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SANTA FE, N.M. — Traditional management courses often teach aspiring leaders how to keep their employees in line and pursue financial results. While those qualities may fit with the expectations of Corporate America, they fail to address Indigenous perspectives on leadership, which can lead to friction when traditionally trained executives take administrative positions at Native American museums, art programs and cultural centers.
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Sinte Gleska University, a tribal college in Mission, S.D., may soon enter into a partnership with NASA that would result in new science-education programs, more affordable housing for state reservations and the development of 3D housing that could someday be used on the moon or Mars.
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Like his predecessors before him, President Joe Biden issued an executive order outlining how the federal government can support the economic future for Native Americans by strengthening educational opportunities, particularly at Tribal Colleges and Universities.
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In addition to helping develop and market a line of high-end cosmetics, beauty industry executive Amber Garrison has a passion for assisting Native American students in building a strong foundation through education.
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The National Science Foundation has awarded a $10 million grant to a higher education program aimed at broadening Indigenous career pathways in food, energy and water systems.
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SHIPROCK, N.M. — Diné College plans to break ground June 28 on a new $7.4 million math and science building on its Shiprock, New Mexico campus.
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DENVER — Backed by a new grant of more than $1.1 million, the American Indian College Fund plans a pair of new programs at tribal colleges and universities in North Dakota and Montana.
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TSALIE, Ariz — Diné College will begin offering a new Bachelors in Fine Arts degree with an emphasis in creative writing in its fall 2021 semester.
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GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Backed by $450,000 in grant funding from the National Science Foundation, researchers at the University of North Dakota hope to find ways to make engineering more culturally relevant for middle school Native American students.
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Two schools of journalism have announced a collaboration to improve news coverage in Indian Country.