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Tribal Students Compete in UCLA Law School Program at Morongo Morongo is first Indian reservation to host moot court program, conducted by UCLA’s Tribal Learning Community & Educational Exchange through which Native American youth earn university credits.
Written by Morongo Media Release
MORONGO INDIAN RESERVATION – Native American students from Southern and Central California learned about the legal system and earned college credits as they squared off Saturday Dec. 5 in the UCLA Law School’s moot court competition held at the Morongo Tribal Administrative Center. Read more >
American Indians for Higher Education The American Indian Recruitment program was established at SDSU to promote success in academics in the American Indian community. Monday, July 15, 2013 ByHallie Jacobs
In 1993, Dwight Lomayesva ('99), a Hopi Tribal member and San Diego State University student, noticed a shortage of American Indians in higher education.
3 Thoughts: UNLV 27, Aztecs 24 ... They are who they are, rushing struggles, QB situation
Kirk Kenney - Contact Reporter
Three thoughts after San Diego State’s 27-24 loss Saturday night to UNLV:
1. They are who they are
A school-record three straight seasons with double-digit wins from 2015-17 raised expectations as high as they’ve ever been for the SDSU football program.
A six-game winning streak — highlighted by victories over Arizona State and Boise State — after a season-opening loss at Stanford supported the notion that this year would measure up to the others.
The truth is the Aztecs could just as easily have lost several of the games they won, especially considering they were without their entire starting backfield for half the season. SDSU found ways to win, despite an offense averaging barely 20 points a game, by making key plays at key moments.
Frequently it was big stops on defense that saved the day. Or a backup quarterback with a knack for a big third-down completion or scrambling for a crucial first down. Playing hard and finding a way to win are fine attributes for a football team.
The American Indian Recruitment Program Providing 25 years of Community Service
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AIR Programs Banquet 2018
We congratulate our 2018 AIR Programs Awardees. Each year we honor those that have demonstrated great achievement in community contribution, academics and leadership.
Mentor Leadership and Student Awardee: Bernice Paipa (Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel)
Thank you for helping our Native Youth pursue a greater future within education Student Leadership Awardee: Tate Garcia (Lakota/Tongva)
Student Leadership Awardee: Kaiya Maxcy
(Barona Band of Mission Indians)
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Indian Country:
Colorado River Indian Tribes Offer Large Supply of Water to Arizona’s Drought Contingency Plan Parker Pioneer (From the CRIT Facebook page)
Nov 13, 2018 Updated 22 hrs ago
The Colorado River Indian Tribes (CRIT) Tribal Council in western Arizona has offered the State of Arizona 50,000 acre feet of water a year for three years beginning in January 2020 to head off drought caused water shortages and help insure the state of Arizona in the Drought Contingency Planning while protecting the Colorado River. Currently, the state of Arizona is struggling as water levels continue to drop at Lake Mead.
The water from the CRIT offer, outlined in a Nov. 9 letter to the Arizona Department of Water Resources and the Central Arizona Conservation District, would be stored in Lake Mead to help the State of Arizona and other Colorado River Basin states adopt the Lower Basin Drought Contingency Plan. Read more>
Native Sun News Today: Tribes discuss takeover of troubled hospital
Is Sioux San move a done deal?
By Ernestine Chasing Hawk - Native Sun News Today Staff Writer - nativesunnews.today
RAPID CITY – The future of Sioux San Hospital, one of the oldest buildings in Rapid City and the nucleus of the Rapid City Indian Community, is at stake.
A proposal to build a new facility on land donated by local developer Hani Shafei on the northeast side of Rapid City and operated by the Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board via a 638 contract under the Indian Self Determination Act has many Indian community members asking questions.
To answer questions that still remain over the future of Sioux San Hospital, CEO of the Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board Jerilyn Church gave a comprehensive presentation last Wednesday evening at the Journey Museum. Read more>
Anti-Indian hate crimes rose dramatically in first year of Trump presidency Tuesday, November 13, 2018 - By Acee Agoyo
Hate crimes against Native Americans increased a whopping 63 percent in the first year of Donald Trump's presidency, according to new data released by the FBI.
Law enforcement agencies across the nation reported 251 hate crime incidents against American Indians and Alaska Natives in 2017. That represents a significant jump from the 154 incidents seen as the Barack Obama era came to a close.
The incidents involved 321 victims, according to the Uniform Crime Reporting Program’s annual Hate Crime Statistics report. That figure represents a nearly 90 percent increase in victims from the year prior, the data shows.
The report does not fully explore the reasons the dramatic rise in hate crimes against the first Americans. It's possible that law enforcement agencies are doing a better job at disclosing such incidents or that Native people have been more willing to come forward when they feel victimized. Read more>
GOP Mississippi senator facing criticism over comment about 'public hanging' By Kate Sullivan, CNN - Updated 9:04 AM ET, Mon November 12, 2018
Washington (CNN-)Mississippi Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith joked about going "front row" to a "public hanging" in a video posted to Twitter on Sunday morning, prompting her African-American opponent to call her comment "reprehensible."
"If he invited me to a public hanging, I'd be on the front row," the senator is heard saying in the video.
Hyde-Smith faces former Democratic Rep. Mike Espy in a runoff election on November 27 for the Mississippi Senate seat. The runoff election was triggered when neither she nor Espy received more than 50% of the vote total on November 6.
Hyde-Smith was appointed in April to fill the seat vacated by longtime Republican Sen. Thad Cochran, who stepped down due to health reasons. She became the first female senator to represent the state. Read more>
Fake Courts for Real Learning with Morongo Tribe ICTMN Staff - 12/23/15
The Morongo Band of Mission Indians remains a strong advocate for education, according to tribal chairman Robert Martin. That devotion could be seen in the moot court competition held at the Morongo Tribal Administrative Center on December 5.
American Indian students from Southern and Central California participated in UCLA Law School’s competition, during which they learned about the legal system and earned college credits. Read More>
ANA is pleased to anounce the inclusion of AIR's Pride for Life Project within "Fiscal Year 2008 Report to Congress on Impact and Effectiveness of Administration for Native American Projects" and the inclusion of AIR's Voices of Tomorrow Project within "Fiscal Year 2009 Report to Congress on Impact and Effectiveness of Administration for Native American Projects"
USD Basketball
Toreros Win PFL Title on Record-Setting Day
San Diego wins 11th PFL title, secures FCS Playoffs berth
SAN DIEGO – San Diego clinched the Pioneer Football League championship and automatic berth to the FCS Playoffs with a thrilling 56-52 victory against Davidson on Saturday afternoon at Torero Stadium.
It was a wild game filled with offense as FCS offensive records and program records were broken en route to the Toreros (8-2, 7-0 PFL) seventh PFL title in the past eight years and fifth consecutive.
With a Marist loss at Drake earlier in the day, a Toreros victory against the Wildcats (5-5, 2-5 PFL) would secure their 11th PFL title in program history and fifth consecutive trip to the FCS Playoffs.
The Toreros needed its biggest comeback of the season to get the job done, however, as Davidson produced electrifying offensive plays and jumped on USD early. The Toreros trailed the Wildcats by 24 points twice in the first half. Read more >
UCLA Football:
Will this be the worst USC-UCLA game ever? Not necessarily
By DAVID WHARTON
NOV 13, 2018 | 4:00 PM
His UCLA team had just lost to Arizona State, another misstep in a long, dismal season, when tight end Caleb Wilson was asked about facing USC next weekend. Did it mean anything special?
“It used to,” he said. “But it’s just another game to me.”
If that sounds like heresy — at least to college football fans in Southern California — Wilson has the numbers to justify his lack of reverence for the 88th edition of the crosstown rivalry.
Saturday marks only the seventh time since 1929 that neither the Bruins nor the Trojans have a winning record entering the annual showdown. Their 13 combined losses are the most ever.
The teams won’t battle each other for a Rose Bowl berth, which they have done on 22 occasions. There won’t be an epic struggle in the national spotlight, nothing reminiscent of O.J. Simpson versus Gary Beban or Troy Aikman versus Rodney Peete.
The 5-5 Trojans are simply hoping to get bowl-eligible before their finale against third-ranked Notre Dame. And the Bruins? They’re looking for a bright spot in a 2-8 season.
“We’re obviously competing every week here and we’ve been close a couple times,” UCLA coach Chip Kelly said. “I think [a win] would pay big dividends to these guys.” Read more >
