Smokey McKinney passed away on October 12. His legacy is being celebrated by family and friends on October 30. The Legacy celebration will take place at 2:30 at the Carnegie Building and will be followed by an open house reception (4-7 pm) which will include a story slam. McKinney taughtContinue Reading
Anthony (Tony) Polacca, 79, of Lawrence, Kansas, passed away on August 17, 2021, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Lawrence Kansas. From Colorado River Indian Tribes reservation, Parker, Arizona. He graduated from Parker High School and later attended Haskell Indian Nations University. He was born September 14, 1941, in Keams Canyon, Arizona,Continue Reading
Past Haskell Indian Nations University (HINU) librarian James “Babe” Lee Jones Jr. passed away at the age of 72, Thursday, June 10, and was laid to rest in his birthplace of Seminole, Oklahoma Monday. Jones was a Haskell Institute Alumni and returned to work in the HINU community following hisContinue Reading
Haskell Indian Nations University (HINU) Mail Clerk Althea “Bea” Dawn Tapahonso Eaton, self-described as the university Postmistress, passed at the age of 50 on March 26. Althea’s family will be holding a viewing in Lawrence on March 30 and she will be laid to rest on April 2 in Fruitland,Continue Reading
Nia Iris Schexnider, a Food Service Worker at Haskell Indian Nations University (HINU) passed on Sunday October 4, on the cusp of her thirtieth birthday. Schexnider was a HINU alumnus who graduated with an Associate of Science degree in Natural Sciences in 2012. Schexnider loved music and was always listeningContinue Reading
The news of our very own hits tremendously for Haskell Indian Nations University’s community, but directions towards healing and rejoicing need to be lionized. On March 16th, 2020 the HINU campus experienced and received word of what no one wishes to hear, our beloved relative and Haskell student Jude ThinContinue Reading
There is no amount of words that can be expressed for the loss of our loved ones. Our Haskell’s Alum and past employee Wekota “Koty” Crow Ghost, had been called home. Our deepest condolences for the immediate family and friends. Crow Ghost is an enrolled member of the Winnebago TribeContinue Reading
A few weeks ago, Trevor Mohawk, a Haskell alum was shot and killed just a couple blocks from his house in Lawrence. Mohawk, 32 had graduated from Haskell and after attaining his degree, continued to reside in Lawrence. Originally from Wisconsin, he worked at the Jefferson’s Bar and Grill onContinue Reading