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Bard College to Receive $50 Million, Plans to Bolster Native American and Indigenous Studies Work

Bard College is receiving $50 million, which it will put towards strengthening its Native American and Indigenous Studies work.

Bard College, New York State

Native Americans

Approximately 250 Boxes of Native American Remains and Artifacts Found at University of North Dakota

Approximately 250 boxes of Native American remains and artifacts have been found at the University of North Dakota, which violates federal law.

University Of North Dakota

Tadd Johnson Appointed First Native American to University of Minnesota Board of Regents

Tadd Johnson has been appointed to the University of Minnesota Board of Regents, making him the first Native American to be appointed to the board.

Tribal Colleges

Virtual Conference Centers Native Student Success, Culture

The American Indian College Fund hosted a free virtual conference open to Native American high school, college, transfer, and graduate students as well as to education professionals who serve indigenous students.

The American Indian College Fund supports Native American and Alaska Native scholars, including (left to right): Chance Begay, Navajo; Jerald Red Buffalo, Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate; Samantha Maltais, Wampanoag of Aquinnah; and Trey Blackhawk, Winnebago of Nebraska

State of Oregon to Help Pay for Cost of College for Tribal Members

Oregon will help pay for the cost of college for tribal members of Oregon’s nine federally recognized tribes who attend an in-state community college or university.

Oregon State Capitol Building

MSU Denver to Fully Cover Cost of Attendance for Indigenous Students

Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU Denver) will fully cover tuition and fees for its Native American and Indigenous students starting fall 2022.

A pow wow graduation celebration on MSU Denver's campus. Photo by Abreham Gebreegziabher.

Tribal Colleges

Indigenous Scholars Push for Visibility on Campus and Call for New Metrics of Success

Panelists spoke about the damages of stereotyping, how institutions can use culturally based methodologies to assess a Native student’s success, and the difficulties of gathering data that does not present the sovereign Indian nations as a monolithic.

Native Americans

Helping Others Center Indigenous Nation Communities in Their Research Practices

Native scholars came together to author a guidebook that offers best practice suggestions for how to conduct research on tribal lands.

Michigan State researchers study a riverbed ecosystem in Alaska.

Native Americans

Stakeholders Work To Boost Higher Education Attainment Rates Among Native Americans

In 1993, Dwight K. Lomayesva founded the American Indian Recruitment (AIR) programs with his wife.

Dwight K. Lomayesva

Haskell Indian Nations Professor Fights Climate Change Through Indigenous Land Ethic

A Yuchi member of the Muscogee Nation of Oklahoma, Dr. Daniel Wildcat has been a sociology professor at Haskell Indian Nations University for about three decades now, but his influence has since echoed to a national scale.

Dr. Daniel Wildcat

Tribal Colleges

Missing and Murdered Haunt Tribal Nations

Thousands of indigenous people have vanished or have been found murdered. And students at TCUs fight for justice.

Ashley Loring Heavyrunner

Tribal Law and Economics Program Launches at George Mason University

Adam Crepelle, assistant professor of law and director of the Tribal Law & Economics Project at George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School

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