At the College of Menominee Nation, instructors, students, and elders are using technology to restore language.

For 11 years, a project at Sinte Gleska University has been recording, transcribing, and translating the Lakota language.

Grant-funded literary discussion project brings students, college employees, and community members together to discuss shared challenges of preserving American Indian identity in a society of cultural assimilation.

The path Joy Farley took to become museum registrar at IAIA’s Museum of Contemporary Native Arts in Santa Fe, NM, included challenging internships and many travel experiences.

At the end of June, Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College (FLTCC, Cloquet, MN) helped sponsor the Nagaajiwanaang (Fond du Lac) Ojibwe Language Immersion Camp. More than 300 people attended the four-day gathering, which was held at a Kiwenz Campground on Minnesota’s Big Lake. This was the camp’s second year. Families gathered from all (more)

Native American rapper and entrepreneur Litefoot gave the keynote address at the graduation ceremonies for Sitting Bull College (SBC, Fort Yates, ND) in May 2010, focusing on spirituality. “Pray, pray, pray, pray, pray,” he said. “An education is important, but what you do with it is just as important,” Litefoot said. “But even more important (more)

The federal Administration for Native Americans (ANA) recognized Fort Belknap College’s “Speaking White Clay Language Immersion Project” last Fall in a ceremony Sept. 22, 2008, in Washington, DC. Selected out of 211 projects, the project at Fort Belknap College (FBC, Harlem, MT) received the ANA Commissioners Award for outstanding success. White Clay Immersion School Director (more)