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[OPB] University of Oregon and Eastern Oregon University announce programs supporting Native American students

By the end of Indigenous Peoples’ Day all of Oregon’s public universities had programs moving forward aimed at giving financial support to Native American students. Both the University of Oregon and Eastern Oregon University announced programs Monday, following Oregon’s five other public universities that made similar strides in the past few months. University of Oregon’s Home … Read more

Happy California Native American Day!

October 11, 2022September 23, 2022 News AISC, alumni, american indian, American Indian Day, California, California Native American Day, graduate, indigenous, indigenous peoples, Indigenous Peoples Day, native american, Native American Day, Native Americans, native bruin, UCLA, UCLA AISC

UCLA American Indian Studies Center would like to wish the many California Native Tribes a very Happy Native American Day – 2022.

[CBC] Photo project celebrates Kahnawake boys with braids

September 22, 2022September 21, 2022 News canada, Children, indigenous, indigenous peoples, Kahnawake, native american

Charlie Mayo has been growing his hair long since the day he was born. “It’s important because our ancestors had long hair,” said Mayo, who is Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) from Kahnawake, south of Montreal. The 10-year-old boy is among three dozen in his community photographed for a campaign to celebrate boys with braids. “It was really … Read more

Indigenous Studies Tenure-Track Full-Time Assistant/Associate Professor

September 19, 2022 News Indigenous Studies Tenure-Track Full-Time Assistant/Associate Professor, job opening, UCLA

APPLICANTS CAN APPLY STARTING OCTOBER 3rd! Job #JPF07818 Application Window Open date: October 3, 2022 Next review date: Monday, Nov 7, 2022 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee. Final date: Monday, Jan 2, 2023 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Applications will continue to be accepted until this … Read more

[WSJ] Indigenous Community Reels After Stabbing Attacks in Canada

September 20, 2022September 18, 2022 News canada, indigenous, indigenous peoples, James Smith Cree Nation, Native Americans, Saskatchewan, violence

JAMES SMITH CREE NATION, Saskatchewan—On a recent day in this small community on the Canadian prairie, people gathered in the school gym listening to traditional indigenous drums and mournful music at back-to-back funerals. Outside, people huddled in groups, crying and smoking. It has been two weeks since this territory of 2,000 people became the scene … Read more

[Austin American-Statesman] Indigenous tribe continues to push UT to return human remains

September 20, 2022September 16, 2022 News indigenous, indigenous peoples, Miakan-Garza Band, Native Americans, Texas, University of Texas

The Miakan-Garza Band, a Native American tribe local to Central Texas, is renewing calls for the University of Texas to “return” ancestral human remains to the tribe — more than six years after its original request. The Miakan-Garza Band first requested three sets of ancient human remains located at UT’s Texas Archeological Research Laboratory in … Read more

[ICT] Victims identified in Canada’s stabbing rampage

September 8, 2022September 7, 2022 News canada, indigenous, indigenous peoples, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Murder, Native Americans

They were neighbors, friends and family, mothers, aunts and uncles, as old as 78 and as young as 23. Elders who had so much to share and young people just beginning their life’s journey. All but one are from the James Smith Cree Nation in Saskatchewan, Canada, victims of one of the largest mass killings … Read more

[Forbes] New Research On Indigenous Students And College Affordability

September 22, 2022September 6, 2022 News college, education, graduate, Higher education, indigenous, Native Americans, native bruin, student, UCLA, UCLA AISC

The National Native Scholarships Providers (NNSP) recently released its first National Study on College Affordability for Indigenous Students. The report, which was funded by Lumina Foundation, found that the main obstacle to completing college for Native students is affordability. The report is the result of a collaboration between the nation’s four Native scholarship providers: the … Read more

[ABC7] California ‘Feather Alert’ bill for missing indigenous peoples passes 6-1

September 8, 2022August 31, 2022 News California Native American, indigenous, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, native american, Native Americans

NORTHSTATE, Calif. — On Tuesday this week, Aug. 29, Assembly Bill No. 1314 was passed by a vote of 6-1. The bill would authorize a law enforcement agency to request the Department of the California Highway Patrol (CHP) to activate a “Feather Alert,” if specified criteria are satisfied with respect to an endangered indigenous person … Read more

[CNN] Mary Peltola set to make history as the first Alaska Native in Congress

September 1, 2022August 31, 2022 News Alaska, American Indian/Alaska Native children, Congress, Democrat, House of Representatives, indigenous, indigenous peoples, Mary Peltola, native american, Native Americans

Democrat Mary Peltola is set to make history as the first Alaska Native in Congress – while thwarting the attempted political comeback of former Gov. Sarah Palin – by winning a special House election, according to unofficial ranked-choice voting results released Wednesday by the state Division of Elections. Her unlikely bid for the House was … Read more