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Students Earn Scholarships Honoring Pioneering Woman

Eight Minnesota students recently received the American Indian Ethel Curry Scholarship for academic excellence, awarded by the Minnesota Academic Excellence Foundation (MAEF) in partnership with the Minnesota Department of Education, the department announced.

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Elders Work to Save Kenai’s First Language

Elders of the Kenaitze Indian Tribe have been teaching students from around the state their language as a way of preserving it.

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Famed Artist Teaches Shell Carving at Muscogee

Dan Townsend, an internationally known Native American artist, recently spent a month at the College of the Muscogee Nation on Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology’s campus sharing the art of shell carving, the OSU-Okmulgee announced.

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Tribal College Expanding Campus

United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck is officially marking the start of a campus expansion with a ceremony Friday at a 135-acre tract of land immediately south of the current campus.

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IU Offers Support for American Indian Group

Indiana University administrators are working to find a new space and director for a support group for American Indian students weeks after student leaders accused IU of not supporting the group.

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United Tribes President Speaks to Democrats

American Indians are not just another special interest group, said Dr. David Gipp, president of United Tribes Technical College, to the delegates of the Democratic National Convention.

Reservation Gets Help From Engineering Students

The University of Wisconsin-Madison chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB), a nonprofit organization that designs and implements sustainable engineering projects for communities, has embarked on a project to assist the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, its first long-term domestic project, said UW-Madison in a recent news release.

United Tribes Powwow Committee Hosts Annual Celebration

The United Tribes Powwow Committee is once against hosting one of the longest-running contest powwows in the country.

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Partnership Receives Gates and Lumina Grants

The Partnership for Native American College Access and Success received $292,000 from the Gates Foundation and $195,000 from the Lumina Foundation to strengthen postsecondary curriculum for Native students and create a clear pathway to a bachelor’s degree for Native Americans in Muckleshoot and Tulalip communities, Evergreen State College announced.

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Study Finds Minorities More Likely to be Paddled in School

Paddlings, swats, licks. A quarter of a million U.S. schoolchildren got them last year and blacks, American Indians and kids with disabilities got a disproportionate share of the punishment, according to a study by a human rights group.

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Mvskogee Creek Teacher Wins Writing Award

Michael Thompson, a member of the Mvskogee Creek tribe, received the Gold EXCEL Award for “Feature Article- Magazine” from the Society of National Association Publications (SNAP)., the New Mexico Department of Public Education announced.

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United Tribes Adds Law-Enforcement Classes

The United Tribes Technical College will be adding classes in criminal justice and law enforcement and will have a Bureau of Indian Affairs officer stationed on campus by the end of August to teach and work with tribal communities in the region.

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