BROOKINGS, S.D. (KELO.com) — It’s a worthwhile outreach. South Dakota State University faculty and staff are touring South Dakota’s tribal communities to better understand and support current and future American Indian students. SDSU’s Wokini Initiative has partnered with Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies to create the professional development training series for SDSU faculty and staff. It …
Three North Dakota colleges have benefited from the American Indian College Fund’s $2.25 million Wounspekiya Unspewicakiyapi Native Teacher Education Program that supports Native teacher recruitment, development and retention with the goal of increasing the number of Native students pursuing a teaching career. Wounspekiya Unspewicakiyapi, which means teaching teachers, is funded by Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies. …
13 Foundations contributing $780M in total to help meet Glasgow Declaration Goal SHARM EL-SHEIKH (Nov. 7th, 2022) – Thirteen leading climate philanthropies are part of a new effort to significantly increase philanthropic funding to end and reverse tropical deforestation while delivering just and sustainable development by the end of this decade. New philanthropic funding commitments …
Nonprofit Quarterly Steve Dubb May 1, 2022 The climate crisis is not only a product of greenhouse gas emissions… but also of an ideological shift that was imposed by colonization and capitalism to justify violation of sacred land-, water-, and airways—domination that taught Americans to speak of “resources” instead of “relatives.” – Ruth Miller, Meda …
Red Lake Nation News January 5, 2022 Denver, Colo.—January 4, 2022– Teachers are some of children’s first role models. However, according to the U.S. Department of Education, fewer than one percent of all people in the teaching profession in the United States are Native American, which is compounded by a lack of Native role model …