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Chief Leonard Crow Dog, a renowned spiritual leader and Native American rights activist who fought for sovereignty, language preservation and religious freedom, has died at age 78.
President Cory Sangrey-Billy of Stone Child College has been named the American Indian College Fund’s Honoree of the Year.
The American Indian College Fund will honor 35 Tribal College and University Students of the Year, 36 Coca Cola First Generation Scholars, and its 2020-21 Tribal College and University Honoree of the Year at a virtual ceremony on April 5.
Coca-Cola First Generation Scholarships are awarded by the American Indian College Fund and the Coca-Cola Foundation to students who are the first in their families to attend a tribal college or university. The Coca-Cola Foundation has awarded more than $5 million to the College Fund since 1990 to assist more than 400 first-generation Native Americans in their college education. The scholarship is renewable throughout students’ college careers if they maintain a 3.0 grade point average and are active in campus and community life.
Renewable energy at tribal colleges is about more than cost savings and utility bills. Staff at some tribal colleges say that for them, energy projects connect them to their culture and build tribal sovereignty.
“Our culture is centered around the sun and the natural environment,” said Melissa Weatherwax, institutional development director at Blackfeet Community College. “We have a beautiful landscape that we have to take care of and maintain.”
That may be why President Biden, in his first budget request, called for $450 million for climate mitigation and resilience projects in Indian Country with some amount going to help transition tribal colleges to renewable energy.
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This week Patrick and a high profile range of historians, curators and biographers explore the life and legacy of the great Lakota leader Sitting Bull. Joining Patrick on the panel are: Dr Gary Clayton Anderson, Professor of History, The University of Oklahoma and Author of Sitting Bull and the Paradox of the Lakota Nationhood , Bill Yenne, Author of Sitting Bull , Michael B. Moore, Instructor, Native American Studies Department, Sitting Bull College, Ken Woody, Chief of Interpretation, Little Bighorn Battlefield and Mark Halvorson, Director of Collections, North Dakota Heritage Center.