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First Nations Native Shot By Seattle Police Dept for Carving Wood - A gathering will be held at DayBreak Star tomorrow Wednesday September 8th, 2010 at 6 pm Pacific Standard Time. Call United Indians DayBreak Star for more information in Seattle, Washington. Thank you all who can come and support these brothers of our Indigenous People. Their contact phone number is: 206-285-4425. Seattle carver’s slaying angers B.C. chief http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/09/03/bc-carver-shot-seattle.html Native-American [...] [from Native News/Daily Headlines in Indian Country ] Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:45:35 +0000Berenstain Bears to be translated into Lakota - SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – The popular Berenstain Bears cartoon characters will soon be helping bring the Lakota language to life in homes across the region. [from Indian Country Today Education ] Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:16:26 GMT
Hot cars: Choctaw Central High School’s Solar Program - The all-Native American Choctaw Central High School solar car team won the Hunt-Winston School Solar Car Challenge this year, has been invited to the Solar Car World Challenge in Australia next year, probably ranks among the top 10 secondary school and collegiate solar car teams in the country, and is eager to share their knowledge and experience with other schools. [from Indian Country Today Education ] Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT
Arizona State University increases graduation rates - Arizona State University ranked fourth place in the nation among universities awarding Native students bachelor degrees during the 2007-08 academic year, according to a report from the National Center for Education Statistics, released in March. [from Indian Country Today Education ] Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT
Indigenous programs soar at University of Victoria - Eleven drummers beat furiously on a large drum as they chanted a song of welcome. Elegantly carved eagles, orcas (killer whales), frogs and bears looked down from eight posts around the edge of the large room. An overflow crowd filled the ceremonial hall of the First Peoples House, a stunning new building that establishes a powerful aboriginal presence in the heart of the University of Victoria campus in British Columbia. [from Indian Country Today Education ] Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT
Months after flood, South Dakota school opens with optimism - MARTY, S.D. (AP) – The students and staff at the Marty Indian School received an extra week of summer vacation this year, but they would gladly have given up the reason in order to start classes on time. [from Indian Country Today Education ] Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:51:44 GMT
San Ildefonso Pueblo goes back to its future - SAN ILDEFONSO PUEBLO, N.M. (AP) – Not more than a dozen miles from a high-profile lab so cutting edge that PhDs come and go like New York taxi drivers, the soil is worked hard by hand just like it was worked more than 400 years ago. [from Indian Country Today Education ] Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:45:09 GMT
NATIONAL INDIAN EDUCATION ASSOCIATION JOB ANNOUNCEMENT - NATIONAL INDIAN EDUCATION ASSOCIATION JOB ANNOUNCEMENT NIEA Job Description: Director of Communications For Immediate Hire The National Indian Education Association (NIEA) seeks a full time, in house Director of Communications to assist in creating and executing an overarching communications plan to promote and expand the influence and capacity of the organization to accomplish its mission and provide increased [...] [from Native News/Daily Headlines in Indian Country ] Sun, 29 Aug 2010 22:56:03 +0000
Priceless Record of Native American World on Brink of Change at Bonhams - LONDON.- A series of fascinating and important 19th century portraits of Native Americans by the pioneering German/American photographer, John Karl Hillers are for sale in Bonhams India and Beyond sale at Knightsbridge on 5 October 2010. Hillers emigrated with his family to the USA from his native Hanover in 1852 when he was just nine years [...] [from Native News/Daily Headlines in Indian Country ] Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:59:58 +0000
Original Navajo Code Talker still tells his story - By FELICIA FONSECA (AP) ALBUQUERQUE — Tourists hurry inside a shop here to buy books about the famed Navajo Code Talkers, warriors who used their native language as their primary weapon. Outside, on a walk sheltered from the sun, nine of the Code Talkers sit at a table autographing the books. Each is an old man now. [...] [from Native News/Daily Headlines in Indian Country ] Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:52:28 +0000
Angelique EagleWoman – distinguished in many ways - Angelique EagleWoman said it best: “It’s just an amazing year!” The awards, honors and kudos she has received have been many and notable – and that’s the way it should be for this remarkable young woman. [from Indian Country Today Education ] Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:00:00 GMT
Ageless teachings for modern classrooms - IGNACIO, Colo. – Mountain aspens will begin to turn their customary autumn gold and soon will be covered with the silver of new snow. School is starting in this southwestern Colorado area. [from Indian Country Today Education ] Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:15:09 GMT
San Francisco Peaks: Sacred Places, Snowbowl and a New Vision for Flagstaff - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Drew Glassford or Beth Huss TEL: 630/726-0001 630/205-3557 EMAIL: tribalwisdom@gmail.com A NEW VISION FOR FLAGSTAFF Create the most Eco-friendly Ski Resort in the World The Tribal Wisdom Foundation (TWF) has presented a non-snowmaking alternative for the ski resort located on the San Francisco Peaks to the Mayor and City Council of Flagstaff. This no snowmaking alternative involves [...] [from Native News/Daily Headlines in Indian Country ] Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:29:54 +0000
Rosetta Stone Endangered Language Program Releases Navajo Language Software - Language-Learning Provider Helps Promote Native American Language Use among Younger Generations ARLINGTON, Va., Aug 24, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Rosetta Stone Inc. /quotes/comstock/13*!rst/quotes/nls/rst (RST 17.37, -0.36, -2.03%) , a leading provider of technology-based language learning solutions, announced today the release of the Navajo-language version of Rosetta Stone(R) software for use by Navajo in language revitalization. Though [...] [from Native News/Daily Headlines in Indian Country ] Tue, 24 Aug 2010 23:42:18 +0000
ND college starts school year on a new campus - FORT YATES, N.D. (AP) – A local college is moving over to a brand new campus this year – one that cost 3 million and more than tripled its square footage. [from Indian Country Today Education ] Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:00:00 GMT
Alaska Native returns to University of Hawaii and Native nonprofit to intern - HONOLULU – Quinn Carroll, a business administration major from a small village in Alaska is heading back to Hawaii to continue his education. Quinn spent the 2009 and 2010 school year working on his degree and working part time at the nonprofit Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement. [from Indian Country Today Education ] Fri, 20 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT
Culturally rich Haida Gwaii an ideal field school location - HAIDA GWAII, British Columbia – Field studies have wrapped up for another year and assignment due dates are pending for another successful Haida Gwaii Field School offering from Northwest Community College. [from Indian Country Today Education ] Fri, 20 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT
Tribal officials: Indian education needs money - EAGLE BUTTE, S.D. – American Indian students could achieve more academically if their crumbling schools are fixed, more money is provided for teachers and supplies and tribes gain more control of what happens in classrooms, tribal officials said Aug. 6 at a congressional hearing. [from Indian Country Today Education ] Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:00:00 GMT
NMSU to break ground on new learning facility in Corona - CORONA, N.M. – New Mexico State University will soon break ground on a facility in Corona that, when completed, will provide a richer learning environment for students through distance education, field trips and support for graduate research projects. [from Indian Country Today Education ] Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:24:33 GMT
