A “sisterhood” graduated students in an Indigenous centered doctoral program. Its aim: to help more Indigenous people become educational leaders in their communities. The program teaches classes critiquing the current structure of educational organizations, policies and evaluation strategies. It also includes canoe trips and hikes on Muckleshoot land in Washington state, to places only accessible to tribal members. Less than 1% of doctoral degrees earned in the U.S. are earned by American Indian or Alaskan Native students, compared with 55% earned by white students, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Indigenous people say they are deterred from pursuing this level of education because of cultural and structural barriers.
A woman from the Oglala Sioux Tribe visiting Denver from South Dakota has been missing since June 11th and police are asking police and community there to keep an eye out for her. Christine Tail, 32, was last seen on that day around 7 p.m. in downtown Denver. At the time, she was wearing a white shirt with a Pride logo, blue shorts and white tennis shoes, according to an alert from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. Tail, who is from South Dakota, was visiting Denver. She went missing on her first night in the city.
Those are your headlines at this hour. I’m Colette Keith in the KIPI News center.
