Texas Approves Curriculum Revised by Conservatives
(TEXAS) -- After three days of turbulent meetings, the Texas Board of Education on Friday approved a social studies curriculum that will put a conservative stamp on history and economics textbooks, stressing the superiority of American capitalism, questioning the Founding Fathers’ commitment to a purely secular government and presenting Republican political philosophies in a more positive light.
First Nations University won't get money
(SASKATCHEWAN) -- A delegation from First Nations University of Canada has been told Ottawa won't restore $7 million in annual funding to the struggling Saskatchewan-based institution.
FNUC Funding Frustration / Students Assocation will fight for money
(SASKATCHEWAN) -- The fight for funding may be far from over. In Ottawa Thursday, Federal Indian Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl said the government will not budge and the First Nations University will not get back the dollars it desperately needs. Diane Adams, President of the FNUC Students Association, believes the feds are making a big mistake.
Aboriginals in desperate fight to save university
(SASKATCHEWAN) -- Students and staff from Canada's only Aboriginal university are pleading with the federal government to restore funding, saying the school will run out of money by the end of the month if something doesn't change.
Pueblo High students pick a new mascot
(ARIZONA) -- If you see a wolf on the Pueblo Magnet High School campus, don’t panic, it’s just the new mascot. The student body has submitted its votes and the wolf beat out both the dragon and the puma, which were also vying for the coveted spot.
Former professor pens Arapaho book
(MISSOURI) -- Ex-Missouri Southern professor Bobbie Steere, department of education, has just released his book The Trace of the Southern Arapaho.
Sask. chiefs OK university funding plan
(SASKATCHEWAN) -- A plan that would see troubled First Nations University of Canada give up control of its finances and receive money through another university has been approved by Saskatchewan chiefs.
Scholarship fund almost gone, FNUC says
(SASKATCHEWAN) -- The First Nations University of Canada says its scholarship fund — a fund that's supposed be worth around $400,000 — has been used "inappropriately" and is nearly empty.
Red Cloud principal takes Nebraska job
(SOUTH DAKOTA) -- Nick Dressel, Red Cloud Indian School high school principal, has announced that he will leave the position in June to become principal at Chadron Middle School in Nebraska.
Aboriginal recognition urged for schools
(VANCOUVER) -- The BC Teachers' Federation is urging school districts in the Province to start all major school events with an "aboriginal recognition." BCTF delegates green-lighted the recommendation at the Union's Annual General Meeting in downtown Vancouver.
Women of Influence series to welcome Seneca Nation member
(NEW YORK) -- The Alfred University Women’s Leadership Center will host Dr. Lori Quigley, member of the Seneca Nation (Wolf Clan) and associate dean of the School of Education at Buffalo State College, at 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 18 in Nevins Theater, Powell Campus Center.
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