19/2013)
(Illinois) -- It has been six years since the University has had an official mascot and as far as students are concerned, it looks to remain that way.
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IAIA celebrates its 50th year in D.C. style (5/19/2013)
(Washington D.C.) -- Did you know there are only three congressionally chartered colleges in the United States and one of them is in New Mexico?
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Mitchell College graduates are advised to 'take a risk' (5/19/2013)
(Connecticut) -- The first female chief in the history of the Mohegan Tribe urged the graduates of Mitchell College Saturday to never lose their enthusiasm for the...
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Upper Sioux Tribal Elder, Educator and Historian Tom Ross Walks On (5/19/2013)
(Minnesota) -- Upper Sioux tribal elder, educator and historian Tom Ross walked on May 10 at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was 64.
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School District And Tribe At Odds Over High School Graduation (5/18/2013)
(South Dakota) -- The same thing happened last year and at that time the District said the request came too late to change the program. This year the school district...
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Graduate has plans to become tribal lawyer (5/18/2013)
(South Dakota) -- Rilda Means has known what she has wanted to do since she was a junior at Red Cloud Indian School – help change the stigma of the Pine Ridge...
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Gambling becomes gold for Hartford schools (5/18/2013)
(Michigan) -- Slot machine revenues from the Four Winds Hartford casino will pay for $337,129 in capital projects for the Hartford school district in the coming fiscal...
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Jill Biden spoke to Navajos, while the White House deals with the IRS scandals (5/17/2013)
(New Mexico) -- While the Obama administration is under fire for the IRS scandals, the first lady gave her commencement speech on the Navajo Nation.
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The White House came to the Navajo Nation today (5/17/2013)
(New Mexico) -- Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, gave the commencement speech at the Navajo Technical College in Crownpoint, NM.
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Tribal leader wants boycott of South Dakota city (5/17/2013)
(South Dakota) -- The chairman of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe is calling for an economic boycott of Chamberlain after the school board in the southeastern South Dakota...
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First Nations schools report points to education gap (5/17/2013)
(Ottawa) -- First Nations' schools have lower quality teaching, an inferior curriculum and fail to provide proper services for children with special needs —...
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Natives want say in revisions / 'If people could understand, we could fight racism' (5/17/2013)
(Quebec) -- Aboriginals want to be part of the current revision of history courses in Quebec schools. "You will listen to us," said Viviane Michel, president...
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