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The Biden Administration today issued a fact sheet on moves to improve nursing home care. The following is the text of that report: For far too long, nursing home residents have been victims of an industry with little accountability to keep American seniors safe and protected. COVID-19 has ...

WSU Pullman is commemorating Indigenous People’s Day with a series of events on Oct. 10.

The University of Maine Native American Programs and UMaine Extension have hired Tony Sutton as assistant professor of Native American Food Systems. Sutton’s position will focus on Native American food systems and sovereignty, building on relationships established with the Tribes and grants and programs developed in Native American Programs.  Sutton moved to Maine from Oregon […]

Darren Ranco, chair of Native American Programs and coordinator of Native American Research at the University of Maine, was interviewed by Atlas Obscura for an article about the Indigenous origins of the clam bake. “I think there is a popular conception that [clam bakes] are a European adoption of indigenous traditions, a tradition that, for […]

After more than three years of serving as executive director for tribal relations primarily focused on the Pullman campus, Zoe Higheagle Strong is taking on broader, systemwide responsibilities.

During its annual weeklong national training meeting, the National Indian Native American Employment Training Council welcomed a member of President Joe Biden’s cabinet to briefly address the gathering on the

Representatives from the U.S. Department of Education and the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Rural, Insular and Native American Programs, along with risk management officials are scheduled to arrive

To make campus a better place for Native students, the best thing to do is to get those students involved. The Kinap Mentorship program at the University of Maine Machias empowers Native students to engage with their culture on campus and take what they have learned to empower the local tribal community.  Since about 2013, […]

Harvard Graduate School of Education grad Nolan Altvater ’22 plans to work on changing education policy regarding Wabanaki culture in Maine public schools.

On an abnormally snowy Saturday outside of Beasley Coliseum, Native American tribes from all over the region traveled to partake in the 44th annual Pah-Loots-Puu Powwow.  A Powwow is a Native American Indigenous ceremony with various groups coming together to dance and honor the traditions of their ancestors.  This year’s Powwow was put together by...