http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/education RSS Feed for ICT - Living - Education en-us Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/education/85846637.html DENVER – The American Indian College Fund appointed Eric Anderson to the position of vice president for resource development. http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/education/85818602.html DENVER – The American Civil Liberties Union is arguing that former professor Ward Churchill should be reinstated by the University of Colorado because he was wrongly fired for exercising his right to free speech. http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/education/85512822.html ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Big Brothers Big Sisters of America is in the midst of an accelerated, nationwide effort to reach out to vulnerable youth in American Indian and Alaska Native communities. http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/education/85506762.html BOZEMAN, Mont. – A group of American Indian students at Montana State University have launched an organization that is working to build leadership skills and promote global cultural exchange among indigenous youth. http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/education/85505897.html The Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana will be breathing new life into its language with the help of modern technology. The revival is being made possible with Rosetta Stone software. http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/education/85505592.html MYSTIC, Conn. (AP) – Each June, Leslie Stalker accompanies his fellow Alaskan villagers as they use a small fleet of boats to herd beluga whales into shallow water. They then harpoon and shoot them. http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/education/85503857.html Heavy snowfall made for some tough traveling at times, especially for Phoenix resident Kia Ratliff, but she said the Montana Post Secondary Educational Opportunities Council and Montana Tribal College’s sponsored six college/career fairs event was well coordinated and made even more worthwhile by the local hospitality. http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/education/85502702.html On average, less than 50 percent of American Indian and Alaska Native students from the Pacific and Northwestern regions of the United States graduate high school, according to a new study by The Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles at University of California, Los Angeles’ Graduate School of Education and Information Studies (GSE&IS). http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/education/85502587.html VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) – The University of South Dakota is accepting applications for the inaugural summer university program at the Crazy Horse Memorial. http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/education/84784742.html FORT YATES, N.D. – On the heels of President Barack Obama’s first State of the Union address, Sitting Bull College students traveled to Washington, D.C. and met with federal legislators.