Bismarck, North Dakota, is the home of United Tribes Technical College (UTTC), which celebrated 50 years as a tribal college in 2019 and was one of the first tribal colleges in the United States. As COVID-19 spread throughout the country in 2020, cases remained fairly low in North Dakota throughout most of the summer. In mid-November, however, events took a drastic turn for the worse. North Dakota was ranked number one in the United States for confirmed positive COVID cases per capita, and Bismarck, located in Burleigh County, had the highest positivity rate in the state. Statistically speaking, Bismarck was the most dangerous place in the United States as it related to the percentage of COVID-19 cases. Like all tribal colleges, UTTC had to navigate the unknown, discovering the challenges the pandemic would bring.
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North Dakota passes education bill SB#2304
Law requires all elementary and secondary public and nonpublic schools include curriculum on Native American history
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Law requires all elementary and secondary public and nonpublic schools include curriculum on Native American history
News Release
National Indian Education Association
On Friday, April 23, 2021 Governor Doug Burgum signed the flagship education act, North Dakota Senate Bill 2304, into law requiring all elementary and secondary public and nonpublic schools in the state to include curriculum on Native American history that will become effective on August 1, 2021.
Passed by the 67
th Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota in a 76-16 vote on April 19, 2021, the Bill sets a new precedent in the state of North Dakota and serves as an example of tribal-state partnerships in advancing Native education for all. The Bill includes an active timeline for i
“We have no greater concern than the future of this planet and the life upon it.”
In many ways this statement sums up the essence of Indigenous wisdom, a worldview that recognizes human connection to the planet and also emphasizes respect and responsibility for the Earth.
These words, however, are not quoted from the speech of an American Indian leader. They were taken from the 1988 report, “Earth System Science: A Closer View,” by a NASA advisory council, the Earth Systems Sciences Committee. The committee was tasked in 1983 with creating direction for NASA’s Earth Sciences Program.
This report is part of the “Bretherton Report,” named after committee chairman Francis Bretherton of the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Released in two volumes, “Earth System Science: An Overview” (1985) and “Earth System Science: A Closer View” (1988), the report is considered a seminal contribution to the discipline of Earth System Science and its approach to climate
President Cory Sangrey-Billy of Stone Child College has been named the American Indian College Fund’s Honoree of the Year.
The American Indian College Fund will honor 35 Tribal College and University Students of the Year, 36 Coca Cola First Generation Scholars, and its 2020-21 Tribal College and University Honoree of the Year at a virtual ceremony on April 5.
Coca-Cola First Generation Scholarships are awarded by the American Indian College Fund and the Coca-Cola Foundation to students who are the first in their families to attend a tribal college or university. The Coca-Cola Foundation has awarded more than $5 million to the College Fund since 1990 to assist more than 400 first-generation Native Americans in their college education. The scholarship is renewable throughout students’ college careers if they maintain a 3.0 grade point average and are active in campus and community life.
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