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The Meaning of the Sacred White Buffalo

May 9, 2012 – 8:09 pm

When a white buffalo calf, a male calf named Lightning Medicine Cloud, and its mother were slaughtered this week at Native-owned Lakota Ranch in Texas, Indian Country was outraged. This is because white buffalo are not only rare (according to the National Bison Association, just one out of every 10 million buffalo born are white), [...]

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AIHEC Student Conference Honors the Drum

April 12, 2012 – 9:40 pm

It is always great to get out and meet our students. At the 31st annual American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) Student Conference in Rapid City, South Dakota, we had that chance. Native students gather to participate in competitions and celebrate the work they do at the tribal colleges as they pursue a college education [...]

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The Making of Our Ad Campaign–See the Video

February 15, 2012 – 5:17 pm

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to create a national advertising campaign? Wieden+Kennedy filmed a behind-the-scenes video to show you how it’s done. The video includes interviews with legendary director and video producer Joe Pytka, film photographer Anne Menke, Wieden+Kennedy founders Dan Wieden and David Kennedy, American Indian College Fund president and [...]

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Student Punished for Speaking Native Language

January 31, 2012 – 4:27 pm

A Menominee high school student in Wisconsin was punished for speaking her Native language there. She was teaching other students how to say specific words, such as “hello,”, “thank you,” and “good bye” in her Native tongue. Her teacher said it was inappropriate because she could not understand what she was saying and therefore could [...]