Level funding for Indian housing
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- Level funding for Indian housing
- Census of Agriculture Data for American Indian Reservations Available
- Dig turns up American Indian artifacts
- Neb. Indian Comm. College gets grant money
- Indian storyteller entertains at library
- Antioch district decides against book ban
Level funding for Indian housing
Indian Country Today
Indian colleges can get grants of up to $600000 to support college housing under TCUP. Indian Housing Authority residents also benefit from the HUD Resident pportunity and Self Sufficiency program which provides money for them to receive job training and transition from welfare to work. Paul Lumley executive director of the. The 2009 level was a boost from 2008 and Indian housing is benefiting from an additional $510 million set aside under the stimulus program. Between the three funding is “so much more than we ever expected.
Census of Agriculture Data for American Indian Reservations Available
Ag Weekly
Three of Idaho’s American Indian Reservations are included in the publication: Coeur d’Alene Fort Hall and Nez Perce. The publication provides information on agricultural production and economics for 73 reservations across the United States.
Dig turns up American Indian artifacts
Pekin Daily Times
- The remains of a 700-year-old American Indian settlement are slowly beginning to emerge from the ground revealing tools pottery and living quarters. “Almost anywhere we dig we find something” said Michael Conner associate curator at Dickson Mounds Museum. Students from Michigan State University are spending six weeks digging on land at the north end of The Nature Conservancy’s Emiquon Preserve about two miles northeast of the Dickson Mounds Museum. The ongoing dig has turned up shards of pottery arrowheads and the foundations of houses and other structures that date back to about 1300. “There may be upwards of 50 to 100 houses out here somewhere” Conner said.
Neb. Indian Comm. College gets grant money
KTIV
(KTIV) — Education programs in seven states including Nebraska have been selected to receive nearly $3. It's money to train and recruit American Indian teachers and school administrators. As part of the fund Nebraska Indian Community College Macy will receive nearly $127000 in grant money. US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said the grants will help find train and retain the best teachers and administrators within American Indian communities.
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Indian storyteller entertains at library
Muskogee Daily Phoenix
Voted Favorite Indian Performer for 1998 in klahoma in a poll taken by Native American Times his melodic voice can be heard telling stories passed down from generation to generation in his family on the audio tape “klahoma Treasure Trails. ” Two of his family stories are also featured in the book “Spider Spins A Story” published by Northland Publishers. He is the son of Betty Lou Buckley Hill of the Wind Clan and the late Clifton Hill of the Bear Clan. in July 2004 prior to its opening. He was chosen by the state and Disney to represent klahoma’s Centennial at EPCT in rlando Fla.
Antioch district decides against book ban
Chicago Tribune
“The consensus is we feel it is a valuable read a good read” Supt. Jay Sabatino of Community High School District 117 said Monday. He and two board members both teachers spent the weekend reading the book which is on the summer reading list for incoming freshmen.
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