Research has shown that children of color are more likely to succeed when they have a teacher of the same race. Yet Native American children are much more likely to have a White teacher than a Native teacher.

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Freedom Lodge has opened registration for the Body and Earth Conference. The meeting provides a forum to converse about cultural concerns, health disparities,

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Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College (FDLTCC) has announced the line-up of entertainment for the 2018 Hot Summer Nights Concert Series, a series of free concerts scheduled for the college’s outdoor-indoor amphitheater.

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This new addition to the Santa Fe Independent Film Festival’s diverse programming will not only allow SFIFF to screen the most cutting-edge spherical films, but also invite the audience to experience the incredible 360° experience of the IAIA Digital Dome.

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To promote Native children’s positive educational trajectory, in April the American Indian College Fund announced its launch of a new “For the Wisdom of the Children: Strengthening Teacher of the Color Pipeline.”

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The Diné College of yesteryear is nothing like what it is today, particularly when it comes to academics. The associate’s and bachelor’s degree programs have expanded and the number of students attending the college continues to grow. In the beginning,

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This year, Diné College reported its highest summer enrollment in eight years at each of its campuses, according to information from the Diné College Registrar’s Office.

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The symposium includes lectures, interactive panel discussions, an exhibit of documents and films that provide multidisciplinary accounts of the people and issues that were important at the time of the 1868 treaties and ramifications of the treaties, historically and today.

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MHA Drug enforcement K-9 teams brought a trainer from another state for their team to get recertified at United Tribes Technical College.

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Michigan residents pay $2,040 to attend Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College – the lowest tuition among two-year schools in the state, according to a Watchdog analysis of federal tuition data for 2017-18.

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Tommy Orange is a Native American writer. He teaches creative writing at the Institute of American Indian Arts and his debut novel, There There (Harvill Secker, £14.99), is a New York Times bestseller.

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The college has seen a 300 percent increase in enrollment and licenses with the addition of new course offering after working with an advisory board of community and industry cooperators to improve the course offerings.

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A group of former and current Salish Kootenai College employees and board members have urged a Montana federal judge to let them out of a False Claims Act suit, calling the allegations against them conclusory.

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This Fourth of July, let's each commit to expanding our discussions of George Washington's legacy to include the resiliency of his Indian contemporaries and their descendants.

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The Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College (LCOOCC) announced Tuesday, June 12, the appointment of Dr. Russell Swagger as college president, effective June 18.

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Allison-Brewer (Navajo) just finished her seventh year as a mathematics instructor and head volleyball coach for Haskell.

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Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute has developed a unique, inclusive approach to support women enrolled in STEM programs.

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The Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) has announced the selection of upcoming artists for the IAIA Artist-in-Residence program. Artists are selected by a campus committee consisting of students,

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Oglala Lakota College (OLC) will host its 15th Annual Summer Artist Series, “A Vision of Our History by Lakota Artists,” from June 11 to August 31,

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On many school nights, after working shifts at a department store, Katrina Claw studied long and hard. Those study habits were borne out of her time on the Navajo reservation.

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