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Bill that calls for banning Native American school team names, mascots passes Illinois House
The Democrat-led Illinois House has advanced legislation placing a statewide ban on Native American imagery and mascots by ...
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UAA’s Native Student Services are vital and help Alaskans succeed
Kai Monture writes in a commentary that UAA's Native Student Services was a home away from home when moving from Yakutat to ...
Tahlequah Daily Press1d
Boarding school research delves deep, tapping descendant knowledge
Survivors of boarding schools and their descendants, are important resources in researching and teaching the history of ...
University of Wyoming2d
UW Student Receives AHC Award for Indigenous Boarding School Project
Ava Olson, a University of Wyoming student from Cheyenne, is the recipient of a UW American Heritage Center (AHC) ...
Star-Herald4d
At Nebraska's Native American boarding school, search for child graves and closure continues
Officials have yet to find the graves of children who died at a federal Indian boarding school in Nebraska. But they’re not ...
Lincoln Journal Star4d
A search for the dead and a journey toward closure at Nebraska’s Native American boarding school
Officials have yet to find the graves of children who died at a federal Indian boarding school in Nebraska. But they’re not ...
At Nebraska’s Native American boarding school, location of child graves and closure prove elusive
It’s a mystery Fiscus pondered as she sat in a folding chair beneath the sweltering sun in July 2023 and watched as a small ...
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House committees demand investigation into Indian schools
Those were among the more than 526 Indian schools, often boarding schools, that were operated in the U.S, in the 19th and ...
Deccan Chronicle7d
Rajiv Gandhi to Amitabh Bachchan: Famous people who went to boarding school
Find out how these illustrious institutions impacted the lives and careers of some of the most famous people around the world ...
The Beacon8d
‘Gather as one, unite in the heartbeat of the drums’: Native American Alliance to host first annual powwow April 5
On April 5, NAA will be hosting its first annual powwow in the Quiet Side of Commons. The event is free and open to members of the UP community and the general public. According to DeSheuquette, while ...
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American Indian Tuition Waiver
The first buildings on the UMN Morris campus housed an American Indian boarding school. Administered by the Sisters of Mercy order of the Catholic Church and later by the United States government, the ...
University of Minnesota Morris8d
Native American Student and Alumni Leaders
Molin is an educator and writer whose books include American Indian Themes in Young Adult Literature (Scarecrow Press, 2005) and The Extraordinary Book of Native American Lists (coauthored with Arlene ...