EducationFirst Nations Politics
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Ottawa’s refusal to fund FN schools at provincial levels “oppressive,” says teacher (2/16/2012)
(Canada) -- The Waterhen Lake First Nation School in Saskatchewan has had some success over the last few years bringing student attendance and grades up to par with the...
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Video: Rally on Parliament Hill in support of First Nations education (2/16/2012)
(Ottawa) -- About 300 people gathered on Parliament Hill from as far away as Manitoba and the Maritimes on Tuesday to draw attention to the lack of education funding and...
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Education Report Calls for Urgent Action on First Nation Schools (2/12/2012)
(Canada) -- The eagerly awaited national report on First Nations elementary and secondary education conducted by the Assembly of First Nations in conjunction with the...
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AFN Chief confident that Ottawa is committed to improving First Nations education (2/10/2012)
(Ottawa) -- The Assembly of First Nation’s National Chief says he remains confident that the government is committed to improving the quality of First Nation...
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National panel on native education gives Ottawa a failing grade (2/10/2012)
(Ottawa) -- The last thing First Nations children need is another report by another group of experts saying what everyone knows: native education is an utter failure....
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First Nations gathering to grapple with education gap (1/23/2012)
(Ottawa) -- One of the most urgent topics up for discussion at Tuesday's Crown-First Nations gathering is also the one most likely to see concrete progress in the...
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Fighting Sioux
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'Allow us to move on': UND student president asks N.D. citizens to let nickname fight end (2/14/2012)
(North Dakota) -- In an open letter addressed Tuesday to “the citizens of the state of North Dakota,” UND’s student body president urged that people...
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Shaft: N.D. higher ed board meeting over nickname options likely open (2/13/2012)
(North Dakota) -- The published agenda for today’s meeting of the State Board of Higher Education suggests that the board’s planned discussion with Attorney...
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Fighting Over The University Of North Dakota Fighting Sioux (2/11/2012)
(North Dakota) -- After bowing to NCAA pressure, the University of North Dakota abandoned its Fighting Sioux nickname. This week, the school was legally required to...
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Establishing a front: UND alumni leader issues sharp warning if Fighting Sioux nickname is sustained (2/10/2012)
(North Dakota) -- UND’s future, “athletically, academically, in stature and in reputation,” is at stake if Fighting Sioux nickname supporters prevail...
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ND higher ed board to meet on Fighting Sioux issue (2/10/2012)
(North Dakota) -- North Dakota's Board of Higher Education is meeting with Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem to discuss a possible lawsuit over the University of...
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O'KEEFE: The future of UND is at stake (2/10/2012)
(North Dakota) -- The retirement of the Fighting Sioux nickname must continue. For me, the name always has been a source of pride, tradition, honor and excellence, and...
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Preliminary nickname petition count: More than enough (2/10/2012)
(North Dakota) -- Petitions submitted to state officials Tuesday night to force a referendum on UND’s Fighting Sioux nickname contain approximately 16,770...
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UND student leader: Students sick of hearing about, dealing with Sioux nickname issue (2/10/2012)
(North Dakota) -- The student body president at the University of North Dakota says students are becoming tired of the ongoing debate over the school's Fighting...
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GIAGO: Indians as Mascots for America's Fun and Games (2/9/2012)
(South Dakota) -- "The dogs may bark, but the caravan moves on," is an old Arab proverb. I quoted this old saying more than 25 years ago when I first broached...
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Hobbs: State legislatures and college athletics don't mix (2/9/2012)
(Louisiana) -- I see where some state legislatures are nosing into college athletics again. This is never a good thing — grandstanding politicians at best,...
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MORON ALERT: Fighting Sioux 1, NCAA 0 (2/9/2012)
(West Virginia) -- Congratulations people of North Dakota. You have forced the hand of the people who run the University of North Dakota to return the names of the...
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Overheard on CNN.com: Native American team mascots prove divisive (2/9/2012)
(North Dakota) -- There's a bit of controversy going on between the NCAA and the University of North Dakota over the school's mascot, the Fighting Sioux. Readers...
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Resolution to N. Dakota school nickname dispute still seems far off (2/9/2012)
(North Dakota) -- Sports seasons come and go, but a long-running debate about the use of a Native American nickname and logo by University of North Dakota athletic teams...
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Column: North Dakota moving on without “Sioux’’ nickname (2/5/2012)
(North Dakota) -- Today is about football, about the Super Bowl, but above all it’s National Branding Day, for the NFL, the Patriots, and the Giants.
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Column: No Sioux for you (1/15/2012)
(Utah) -- What’s in a name? Apparently a lot. Great West Conference member and long-time institution University of North Dakota was forced to forfeit its mascot...
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Nickname petitioners seek warmth, light and crowds inside the Ralph (1/8/2012)
(North Dakota) -- Attorneys will come together in a Grand Forks courtroom again Tuesday to spar over whether Fighting Sioux nickname supporters should be able to solicit...
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SIOUX NICKNAME: Alcorn State still home of the Braves (10/30/2011)
(North Dakota) -- Except for UND, still home of the Fighting Sioux, Alcorn is the only NCAA member school resisting the association’s 2005 ban on use of American...
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Duane Littlejohn, St. Thomas, N.D., letter: Casino could pay for logo removal and more (10/22/2011)
(North Dakota) -- UND officials said recently that removing the “Fighting Sioux” logos will cost $750,000. The Engelstad organization says it will not pay...
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UND Sports, the Nickname, and the Logo: How will UND toe the line? (5/8/2011)
(North Dakota) -- By state law, UND will be known as the Fighting Sioux on Aug. 1. The NCAA, however, says UND will be penalized if it keeps its Fighting Sioux nickname...
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Fighting Sioux nickname: Deep divisions over validity of 1969 ceremony (4/17/2011)
(North Dakota) -- As state leaders ponder their next move now that the NCAA has opted out of a much-anticipated meeting over the future of UND’s Fighting Sioux...
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How the nickname came to be (4/17/2011)
(North Dakota) -- It was a time of ballyhoo, of newspaper hype and promotion and unabashed collegiate zeal, and an earnest young man named Alvin Austin personified it.
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Attawapiskat Crisis
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UN holds private meeting with native youth (2/3/2012)
(Canada) -- Chelsea Edwards used to watch mice scamper across the floor while she attended classes in a mouldy Attawapiskat portable. Now the 16-year-old is one of five...
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Federal government to build long-awaited Attawapiskat elementary school (1/29/2012)
(Ontario) -- Three decades after Attawapiskat's elementary school closed due to toxic contamination, the beleaguered First Nations reserve in a remote part of...
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Feds call for tenders to build school in Attawapiskat (1/28/2012)
(Ottawa) -- The federal government is moving to build an elementary school in Attawapiskat, more than three decades after contamination of the remote northern Ontario...
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Duncan promises new school for Attawapiskat (12/15/2011)
(Ontario) -- The troubled northern Ontario First Nations community of Attawapiskat will remain under third-party management for now, but Aboriginal Affairs Minister John...
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Minister won't back down on Attawapiskat overseer, but promises school soon (12/15/2011)
(Ottawa) -- Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan says he intends to keep the troubled Attawapiskat First Nation under third-party management — for now. But...
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Ottawa promises school – but won't budge on Attawapiskat overseer (12/15/2011)
(Ottawa) -- Ottawa and Attawapiskat agree on everything except who controls the band's purse strings, a major schism that could impede progress on the troubled northern...
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COLUMN: Attawapiskat exposes urgent need for native education reforms (11/30/2011)
(Ontario) -- Sooner or later – actually, sooner – the politicians and the reporters and the Red Cross will leave Attawapiskat, the temporary fixes will run...
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Ho-Chunk Nation
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Ho-Chunk to build housing Head Start site (2/3/2012)
(Wisconsin) -- The Ho-Chunk Nation is proposing to build housing for 14 families and a new Head Start building in the town of Delton.
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Broken Arrow Casino
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Broken Arrow leaning toward building school near Red Clay casino (1/30/2012)
(Oklahoma) -- Sometimes you just can't change the situation. Those are the thoughts of Dr. Jarod Mendenhall, Broken Arrow Superintendent of schools. We spoke with Dr...
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Ohio Gaming
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COTC to offer casino work force training (1/25/2012)
(Ohio) -- Central Ohio Technical College is going to have a hand in training the emerging work force for the new Hollywood Casino Columbus that could open by the end of...
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Florida Gaming
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Ebro Greyhound Park Pledges Schools a Share of Potential Slots Revenue (1/24/2012)
(Florida) -- Ebro Greyhound Park has delivered a letter of intent to Washington County Schools, promising the schools a share of revenue should voters approve slot...
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Florida school boards want part of casino money (10/19/2011)
(Florida) -- It's a sure bet Florida public schools will try to cash in if state lawmakers approve proposals to expand casino gambling and enforce sales tax...
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Seneca Nation
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Salamanca school resource officer position created, $1 million technology plan outlined (1/24/2012)
(New York) -- The Salamanca School District will soon have a school resource officer in its hallways again, thanks to a grant from the Seneca Nation of Indians.
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Foxborough Casino
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Air casino plans, say school officials (1/11/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- School officials want to hear more about what a gambling casino project can do for the town and the school system.
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Mulvane Casino
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Casino Scholarships Benefit Graduating Seniors (1/8/2012)
(Kansas) -- "If you can somehow get $1,000 that's not out of your own pocket, it will help immensely," said Matthew Kreidler, senior at Mulvane High School.
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Tobacco & Cigarettes
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University of Oklahoma developing tobacco use policy for Norman campus (12/1/2011)
(Oklahoma) -- University of Oklahoma President David Boren wants to make it difficult, but not impossible, to light up on campus. Boren, who is pushing for a policy that...
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Residential Schools
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U of M admits role in native residential schools (10/26/2011)
(Manitoba) -- The president of the University of Manitoba is planning to make a public statement about the university's role in perpetuating the damage caused by...
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Freedman Issue
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Elmhurst College President to address tribal membership conflicts in Evanston (10/24/2011)
(Illinois) -- Elmhurst College President S. Alan Ray, a Cherokee Nation citizen, will touch on race, tribal independence, and citizenship issues when he delivers the...
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Canceled Forum Renews Cherokee Freedmen Controversy (4/1/2011)
(Oklahoma) -- There are new developments in an ongoing legal war between the Cherokee Nation and descendants of a group called the Freedmen.
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Massachusetts Gaming
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College Town (10/23/2011)
(Massachusetts) -- With the recent announcement that the Massachusetts state Senate approved casino gambling, and the expectation that Gov. Deval Patrick will sign the...
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Report: Quinn concerned casinos would hurt education (9/14/2011)
(Illinois) -- Gov. Pat Quinn's latest complaint about a casino expansion gambling bill is regarding its impact on money for schools.
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Maine Gaming
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Doubling down on education (10/20/2011)
(Massachusetts) -- Dozens of school districts south of Boston would get priority consideration for casino revenue if an amendment to the Senate gambling bill survives a...
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Casino Taxes
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Tax break in casino law may cost schools $100M: study (10/6/2011)
(Illinois) -- Stalled legislation authorizing a Chicago casino could wind up costing Illinois schools more than $100 million over a two-year period, according to an...
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Other News
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17 Navajo Nation early educators receive CDA credential (2/22/2012)
(Arizona) -- On Feb. 14, the First Things First Navajo Nation Regional Partnership Council recognized 17 individuals who have received their nationally recognized Child...
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Cherokee Nation contributes nearly $285K to Sequoyah County schools (2/22/2012)
(Oklahoma) -- Cherokee Nation distributed $284,720.90 to public schools in Sequoyah County on Monday at the tribe’s annual Public School Appreciation Day at the...
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Harper to unveil aboriginal-education funding on Arctic visit (2/22/2012)
(Ottawa) -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper is heading to the Arctic in the dead of winter to add some heft to his promise to boost aboriginal education. Mr. Harper is a...
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Native Broker-Dealer Helps Tribal Education (2/22/2012)
(New York) -- A Native-owned broker-dealer in New York’s financial district has scored another innovation—“a way,” one of its founders said,...
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State to re-examine schools' use of Native American mascot names (2/21/2012)
(Oregon) -- In December 2006, as then-Taft High School senior Che Butler waited to testify before the Oregon Board of Education against the use of Native American mascot...
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Astronaut to inspire First Nations youth at Vancouver technology conference (2/21/2012)
(Vancouver) -- John Herrington has done what most kids only dream about. In 2002, the former NASA astronaut blasted off in the space shuttle Endeavour and spent almost...
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Little Bear tells teachers to rethink education in native frame (2/21/2012)
(British Columbia) -- Education generalist Leroy Little Bear called on teachers to rethink their approach to learning for a multicultural classroom in an address at the...
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Cherokee Nation Donates $3 Million To Green Country Schools (2/20/2012)
(Oklahoma) -- A generous donation from the Sooner state's largest tribe will help educate children here in Green Country. The Cherokee Nation handed out over $3...
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Cherokee Nation Donates $3 Million To Local Schools (2/20/2012)
(Oklahoma) -- Several area schools are getting a leg up from the Cherokee Nation. The tribe donated $3 million dollars to schools in their jurisdiction as part of "...
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Aboriginal student enrolment up in Sudbury (2/20/2012)
(Canada) -- Post-secondary education institutions in Sudbury have seen an increase in mature, aboriginal student enrolment. Many students come south from the James Bay...
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Dine College still employs 2 with DWIs (2/20/2012)
(New Mexico) -- Two employees of Diné College remain employed after being convicted of drunken driving offenses.
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Advocating for Indian Education (2/19/2012)
(Washington D.C.) -- Native educators took to the nation’s capital in droves the week of February 13, trying to make legislative inroads on improving Indian...
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Cherokee language class offered at Sequoyah Birthplace Museum (2/19/2012)
(Tennessee) -- The Sequoyah Birthplace Museum will be offering a Cherokee language class beginning Feb. 20. The class will meet from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. each Monday...
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Choctaw Nation Cultivates Future Leaders (2/19/2012)
(Oklahoma) -- A partnership between the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and Southeastern Oklahoma State University aims to cultivate future tribal leaders.
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New York City Fourth Graders Study Lenape Culture, Learn Respect (2/19/2012)
(New York) -- If most non-Natives know only Tonto, the local sports mascot, and a full-voiced “Geronominoooo!”as their key Indian country reference points,...
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NSU students create Cherokee Language Happy Hour (2/19/2012)
(Oklahoma) -- Striving to learn outside of the classroom, Northeastern State University Cherokee language students created a Cherokee Language Happy Hour on Jan. 28 by...
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NTC receives grant for community service (2/19/2012)
(North Carolina) -- Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation has awarded a $9,689 grant to the Navajo Technical College (NTC) Culinary Arts School in support of the...
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Red Lake Nation Youth of the Year Chosen (2/19/2012)
(Minnesota) -- Kaylee Reynolds, 15, was recently selected as Youth of the Year for the Red Lake Nation Boys & Girls Club. “[Kaylee] Reynolds is a true example of an...
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U students design, build homes for Navajo families (2/19/2012)
(Utah) -- Local architectural students are leaving the classroom to build homes for deserving Navajo families in an unconventional way. The Design-Build-Bluff project at...
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Bill could bring more teachers to reservations (2/18/2012)
(South Dakota) -- A bill that would use state funds to double the size of a teaching program on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations is moving through the South...
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