- Obesity activist crossing country to urge American Indians to embrace healthier diet
- November 20, 2009
- Terrol Dew Johnson has stopped in Lawrence during a 3,000-mile journey to raise awareness of the obesity rate among American Indians. Johnson started in Maine in June 2008 and is on his way home to Tohono O’odham Nation in southern Arizona. The reservation has the highest rate of adult-onset diabetes in the world with over half of the population suffering from the disease. Johnson, 37, is one of them.
- Haskell powwow to honor military
- November 4, 2009
- The Haskell Veterans Club will host its annual powwow from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. Friday at Coffin Sports Complex at Haskell Indian Nations University.
- Tuition-proposal, president’s ambition stir turmoil at Haskell
- 02:54 p.m., October 23, 2009 Updated 02:59 p.m.
- A controversial proposal to charge tuition at a subsidized federal college for American Indians continues to stir unrest at Haskell Indian Nations University.
- Gifts, clothing wanted for students’ children
- October 18, 2009
- Haskell Indian Nations University is looking for donors for its sixth annual Adopt-a-Haskell Rascal program.
- Haskell marks its 125th year
- Speaker to students: ‘You are the new breed of warriors’
- September 18, 2009
- In 1884, the Indian Industrial Training School opened its doors to 22 students as a boarding school meant to assimilate American Indians into mainstream culture.
- Haskell president to be in New Mexico until January
- September 15, 2009
- The president of Haskell Indian Nations University will be dispatched to New Mexico until January to help with another institute of higher learning’s accreditation process.
- Haskell chooses king, queen at homecoming
- September 13, 2009
- Jacob Kent and Casey Tanner were tapped as king and queen, respectively, of Saturday’s homecoming at Haskell Indian Nations University.
- Ancient rituals for modern-day audience
- Haskell powwow highlights unity within tribal diversity
- August 30, 2009
- With the sun setting over the Haskell Pow-Wow Grounds and sounds of the Thundershield drum group drifting through the air, students at Haskell Indian Nations University were officially welcomed back to school Saturday evening.
- Ancient rituals for modern-day audience
- Haskell powwow highlights unity within tribal diversity
- August 30, 2009
- With the sun setting over the Haskell Pow-Wow Grounds and sounds of the Thundershield drum group drifting through the air, students at Haskell Indian Nations University were officially welcomed back to school Saturday evening.
- Location of today’s Healthier Haskell event changed
- August 26, 2009
- Haskell Indian Nations University has changed locations for today’s Healthier Haskell kickoff event.
- Healthier Haskell kicks off Wednesday
- August 24, 2009
- For the past two years, participants in the Healthier Haskell program aimed to walk around the world — 24,901 miles.
- Haskell to feature youth leadership event
- June 13, 2009
- Beginning Sunday, Haskell Indian Nations University will be host to American Indian high school students from 17 states and 20 tribes for the Bureau of Indian Education’s Summer Youth Leadership Challenge 2009. The students were selected based on their academic achievements and overall leadership qualities, and the challenge encourages the students to become community leaders.
- More snake searching yields no results
- 02:55 p.m., May 22, 2009 Updated 04:11 p.m.
- A search for a potentially poisonous snake spotted this week at Haskell Indian Nations University produced no results, the school’s safety officer said Friday.
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