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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.