Indian Leader turns 120!
The world’s oldest Native American-run student newspaper, and Haskell’s own, The Indian Leader, will be celebrating 120 years of publication this year. In addition to providing information about events happening on and around Haskell, students reporting for The Indian Leader have had the opportunity to report on news of nationalContinue Reading
Haskell Talents
Haskell is a home for a wide variety of talented male students. From bead work, to singing, to playing the flute, and drawing. Troy Watterson, a sophomore at HINU, has a passion to bead; self-taught by some friends that showed him a few styles on how to stitch and bead.Continue Reading
Haskell’s Writing Center is Slowly Gaining Attention by Students
Haskell writing center is creating a flow of students in its doors but is still lacking full potential says workers. They share how the writing lab helps students and how they plan to bring in more in the future. Haskell opened a new writing center in the library this semesterContinue Reading
Haskell Royalty Competitions are Underway! See What the Candidates have to Say about Running
Candidates for Miss Haskell and Haskell Brave share why they want to be Miss Haskell or Haskell Brave and why you should vote for them! It’s that time of year again for fellow students stepping up to show the campus on why they feel they would be a good selectionContinue Reading
Haskell English Professor Designs Native American Influenced Board Game
Over the course of 3 years, Haskell University English Professor Smokey McKinney has molded a simple creative idea into a board game called “Nyew Jigwe’k”, or Four Thunders as translated in English. Being a part of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Tribe, he says his board game draws inspiration from theContinue Reading
What is AIHEC?
What is AIHEC? AIHEC stands for The American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC), which is made up of the nation’s tribaly and federally controlled colleges and universities. AIHEC is made up of 37 Tribal Colleges and Universities throughout the United States. “AIHEC’s inception in the mid-1970s is advocacy—telling the storiesContinue Reading
Ethically Blameless: A Report on Cultural Imperialism
Powwows are defined as a gathering of medicine men and spiritual leaders which usually referred to a religious ceremony (Manataka American Indian Council). It has been Americanized today in the sense of almost everything it is. Even the word doesn’t have its original pronunciation of pauwau. Through the use of modernizedContinue Reading
No More Haskell Track & Field
As the Acting Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, Mr. Gary Tanner has recently announced the decision to discontinue Haskell Track & Field. “It was a very hard decision for all of us to make,” Tanner expressed. He added that “cutting the program was not a decision solely made by him, butContinue Reading
Alaska Club Host it’s First Haskell Arctic Games
Recently Haskell’s Alaska Club held its first ever Arctic Games in Tecumseh Hall. Many traditional Alaskan Native games were shown and explained to the audience, educating them about the history of the games. One way to think of it as is the Olympics except it’s more cold and it beingContinue Reading
Students to Hold Indigenous Tribunal on Earth Day
A group of Haskell students have been spending their free time this semester preparing for the upcoming Indigenous Tribunal on Saturday, April 22nd. The tribunal will be an opportunity to learn about Indigenous paradigms of justice. The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) issue will also be discussed within the framework of Indigenous justice. TheContinue Reading