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Native Americans

Chief Group Wants to Resurrect Mascot at University of Illinois

A group of University of Illinois graduates who in the past portrayed Chief Illiniwek is pitching a plan to bring back the former mascot.

Faculty & Staff

American Indian Activist Horse Capture Dies

American Indian activist, curator and professor George Horse Capture has died in Great Falls. He was 75.

Faculty & Staff

Navajo Tech Continues Its Ascension

A small college on the eastern edge of the nation’s largest American Indian reservation is getting noticed.

Central Missouri Seeks to Boost On-Time Graduation Rate

As part of a national push to produce more college graduates, the University of Central Missouri is launching an initiative designed to help more of its students earn degrees in four years.

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Two Tribes Move Closer To Securing FM Radio Stations

FLAGSTAFF Ariz. — Two Southwest tribes are moving closer to securing radio stations that others in Indian Country have turned to for emergency alerts, health tips, the latest rodeo news, traditional stories and language lessons.

African-American

Black History Month: The Debate Rages On

One cannot log on to the Internet, listen to talk radio (of all political persuasions) come across a number of blogs and other forms of media without encountering a discussion on Black History month.

Native Americans

Idle No More Brings Native Voices, Tribal Education to the Forefront

Like many Natives and our allies across our Grandmother Earth, Unci Maka, I have joined the Idle No More movement, attending round dance gatherings, praying for Chief Theresa Spence and her supporters, sharing the stories I hear and read and perusing news and opinion pieces.

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Pembroke University Celebrates 125 Years of Accomplishments, Growth

Dr. Kyle Carter, chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, has some advice for university administrators with major milestones on the horizon

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Special Focus: American Indian Heritage Month

Tribal colleges make an effort to return to their food roots; Efforts to recruit American Indian males to college are working; Professors work to increase the number of American Indians in business.

FAMU Head Coach Joe Taylor Steps Down Immediately

Florida A&M coach Joe Taylor announced Thursday he’s stepping down immediately.

Leadership & Policy

University of Alabama President Resigns, Cites Wife’s Health

The president of the University of Alabama is quitting after less than two months in the position.

Native Americans

New Initiative Helps Schools Cater to First-Generation Collegians

Thirty MSIs were given a $100,000 “capacity-building grant” to put practices and processes in place to help more first-generation students of color achieve academic success, the brief states.

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