Families fight for multicultural, bilingual and educational equity in the face of governmental evasion.
Education
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Colorado State University acknowledges its establishment at ‘dire cost to Native Nations’
The land-grant university hopes to recruit more Indigenous students.
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‘One hell of a testimony’ about mothers and daughters
Debut novelist Kelli Jo Ford writes a lyrical tale of faith and family.
Posted inAugust 1, 2020: Infectious Ideologies
University of California remains vigilant amid DACA decision
Supreme Court rules in favor of DACA program, but immigrant rights still have a long way to go.
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Who will drive school buses during the pandemic?
School administrators struggle to figure out how to get kids to school while keeping bus drivers, who are often older, safe.
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A family starts anew amid COVID-19
Mountain View, California, offers a ‘safe lot’ for RV dwellers.
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Land-grant universities should acknowledge their debt to Indigenous people
Many of the nation’s universities were created with stolen wealth.
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Hispanic-serving colleges and universities struggle to adapt to the pandemic
‘Government support is going to be vital.’
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Explore the land-grab universities data
Reconstruct the ties between Indigenous dispossession and the funding of land-grant universities.
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What role should medical students play during COVID-19?
Some students want to step into the fight against the pandemic, but safety and preparation is a concern.
Posted inApril 1, 2020: Land-Grab Universities
Land-grab universities
Expropriated Indigenous land is the foundation of the land-grant university system.
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How we investigated the land-grant university system
A methodology of our two-year inquiry into the origin of wealth that undergirds the nation’s system of higher education.
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Further reading on HCN’s land-grants university investigation
Dive deep into our bibliography.
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Why the University of California is fighting for DACA
From a campus legal clinic all the way to the Supreme Court, UC stands up for Dreamers.
Posted inDecember 9, 2019: Party Favors
The U.S. has spent more money erasing Native languages than saving them
As tribes fight to save their languages from extinction, has the government done enough?
Posted inOctober 14, 2019: Severed Ties
The U.S. stole generations of Indigenous children to open the West
Indian boarding schools held Native American youth hostage in exchange for land cessions.
Posted inNovember 25, 2019: Forever Mines
Refugees look for belonging in Idaho
The Twin Falls resettlement program continues to thrive in the face of recent serious challenges.
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Climate change research threatened by University of Alaska budget cuts
Gov. Mike Dunleavy slashed university funding by $130 million, alarming Alaskans, scientists and climate specialists.
Posted inJuly 21, 2019: A Radical Return
Can Bacone College reclaim its roots as a center for Native art?
The private college redefined Indigenous art but faces financial and infrastructure challenges today.
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Job Corps program benefits communities, at-risk youth, disaster relief
Trump administration efforts to privatize and close centers met bipartisan pushback.