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MPR: Red Lake Nation to use $21M USDA loan at tribal college (12/17)
Native Sun News: Lakota students fire back at ABC special (12/23)
Oglala Sioux man to lead White House education initiative (12/13)
Video: Rosebud Sioux students respond to Hidden America (12/13)
Blog: Minnesota students protest cuts of two Indian courses (12/08)
Opinion: Duke frat apologizes for 'Pilgrims and Indians' party (12/08)
KALW: One hundred years with Ishi, called the last 'wild' Indian (12/06)
Natl Geographic: DNA study confirms drop in Native population (12/06)
Tunica-Biloxi Tribe opens new cultural and education facility (12/01)
Colorlines: Documentary follows Wampanoag language effort (11/28)
Tribal Fates: Understanding the survival of the Navajo Nation (11/18)
Navajo Nation Supreme Court hears case at Yale law school (11/15)
PBS: Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe works to preserve language (11/11)
Cover Story: Native students finding home at Yale University (11/11)
Governor will sign bill to eliminate 'Fighting Sioux' nickname (11/09)
Noam Chomsky discusses mistreatment of indigenous people (11/08)
Navajo Nation reaches agreement to restore Head Start funds (11/08)
Column: 'Fighting Sioux' feud far from over in North Dakota (11/07)
Alaska Native team wins state basketball title for 3rd year (11/07)
Native Sun News: Educators discuss school to prison pipeline (11/07)
UR News: Linda LeGarde Grover wins award for 1st effort (11/04)
MSU News: Eastern Shoshone man to reintroduce buffalo (11/04)
Opinion: 'Fighting Sioux' is racist even with tribe's support (11/03)
Spirit Lake group sues NCAA over 'Fighting Sioux' nickname (11/02)
Umatilla group puts focus on education in 'Occupy' protest (10/27)
North Coast Journal: Karuk family preserving the language (10/27)
Lac du Flambeau youth issue call to march against abuse (10/19)
Nature: Puerto Ricans carrying DNA from their Taino ancestors (10/17)
MSU News: Holding non-Indians accountable on reservations (10/17)
Spirit Lake group warns of consequences over 'Fighting Sioux' (10/14)
MSU Mag: Educator ensures Indian students get a Head Start (10/13)
Intoxication case for Navajo school board leader dismissed (10/11)
Kevin Abourezk: Woman travels far to learn Omaha language (10/10)
Salish Kootenai College cleaning up mold on campus buildings (10/04)
Grand Ronde Tribes accept return of oldest known river canoe (10/04)
Natl Geographic: Research finds cannibalism at site in Mexico (10/03)
Smithsonian brings dolls made in 1901 to Coeur d'Alene Tribe (09/30)
Former residential school employee charged for abusing boys (09/29)
Spirit Lake group sends letter in support of 'Fighting Sioux' name (09/28)
Thomas W. Fredericks wins alumni award for career in Indian law (09/28)
NPR: Berenstain Bears brings Lakota language to new generation (09/27)
Charlie Galbraith: Share stories for White House youth challenge (09/27)
Duane Champagne: Decolonization teachings missing the mark (09/26)
Interview with Tonya Carroll, the outgoing Miss Cherokee 2010 (09/22)
UA News: Arlinda Locklear on Indian law and 'judicial activism' (09/22)
Editorial: District brings back needed Lakota language classes (09/21)
KRWG: Mescalero Apache Nation using grant for language work (09/14)
Researchers report unusual artifacts at Alaska Native village (09/13)
Berkeley NewsCenter: Learning from Ishi over a century later (09/13)
Navajo school board president appears on intoxication count (09/13)
PBS airing The Berenstain Bears cartoon in Lakota language (09/08)
Navajo Nation Supreme Court to hold arguments at Yale Law (09/08)
Spirit Lake Dakotah Nation seeks control over 'Fighting Sioux' (09/07)
MSU News: Celebration set for American Indian Heritage Day (09/07)
Researcher believes rock art in Utah depicts ancient mammoth (09/06)
Grant issued for diabetes study among members of two tribes (09/06)
Study confirms accuracy of 16th-century Aztec farmland maps (09/06)
Kevin Abourezk: Program teaches Indian youth to become leaders (09/05)
Native Sun News: Officials discuss tribal college concerns (09/05)
Native Sun News: Sinte Gleska University celebrates graduates (09/02)
Navajo school board leader failed to graduate from Dartmouth (09/02)
Article: Residential schools a part of Canada's inglorious past (09/01)
Column: 'Fighting Sioux' nickname not really that offensive (08/31)
Editorial: White House promising more help for tribal colleges (08/29)
DOI reaches settlement with EPA for conditions at Indian schools (08/24)
Tigua Tribe awarded two grants for language and museum work (08/23)
Column: Museum director works to preserve Agua Caliente history (08/19)
Tulalip Tribes ready to welcome public to $19M cultural center (08/19)
Navajo police arrested school board president for intoxication (08/18)
KCAW: Alaska Native students learn about each other's culture (08/18)
North Dakota plans to eliminate 'Fighting Sioux' by end of the year (08/16)
Indian students file suit over bid to save 'Fighting Sioux' name (08/11)
Al Jazeera: Indigenous people in Colombia embrace languages (08/11)
Blog: Indian youth bike 200 miles through New Mexico pueblos (08/11)
Record number of Pyramid Lake Paiute youth going to college (08/10)
Wampanoag youth take part in Native Tribal Scholars program (08/10)
Senate Indian Affairs Committee looks at Indian youth suicide (08/10)
Law schools urged to ask applicants to document Indian status (08/10)
Senate Indian Affairs Committee sets field hearing in Montana (08/04)
Appropriations bill allows use of BIA funds for charter schools (08/02)
UA News: Researchers reconstruct traditional tribal bison hunts (08/02)
Report Card: A to Eastern Cherokees for improving dropout rate (07/27)
South Dakota approves Indian standards for school curriculum (07/26)
NPR: Indian youth turn to media to fight silent epidemic of suicide (07/19)
Program helps public schools on Montana reservations improve (07/19)
NCAA won't budge on North Dakota's 'Fighting Sioux' nickname (07/13)
Charlie Galbraith: Obama announces a Native youth challenge (07/11)
Ask the Burke: Results of Kennewick Man studies not yet known (07/11)
Richard Gomez: Chumash Tribe honors 55 graduates at ceremony (07/07)
MSU News: Muslim students reach out to Crow Tribe after floods (07/06)
Fast Company: LiveAndTell aims to keep Native languages alive (07/05)
Witness List: Senate Indian Affairs hearing on Native CLASS Act (06/29)
Interview with Jarrid Whitney about Indian student recruitment (06/28)
Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing on Native CLASS Act (06/27)
Navajo Nation places Head Start director on leave for a week (06/24)
Star basketball player donates jersey to Grand Traverse Band (06/24)
Cherokee Nation moves forward with charter school proposal (06/22)
Senate Indian Affairs Committee business meeting Thursday (06/21)
Delaware Tribe to close child care center due to budget cuts (06/17)
MSU News: Crow educator wins nontraditional student award (06/16)
Haskell University bars students from un-recognized tribes (06/15)
Mary Pember: More non-Indians heading for tribal colleges (06/13)
NPR: Southern Ute Tribe displays cultural riches in museum (06/13)
Editorial: Challenges face new Haskell University president (06/10)
Indian language preservation program receives $90K grant (06/10)
Parents seek answers on school's Indian education program (06/10)
Kevin Gover: First Lady takes on obesity among Indian youth (06/08)
Let's Move: Indian children help plant garden at White House (06/08)
Soboba Band celebrates graduates from Noli Indian School (06/07)
Saginaw Chippewa Tribe accepts old Indian school grounds (06/07)
Chris Redman, Chickasaw, selected as president of Haskell (06/06)
Indian students earn eagle feather and blanket at ceremony (06/02)
UA News: Institute provides training for Navajo interpreters (06/02)
Fort Peck mother files suit against school for son's suicide (06/01)
Haskell University anticipates new president 'very soon' (05/27)
Wampanoag student makes history as Harvard graduate (05/27)
Conference looks at preserving Native language and culture (05/26)
WUWM: First Lady launches Let's Move! in Indian Country (05/26)
Witness list for SCIA hearing on Native language education (05/24)
Dine College breaks tradition with class about ceremonies (05/24)
Wired: Scientists fight university to study ancestral remains (05/20)
Stacy Leeds, Cherokee, named dean at Arkansas law school (05/20)
Students find unclaimed money owed to Haskell University (05/19)
Senate Indian Affairs Committee sets hearing on languages (05/19)
Education: Eliminating 'Indian' mascots stirs controversy (05/19)
Indian youth needed for Native Vision camp in New Mexico (05/19)
Editorial: School mascot respects Northern Arapaho Tribe (05/18)
Chickasaw Nation opens research and preservation center (05/17)
Kevin Abourezk: Santee Sioux teen helps manage rez dogs (05/17)
Seven Native youth have died while at off-reserve school (05/16)
First Nations University of Canada selects new president (05/16)
Southern Ute Tribe sets grand opening for $38M museum (05/16)
Mary Pember: Tribal college students meet for conference (05/13)
United Keetoowah Band woman to graduate from Haskell (05/12)
Elouise Cobell to receive honorary degree from Dartmouth (05/12)
Rosebud Sioux man puts welding talents to use at cemetery (05/11)
Column: First Wampanoag graduates at Harvard since 1665 (05/11)
Rosebud Sioux woman chosen as Fulbright Program scholar (05/09)
Editorial: Effort to repeal anti-Indian mascot bill in Wisconsin (05/06)
MSU News: Wasewi Shawl finishes journey to college degree (05/05)
Cherokee Nation donates $333K for scholarship endowment (05/04)
Cheyenne River Youth Project welcomes Illinois volunteers (05/04)
UA News: Project captures history of Arizona tribal libraries (05/03)
Oklahoma to incorporate Indian culture in school curriculum (05/03)
Student from Laguna Pueblo recognized for volunteer effort (05/03)
Sam Bradford urges Indian youth to lead healthy lifestyles (04/28)
Tsi Akim Maidu Tribe ready for opening of cultural center (04/27)
Suzan Shown Harjo to receive honorary degree from IAIA (04/26)
Editorial: Inspire Indian students to succeed in Montana (04/25)
David Gipp: United Tribes survives budget battle with help (04/22)
Cankdeska Cikana Community College gets $300K grant (04/19)
Menominee Nation chairman works to keep language alive (04/18)
Senate Indian Affairs Committee roundtable on education (04/18)
Cherokee Nation shares $2.7M from car tags with schools (04/15)
Only two elders in Mexico still speak Ayapaneco language (04/14)
California attorney general pressed to protect sacred site (04/14)
Students at school on Navajo Nation treated for taking pills (04/13)
ASU News: Heard Museum preserving Native art and culture (04/12)
Federal shutdown would have broad impact in Indian Country (04/08)
VOA News: Oglala Sioux students get news to the community (04/07)
A week of events for 41st annual Time Out and Wacipi at UND (04/01)
UTTC News: Tribal college students set for AIHEC conference (03/31)
Editorial: State can make case for saving the 'Fighting Sioux' (03/31)
Haskell University without a president after more than a year (03/29)
Research examines status of dogs among tribes in California (03/29)
Google supports Cherokee written language in search engine (03/25)
Diane Humetewa named advisor for Arizona State University (03/25)
Opponents of 'Fighting Sioux' name not ready to give up fight (03/23)
IHS wants youth treatment center on D-Q University campus (03/23)
Interview: Leroy Little Bear offers a different view of science (03/22)
AZPM: Yaqui guitarist Gabriel Ayala aims to reach Indian youth (03/22)
University student newspaper to apologize for powwow article (03/21)
University student newspaper ridicules powwow, participants (03/18)
North Dakota governor signs bill to protect 'Fighting Sioux' nick (03/17)
BIA losing school construction money despite a $1.3B backlog (03/16)
Salazar and Gillette to visit Riverside Indian School in Oklahoma (03/14)
David Gipp: United Tribes Technical College earns federal money (03/14)
North Dakota governor will sign bill to save 'Fighting Sioux' name (03/11)
Indian lawmaker pushes for defeat of bill to save 'Fighting Sioux' (03/10)
Virginia museum returns Tlingit headdress in first NAGPRA action (03/10)
Funds at United Tribes Technical College caught in budget debate (03/10)
North Dakota Senate committee votes against Fighting Sioux bill (03/09)
NMAI Blog: Research library donated to tribal colleges across US (03/08)
Northern Cheyenne woman a finalist for national Sullivan Award (03/08)
Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe launches House of Seven Generations (03/07)
Levi Horn: Encouraging Indian students to lead active lifestyles (03/04)
Comedy duo asked not to use 'Indian' during North Dakota show (03/03)
Pomo man named director of Indian education in South Dakota (03/03)
Nature: Tribal colleges expand reservation research opportunity (03/03)
Remains of 11,500-year-old Native child uncovered in Alaska (02/25)
Chumash Tribe donates Samala-English dictionaries to schools (02/24)
United Tribes Technical College measures impact on economy (02/23)
North Dakota House backs bill to save Fighting Sioux nickname (02/22)
Creek Nation quizzes students at 11th annual Challenge Bowl (02/18)
Obama's new budget reduces Indian programs at Smithsonian (02/15)
Tulalip Tribes donate $1.26M to fill school district's budget hole (02/11)
UND University Senate opposes bills to revive 'Fighting Sioux' nick (02/08)
KUOW: University of Washington sets aside $5M for Indian center (02/08)
School district won't remove Sherman Alexie's award-winning book (02/03)
Northern Cheyenne man appointed to Board of Regents in Montana (02/03)
Morongo Band woman enjoyed meeting with Obama at White House (02/01)
Wesleyan University working to comply with NAGPRA after 20 years (02/01)
Morongo Band woman receives presidential award for mentoring (01/31)
School district offers its first Navajo language immersion program (01/31)
Northern Cheyenne Reservation Boys & Girls Club awarded $143K (01/26)
South Dakota bill assists veterans with tuition for tribal colleges (01/25)
IPR: Students get a chance to learn Ojibwe in schools in Michigan (01/24)
Native Sun News: Blizzard can't stop Rosebud Sioux youth summit (01/24)
Ojibwe tribes convene on Red Lake Nation for education summit (01/19)
Miami University orders companies to stop using 'Redskin' logo (01/18)
Barbara Munson: 'Indian' mascots harm children in public schools (01/13)
North Dakota Republicans aim to keep 'Fighting Sioux' nickname (01/11)
San Manuel Band chairman named to California Board of Education (01/06)

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