Stay updated with breaking news from Indian Question. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — As the third president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Francis Amasa Walker helped usher the school into national prominence in the late 1800s.
Francis Amasa Walker helped usher the school into national prominence — and shaped the nation’s hardline policies toward Native Americans.
Francis Amasa Walker helped usher the school into national prominence — and shaped the nation’s hardline policies toward Native Americans.
MIT grapples with early leader's stance on Native Americans | 2021-10-15 13:16:40
MIT is now grappling with calls from Native American students and others to strip Walker's name from a campus building that is central to student life - part of a broader push for the nation's higher education institutions to atone for the role they played in the decimation of Native American tribes.