Haskell Indian Nations University has made a significant step forward within the local community. As a symbol of the continuing partnership between HINU and the City of Lawrence, the city commission passed a proclamation recognizing its “long and historic relationship with indigenous peoples of Lawrence.” University Student Government Association (SGA)Continue Reading
At the University of Kansas, professor and Native scholar Sarah Deer, a member of the Muscogee Creek Nation, held her presentation Sovereignty of the Soul: Centering the Voices of Native Women. Deer voiced her findings and research in her presentation on various topics concerning Native rights, women’s rights, and LGBTQContinue Reading
How do you bring people together? This is the question Alaska Club had to ask itself as member attendance was at its low. Armando DeAsis tells The Indian Leader about the background behind their game night and their boost in attendance. What was the reason for your game night? “IContinue Reading
The porcelain thrones of OsceolaKeokuk Hall have finally achieved a royal flush, or lack of it. Problems with backed-up and unflushed toilets have reached a pinnacle as 7 out of 7 of the working toilets on first floor of the men’s dorm were full of un-flushed sewage. Out of theContinue Reading
Haskell October Student Activities on Campus and around Lawrence MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4th9am-4:30pm Ard/D Innovation Collaborative Exhibition Opening Chalamers Hall, Third floor, 1467 Jayhawk Blvd.7pm-10pm Open Mic Night with Megan Luttrell Kaw Valley Public House, 444 Locus St. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5th7pm Haskell Men’s Basketball Vs. Tabor College Haskell Indian Nations University,Continue Reading
On October 14th, Kansas State University’s held its Indigenous People’s Day conference, “Asserting Sovereignty: Innovations and Battlegrounds.” K-State brought in two guest speakers, Sarah Deer, J.D. who presented “Sovereignty of the Soul,” and Susan Faircloth, Ph.D. who presented “Education as an Impediment or Imperative of Sovereignty?” In “Sovereignty of theContinue Reading
“To be born American Indian today is to have survived a holocaust of a very particular kind, one whose evidence is everywhere, all the time.” -Dina Gilio-Whitaker On Wednesday Oct.4th, over 40 students marched down Massachusetts Street, The students were joined with staff and local tribal people, all carrying andContinue Reading
On Saturday, October 12th Haskell Indian Nations University held an event called, Day at the U, which highlighted the outstanding educational opportunities available at Haskell. Haskell provided 10 free classes with nine different Haskell professors. Haskell invited the Lawrence community to take part in these courses for a day, moreContinue Reading
Dana Warrington, the founder of Young Blood Artwork, came to Haskell Indian Nations University campus on October 13th to exhibit his award-winning pieces and to help encourage and educate the young native youth the traditional art form of quillwork. Warrington is an enrolled Prairie Band Potawatomi tribal member of KansasContinue Reading