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Scholar Documents Historic Ties Between African-Americans and Native Americans

As an associate professor at the University of Michigan, Dr. Tiya Miles has emerged as a leading scholar of Cherokee-African American relations.

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Pennsylvania Museum Ordered to Return Alaskan Tribal Artifacts

For the first time, the federal repatriation review committee must resolve a bitter ownership dispute between museum, Native Alaskan tribe.

Shakee.at headdress

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Navajo Closer Than Ever To Electing Woman Leader

Some people clearly don’t want to see Lynda Lovejoy at the helm of the country’s largest American Indian reservation, the Navajo Nation. “Women belong in the kitchen,” said one spectator.

With Lynda Lovejoy garnering twice as many votes as any of the 10 men and a second woman in a recent primary, the Navajo Nation appears closer than ever to electing a woman as its leader.

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Tribal Officials: Indian Education Needs Money

American Indian students could achieve more academically if their crumbling schools are fixed, more money is provided for teachers and supplies and tribes gain more control of what happens in classrooms, tribal officials said Friday at a congressional hearing.

Award-Winning Journalist Recalls Intervention by College Professor

With assistance from a caring professor, CBS news correspondent Byron Pitts overcame illiteracy and graduated in four years from Ohio Wesleyan University, according to his new autobiography.

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Conn. Researchers Dig for Items from Tribe-settler War

This summer, University of Connecticut researchers are scouring residential neighborhoods in Connecticut, Rhode Island and New York for artifacts from the battle between the Pequot Indians and English settlers nearly 400 years ago.

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New Mexico Librarian Enlivens the Research Experience Among Native Students

Paulita Aguilar is the curator of the University of New Mexico’s Indigenous Nations Library Program (INLP), mandated to increase information literacy and research skills among tribal students, who make up 6 percent of the flagship campus in Albuquerque.

Paulita Aguilar (left) is the curator of the University of New Mexico’s Indigenous Nations Library Program.

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American Indians Grow Wary of Genetics Research

In the wake of the Havasupai-Arizona State University genetics research dispute, some tribes have opted out of participating in genetics research projects.

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Tribute: Wilma Mankiller – 1945-2010

Wilma Mankiller was a wife, a mother, and Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. From the time she finished high school until her death she worked to improve the lives of her people.

Wilma Mankiller

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Climate Change-Themed STEM Curriculum Developed for Tribal Colleges

An AIHEC partnership helps tribal colleges build capacity to sustain science and technology education and research programs.

Tribal college STEM faculty

Preserving a Native Language and Culture

With the Myaamia Project at Miami University, the Miami Tribe seeks to rediscover its language and culture.

Myaamia Project Director Daryl Baldwin

High School Graduation Rates Low Where Most American Indians, Alaska Natives Live, Report Says

A new national report has found that fewer than 50 percent of Native American Indian and Alaska Native students from the Pacific and Northwest regions of the U. S. graduate from high school.

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