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Hot cars: Choctaw Central High School’s Solar Program
(TEXAS) -- 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.
Wakefield students learn language, culture firsthand
(VIRGINIA) -- First, fly to Buenos Aires. Then travel to the Argentinean city of Salta. Then head to the small town of Tartagal near the Bolivian border. Then board off-road vehicles for a 15-mile trip into the jungle.
Salazar touts tuition bill
(COLORADO) -- It is only fair that the federal government pay the Native American tuition waiver for out-of-state students attending Fort Lewis College, U.S. Rep. John Salazar said Wednesday.
Solar car team wins national title
(TEXAS) -- The Choctaw Central High School Solar Car Team has an opportunity to participate in the World Solar Car Race in Australia in 2011 after winning a national championship this summer.
Arizona State University increases graduation rates
(ARIZONA) -- 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.
Fort Hall School Helps Students Preserve Culture
(IDAHO) -- The first day of September means many kids across eastern Idaho have hung up their beach towels and put on their back packs. But for students at the Shoshone-Bannock Junior and Senior High School, going back to is about much more than building bright future. Its about preserving their past.
San Pasqual breaks ground for new classrooms
(ARIZONA) -- It's out with the old, and in with the new Wednesday at San Pasqual Valley Unified School District, as officials broke ground on new classrooms.
Native American students straddle cultures, struggle in school
(UTAH) -- Native American students have the lowest achievement levels of any ethnic group in Utah, but there is one bright spot among them, a tribe that outperforms all others.
Shoshone-Bannock gets school accreditation
(IDAHO) -- The Shoshone-Bannock Junior and Senior High School has received accreditation from the Northwest Association of Accredited Schools, and it is opening a lot of new doors.
Angelique EagleWoman – distinguished in many ways
(IDAHO) -- 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.
Leech Lake Tribal College ranked in U.S. top 10
(MINNESOTA) -- Leech Lake Tribal College ranked seventh in the top 10 community colleges in the nation, according to Washington Monthly online.
Tribal college in N.D. expanding in phases
(NORTH DAKOTA) -- Cankdeska Cikana Community College in Fort Totten is expanding, in phases. Enrollment at the tribal college has grown from 130 students a few years ago to an anticipated 250 this fall.
MSU recruiting Native American students for ag ed programs
(MONTANA) -- Montana State University is recruiting five Native American students into the College of Agriculture's agricultural education division thanks to a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture/National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Indigenous programs soar at University of Victoria
(BRITISH COLUMBIA) -- 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.
Arizona State University increases graduation rates
(ARIZONA) -- 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.
Class studies modern native works
(NEW MEXICO) -- The room was packed, as a large contingent of architecture and planning students, along with others not attending UNM, listened intently to Duane Blue Spruce speak Monday evening in the Pearl Hall Auditorium.
Native American building welcomes students
(MONTANA) -- “It’s a really nice building and they did a really nice job,” she said, surveying her surroundings. “I think it’s important for this building to be here.”
Months after flood, South Dakota school opens with optimism
(SOUTH DAKOTA) -- 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.
Museum resources available to WSU
(WASHINGTON) -- The Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture's Center for Plateau Cultural Studies has joined forces with WSU to bring students resources and information from the museum’s collection.
Native American building welcomes students
(MONTANA) -- Early Monday afternoon, Amanda Shadoan sat near a window with an eastern exposure in the Payne Family Native American Center. The sophomore elementary education major was soaking in the vaulted-ceiling lobby while waiting for her Introduction to Native American Studies class to begin.
Fort Totten community college expanding in phases
(NORTH DAKOTA) -- Enrollment at the tribal college has grown from 130 students a few years ago to an anticipated 250 this fall.
Marty Benefit Here Wednesday
(SOUTH DAKOTA) -- A world-renowned blues-rock artist from the Yankton Sioux reservation will perform this week in Yankton in a benefit concert for the Marty Indian School.
Months after flood, SD school opens with optimism
(SOUTH DAKOTA) -- 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.
Kids learn about important life lessons through mission
(PENNSYLVANIA) -- South Dakota's Rosebud Indian Reservation may encompass one of the poorest counties in the United States, but it is a wealth of Native American history and culture.
Angelique EagleWoman – distinguished in many ways
(SOUTH DAKOTA) -- 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.
ND college starts school year on a new campus
(NORTH DAKOTA) -- A local college is moving over to a brand new campus this year – one that cost $23 million and more than tripled its square footage.
Native Women’s Leadership Forum Sept. 27 – 28
(WASHINGTON) -- The seventh annual Native Women’s Leadership Forum features a two-day Native Youth Leadership Academy for girls in high school and college, an intergenerational dialogue on empowerment and issues, and the Enduring Spirit Honoring Luncheon.
Ageless teachings for modern classrooms
(COLORADO) -- 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.
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