EDUCATION

Leech Lake Tribal College (LLTC) has announced its plans for the fall 2020 semester. The college has modified its normal schedule and a majority of classes will be offered online. However,

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Editor’s Note: College of Menominee Nation (CMN), like other tribal colleges and the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, has voiced its support for equality and justice in American society.

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BlueDog also played a vital role in the drafting of legislation that became the Texas Band of Traditional Kickapoo Act and the Tribally Controlled Community College Assistance Act, and in coordinating a trust land declaration in the Black Hills.

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Toppled statues symbolized what America once was, what takes their place will symbolize who we strive to be.

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Skeets, an assistant professor of English who is from Vanderwagen, New Mexico, teaches composition, literature and creative writing courses in the college’s School of Arts, Humanities and English. He also teaches online courses.

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They pride themselves on being the first college program to use something called PATROL, Peace Office Accredited Training Online, from the League of Minnesota Cities.

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Thanks to the continued support of AT&T with a $350,000 contribution to the American Indian College Fund’s Braided Success: Fostering Native Student Success from High School to College and Career program, high school and college students in the Tohono O’odham Community College in Sells, Arizona and College of Muscogee Nation in Okmulgee, Oklahoma communities continued and will continue to be supported in their quest for a higher education.

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Navajo Technical University (NTU) will implement a hybrid-learning environment and condensed 15-week schedule when it opens for the fall semester on August 10. Courses will be delivered online;

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The third volume of documents of Flathead Reservation history published by the Salish Kootenai College Press covers the 1890s, a period of turmoil and change for the Salish, Pend d’Oreille, and Kootenai tribes

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As colleges and universities across the country struggle to figure out how to bring back students, tribal colleges are doing the same thing. The global COVID-19 pandemic is causing many to rethink how the upcoming fall semester will look for students.

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The cancellation of in-person classes is a different approach from other nearby colleges, such as the University of Kansas and Baker University, which will welcome students back to campus but shorten the fall semester to end with the start of the Thanksgiving holiday.

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This year, all in-person activities have been eliminated, and students will not have the opportunity to work directly with any public health organizations on Navajo Nation. All lectures at the beginning of the program were through Zoom, including the opening prayer by Avery Denny, medicine man and a staff member at Diné College.

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Darian Danner is the first to graduate with a bachelor's degree in business administration since the program began in fall 2017.

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Navajo Technical University (NTU) was recently named fourth out of 23 institutions in BestValueSchools.org’s ranking, which evaluated tuition and graduation rates in addition to academic excellence and a devotion to non-traditional learning.

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After transferring credits from the University of Alaska Anchorage two years ago, Danner expedited her diploma in the college's new business administration program. Danner says she'd like to use her new degree to further her work in the Alaska Native community.

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Congratulations HINU Spring Graduate Class of 2020!

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2-Year Degrees Associate of Arts, Communication Studies

Gino Stephen Torres

Associate of Arts, Liberal Arts

Shaed L. Cloke

Cameron Luke Dana

William D. Edmo IV

Mia C. Gonzales

Jordan L. Goodwill

Portia Dan Goseyun

Rone-Rena Jackson

Cody J. Keefer

Ileana J. Larkin

Malik Lee

Maurice Tyrone Lewis

Chase Nicholas McDaniel

Jared Nally

Denali Stigall

Felecia Suttle

Joel Peter Toya

Cheyenne Sean White

Deja Evette White

Malayja Lenette White

Associate of Arts, Para-Professional Education

Josclyn Myree Cabarrubia

Anika Francis

Tavia Lee Hart

Anne Hrenchir

Darian Martin

Associate of Arts, Social Work

Kieyoomia N. Benally

Ariel T. Brown

Jalissa L. Cabarrubia

Sarah Ellen Christian

Tiana Martinez

Kylee Nichole Sellers

Associate of Science, Community Health

Hannah Harvey

Breanna Watahomigie

Emalee Telain Williams

Associate of Science, Natural Science

Jasmine Boyd

Micaela Chavez

Alexandra J. Holder

Zechariah Caine Johnson

Mykka Raphael Juan

Sylvester Vernon Luther

Shamiqua Nez

Marisa Dawn Nuno

David Tah

Shania S. Tsosie

Toni J. Valdivia

Associate of Science, Recreation and Fitness Management

Britney Dray

Elias Vaughn Her Many Horses

Shyla Alexandria Rae Jackson

Oke-tw’sha Roberts

Jacob White

4-Year Degrees Bachelor of Arts, Indigenous and American Indian Studies

Jennifer Ann Jimboy

Shania Ashley Lopez

Naomi Nevaquaya

Summer Ray Powell

Nahtonabah A. Smith

Cassandra Desira Thorne

Zachariah Walker

Troy Neil Watterson

Bachelor of Science, Business Administration

April A. Atchak, Management Emphasis

Thomas Lee Berryhill Jr., Management Emphasis

Shantell Ignacia Big, Management Emphasis

Sabrina Raye Branch, Management Emphasis

Jesus Michael Campanero Jr., Management Emphasis

Kyra Louise Conklin, Management Emphasis

Joshua Alan Cournoyer, Management Emphasis

Amberlee T. Desiderio, Management Emphasis

Kasi LeAra Galvan-Lucio, Management Emphasis

Joshua I. Garcia, Management Emphasis

Dakota William Hulse, Management Emphasis

Felicia Hummingbird, Management Emphasis

Zaina Iron Cloud-Robinson, Management Emphasis

Chancelor I. Jenkins, Management Emphasis

Cherish Mallory, Management Emphasis

Ryan A. Myore, Management Emphasis

Justin Rollin Narcomey, Management Emphasis

Yevania M. Osborne, Management Emphasis

Corey Lee Quigley, Management Emphasis

Robert Roehl II, Management Emphasis

Christopher Paul Rupnicki, Tribal Management Emphasis

Mary Tah, Management Emphasis

Sawn’Zee Don Thompson-Johnson, Management Emphasis

Thomasina R. Whipple, Management Emphasis

Tarez Lydell Willis, Management Emphasis

Bachelor of Science, Elementary Education

Alissa L. Bell

Brianna Fancy Red Pipe

Bachelor of Science, Environmental Science

Quintin Kane Pomosanausi Allen

Dakota Lee Botone

Josiah A. Candelaria

Ian Jonathan Gambill

Rissa Alexandra Garcia Prudencio

Annalise Guthrie

Rayanna R. Otterholt

Sierra Aspen Penn

Braden Souders

Uriah William Thompson

Zackary Towey

Reia Whiteside

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Scholars from Diné College’s policy institute illuminate how the COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically altered and impacted community, ceremony, and traditional medicine in Navajo society.

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His immigrant upbringing and military training have given him the tools to be an excellent motivator and thrive in his new role as the Dean of Student Affairs.

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The free testing clinic runs June 17-20 at the following times and locations: June 17 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Celebration Grounds in Arlee; June 18 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Salish Kootenai College in Pablo.

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The United Health Foundation (UHF) is increasing its support of the American Indian College Fund’s United Health Foundation Tribal Scholars Program to ensure that Native American communities have access to urgently needed healthcare with a $430,000 grant to provide 13 scholarships for American Indian and Alaska Natives studying in the health and dental fields.

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