Category: Culture

  • TEDNA Success Story: Kiara Pekah

    During the 2022-2023 academic year, the TEDNA ACE Project partnered with schools in 16 districts across the State of Oklahoma. One of those schools was Sovereign Community School, an Indigenous charter school where Kiara Pekah attended all four years of high school. Kiara graduated from Sovereign in May of 2023, and says that no small…

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  • Indigenous Peoples Day at Kansas State University

    Indigenous Peoples Day at Kansas State University

    TEDNA had the pleasure of taking a group of high school seniors to Kansas State University for Indigenous Peoples Day on Monday, October 9th. Students had the opportunity to hear from prominent Indigenous speakers, tour the campus including the greenhouse and College of Engineering, eat a meal prepared by an Indigenous chef, and watch an…

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  • Indigenous Peoples Day

    Indigenous Peoples Day

    Have a great Indigenous Peoples Day! Today and every day, we celebrate and honor all Indigenous people across the world.

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  • NABS Interactive Map for Indian Boarding Schools

    NABS Interactive Map for Indian Boarding Schools

    The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition recently revealed the creation of an interactive digital map which shows updated locations for 523 Indian Boarding Schools in the United States, the largest known list to date. Explore the latest research using the interactive map: https://boardingschoolhealing.org/interactive-digital…/

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  • Kansas State Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2023

    Save the date! On Monday, October 9th, 2023 Kansas State University (Manhattan, KS) will host an Indigenous Peoples’ Day event. The theme for this year’s event is Writing, Singing, and Shaping the Future: Indigenous Film, Art, and Performance. The event will feature such honorable speakers as Kickapoo writer, singer, children’s book illustrator and comic book…

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  • Dr. Cornel Pewewardy Speaking at 2023 Webinar

    Dr. Cornel Pewewardy, Professor of Political Science at the University of Central Oklahoma and Vice Chair of the Comanche Nation, is slated for a speaking engagement at the 2023 National Conference of Political Science Webinar, held on the UCO campus. Dr. Pewewardy’s speech is titled “The Only Good Settler is a Decolonized Settler,” and the…

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