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Navajo Technical University—a public university on the Navajo Nation in Crownpoint, N.M.— has launched an accredited doctoral program in Diné culture and language sustainability, making it the first of 36 tribal colleges and universities nationwide to offer a Ph.D.
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The American Indian College Fund announced on Thursday it named Dr. Michael Oltrogge, President of Nebraska Indian Community College as its 2022-23 Tribal College and University Honoree of the Year. He has been president of the college since 2004.
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Students enrolled in the commercial driver’s license (CDL) program at Navajo Technical University (NTU) now have a vehicle to use when practicing how to operate a tractor-trailer rig thanks to a generous donation of a tank truck to the university from Marathon Petroleum Corporation.
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Tamarah Pfeiffer, Ph.D., a tribal citizen of the Navajo Nation, has been appointed as the president of Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI). SIPI, a public tribal land-grant community college in Albuquerque, New Mexico. is operated by the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). The community college offers programs ranging from liberal arts to pre-engineering.
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A private liberal arts college with strong ties to the nation’s flagship Indian boarding school is looking to right a historic wrong by opening a center devoted to contemporary Native American and Indigenous studies.
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Trips to Mexico as a child sparked Kevin Simeon’s interest in learning more about the world. During those trips, Simeon, an enrolled citizen of the Spokane Tribe, saw how different the local community functioned compared to his Indigenous community in Washington.
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SAULT STE MARIE, Mich.— A bright blue tea station stands out against the modern office setting, bringing light with its painted-on traditional plants to an otherwise dull space. But the tea station brings more than color to the room — it creates a community with its two shelves of traditional teas and sunflower-printed drinking mugs.
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Northern Arizona University plans to invest $10 million in a new initiative to support Indigenous, faculty and staff.
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The American Indian College Fund’s (College Fund) scholarship season opens on February 1.
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The Oklahoma State University Extension has received two grants from the Native American Agriculture Fund (NAAF) in support of the university’s partnerships with tribes in Oklahoma.
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- By Chez Oxedine, Tribal Business News
