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School starts a Native American studies program amid reckoning over racial justice

by Jessica Bakemann for Marketplace Morning Report

At UM, a Cherokee Student "Embraces" Educating Her Peers About Native Americans

by Jessica Bakeman for WLRN 91.3 FM

Some faculty at the University of Miami responded to last summer's reckoning over racial injustice by proposing a new program in Native American and Global Indigenous Studies. Native Americans are a tiny minority on the Coral Gables campus and one Cherokee graduate student is on her own journey to educate her peers.

The Universidade Federal de Goiás (Brazil) TV hosts Mundo UFG, a series of educational programming. In this edition, NAGIS member Tracy Devine Guzmán discusses U.S.-Brazil relations with a focus on Indigenous and environmental rights.

What Deb Haaland's Nomination as Interior Secretary Means for Indigenous Peoples and the Nation

Excluded from many discussions of race and ethnicity in the United States are the Native caretakers of this land. That is changing with the nomination of Rep. Debra Haaland, D-N.M., as Interior Secretary. It is a watershed moment in the tortured history of relations between the U.S. government and indigenous peoples.

Click here to read the article by Tracy Devine Guzmán, Caroline LaPorte and William J. Pestle, guest columnists for the Tampa Bay Times.

New Native American Studies Program Begins At the University of Miami

The University of Miami introduced its new Native American and Global Indigenous Studies (NAGIS) program with the spring semester Jan. 25. The first course, “Introduction to Native and Indigenous Peoples and Perspectives,” will provide students with a critical overview of the experience of Indigenous people in the U.S. and globally.

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Alumna Works at Dream Job at Seminole Tribe of Florida

Caroline LaPorte, J.D. ’14, a Florida-born descendant of the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, works at her dream job with the Seminole Tribe of Florida. There, she serves as an attorney and judicial advisor in the Seminole Tribal Court, where she advises the judges, who are all members of the Seminole Tribe, on civil procedure and evidence, and other substantive legal issues.

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Team Aims to Elevate Indigenous Voices

A group of professors and staff members are working to start a Native American and Global Indigenous Studies program at the University, beginning with an introductory class offered this spring.

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The Amazon is On Fire - Here is Why It Matters

University of Miami experts share insights on the massive wildfires burning in the Amazon.

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UM Student Promotes Native American Culture On Campus

Allison Cawthon, founder of the Native American Heritage Month Committee, hopes to teach others about her culture and grow the community on campus.

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