The Carleton College Weitz Center for Creativity Auditorium will be filled with the sights and sounds of traditional Hula April 7. Members of Halau Kiawekupono O Ka Ua, a male dance troupe from O’ahu, Hawaii, will present a free evening…
April 4, 2012
An Evening of Hula at Carleton College
April 3, 2012
Natives at Penn Celebrate Third Annual Pow Wow on University of Pennsylvania’s Campus
Natives at Penn is a group that “aims to celebrate Native American heritage and to increase visibility and awareness of native cultures on the University of Pennsylvania campus,” the Daily Pennsylvanian reports, and they did so in style this past…
March 29, 2012
Julia Keefe Senior Recital Webcast Tonight
Julia Keefe, Nez Perce, a jazz vocalist whose “Open Letter to the Neshui Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame” was published on this site today, has another something happening today: She is giving her senior recital at the University of Miami’s…
American Indian Business Leaders Conference Honors Elouise Cobell
The theme of this year’s American Indian Business Leaders 18th Annual National Business Conference (AIBL 2012) is “Inspiring a New Generation of Warriors.” To inspire those warriors, the conference will recognize and honor Elouise Cobell, who AIBL calls “one of…
Ute Leaders Discuss American Indian Education
From plans for a new college to concerns about soaring tuition costs, officials of the Southern Ute Indian and Ute Mountain Ute tribes grappled with the promises and difficulties of education in the 21st century. They met with state representatives and…
March 25, 2012
March 24, 2012
Native Languages Bill Takes Another Step Forward
Native American language teaching won a victory March 21 when a bill that would help to preserve tribal languages sailed through an education committee of the Colorado House of Representatives by unanimous vote. The bill, already approved in a Senate…
March 23, 2012
Sold-Out Conference Draws 1,400-Plus Aboriginal Youth
Martial arts, interactions with elders, community violence and substance abuse topped the youthful aboriginal agenda at a recent conference that drew sellout crowds. More than 1,400 young aboriginals from across Canada flocked to Nanaimo, British Columbia, last week for the…
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