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Intended Audience(s): Public Registration required. Every spring, the Native American Program invites family, friends, faculty, and staff to celebrate the graduation of students with a Blanketing Ceremony. This celebration and gesture recognizes the unique and challenging journey of each student on their path to graduation. This year, we will be hosting an in-person (limited to graduating students, staff, and faculty) and virtual ceremony to celebrate the accomplishments of our graduates. Register for the virtual event at: https://dartgo.org/2021napgraduation Schedule of Events 5:15 pm Rec...

Mychal Valle overcame several challenges to complete his baccalaureate this year Author: Iqbal Pittalwala Share This: When he joined the U.S. Navy in 2010, Mychal Valle didn’t think he would ever return to school. After all, he got to work on new radar technologies in the navy and got recognized for writing technical manuals. But by the time he left the navy in 2016, Valle’s service helped him discover his passion: a career in science. Now 33, Valle graduates with a bachelor’s degree in applied physics and engineering from UC Riverside next month. He has been accepted in...

Both events have been changed for the safety of all families and students involved. Advertisement Plans are to recognize Native graduates for their achievements and excellence throughout the academic year, including giving each student gifts from NAIS and UW’s Native American Education, Research and Cultural Center (NAERCC). Blankets are from the Native-owned company Eighth Generation. “While this saddens everyone involved in the program and the NAERCC, the program has deemed the threat to the Wind River Reservation elders and culture bearers — who often play a central role in gra...

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Nevada Test and Training Range, or NTTR, met with six tribal representatives for an excursion to a Native American cultural site within the NTTR March 21. Nellis Air Force Base initiated its Native American Program 25 years ago to increase the understanding between base leadership and culturally-affiliated tribes. Within Nevada and the surrounding states of California, Utah and Arizona, many tribes maintain strong cultural ties to the NTTR, a 2.9 million-acre area used for Defense Department training and research. The excursion began with a 1.5 mile hike to Pintwater Cave. At the historical N...