AIPI Blog
Former AIPI Student Worker Christina Haswood Running for State Office
June 8, 2020 / Mikhail Sundust
[UPDATE] This post was originally published June 8, 2020. Yesterday, August 4, Christina won her primary election in Kansas! Now running unopposed,…
Indian Country Stands in Solidarity with Black Lives Matter
June 5, 2020 / Coby Klar
As protests across the country continue to demand justice for George Floyd, a Black man who died in police custody in Minneapolis, many Native…
I Can't Breathe, But I Want To
June 3, 2020 / Dr. Traci Morris
Ittifatpoli (Chickasaw: "talking about things that matter") As we start June of 2020, AIPI and many in our country are still (months later) working…
Stories of Resilience from Indian Country, Volume 8
May 22, 2020 /
As a result of the ongoing pandemic and the public health recommendations that come with it, ASU celebrated its Spring 2020 graduates in a virtual,…
Stories of Resilience from Indian Country, Volume #7
May 16, 2020 /
A group of ASU alumni organized an essential-needs drive for tribal communities affected by COVID-19. The group sent a 21-foot moving truck full of…
Coronavirus in Indian Country: A Roundtable Hosted by the House Natural Resources Committee Democrats
May 15, 2020 /
In the fight against COVID-19, tribal nations face many of the same health, education, and economic public policy challenges as non-Native state and…
Broadband Legislation COVID-19 Digital Divide Indian Country
Stories of Resilience from Indian Country, Volume #6
May 8, 2020 /
Illuminatives and NDN Collective: Native Americans & Covid-19 Town Hall (May 1, 2020) Illuminatives, in partnership with NDN Collective…
New Bill in Congress Aims to Expand Broadband Access for Tribes
May 8, 2020 /
A new bill announced today by the co-chairs of the Congressional Native American Caucus would give tribes emergency authority of broadband spectrum…
How We Serve Our Indigenous Students
May 7, 2020 / Dr. Traci Morris
As the school year comes to a close and we all begin another month in some stage of quarantine, it is hard to believe how much our world has changed…