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Alexandria Ehlert has pursued a college education hoping to become a park ranger or climate scientist. Now she’s wondering whether she’ll ever finish her studies at College of Menominee Nation.
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Native American enrollment in colleges has fallen off by 37% since 2010 — more than double the national average decline in higher education attendance rates during the same time period.
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In early fall, Dr. Annette Reed concluded 26 years in various roles supporting Native American students at Sacramento State. Her tenure included serving as director for Native American Studies, chair for the Department of Ethnic Studies, and a part-time job with the college president’s office.
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Sacramento State University will become the first California State University to launch a Native American College.
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The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians has awarded a $2.2 million grant to UCLA School of Law to support its tribal legal development clinic for the next five years. The funding will cover the clinic's full-time, year-round operations, including staff salaries and program expenses.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has partnered with the College of Menominee Nation in northeastern Wisconsin on a grant program for the state’s federally recognized tribes and their members.
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Haskell Indian Nations University said it plans to launch an agriculture business degree program as part of a new partnership with the Bureau of Indian Education and the Native American Agriculture Fund (NAAF).
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Washington State University business professor Joe Gladstone doesn’t have a lot of Native students. For that matter, he doesn’t have a lot of Native colleagues either.
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Data gaps in Indian Country have long been a problem, preventing Native Americans from understanding and solving health crises facing their communities.
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This fall, as it celebrates its 50th year, the Nebraska Indian Community College (NICC) is launching its first baccalaureate program in business administration and tribal nation building.