| MSU research project opens doors for Old Elk John Old Elk, a sophomore from Billings majoring in cell biology, recently won third place and $200 in the American Indians in Science and Engineering Society's national contest for his poster and presentation about an MSU research project. The project, done under the supervision of Michael Babcock, professor of psychology at MSU, tested the effectiveness of a cocktail of common drugs in protecting the brains of gerbils from cerebral ischemia, a type of stroke. The study has potential applications in protecting human brains during certain types of strokes. Read more... |
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| Student brings home conference award Mervin Failing, a 54-year-old Sioux-Assiniboine Indian from Fort Peck, Mont., decided to pursue a career in education by applying to Montana State University's BRIDGES (Bridging Tribal Colleges to MSU) program. The BRIDGES program aims to increase the number of Native American students successfully transferring from two-year tribal colleges to MSU for studies in biomedicine and other health related sciences. Native Americans have historically been underrepresented in those fields. Read more... |
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| MSU offers Native American Studies course online Montana State University will offer a Native American Studies course online beginning in January. "Native America: Dispelling the Myths" (NAS 580) will focus on the myths and truths surrounding American Indians and utilize readings, videos, online conversations and creative projects. Read more... |
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| Turn-around shot: Ross-Dick hopes to help others as he was once helped Ross-Dick, a junior majoring in philosophy from White Swan, a community on Washington State's Yakama Indian Reservation, is believed to be only the second American Indian student ever elected to the ASMSU senate. He also is vice president of the MSU American Indian Club and plans on a career in law helping defend juvenile offenders. Read more... |
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| Mann to receive lifetime award from Indian educators Henrietta Mann, Montana State University professor emeritus in Native American Studies, will receive the 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Indian Education Association on Oct. 25. Mann, who is also special assistant to MSU President Geoff Gamble, is one of two persons honored by the NIEA with the lifetime achievement award. Gerald Gipp, a Hunkpapa Sioux who lives in Alexandria, Va., will also receive the award. Mann is currently on leave from her MSU duties to serve as the inaugural president of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribal College in Weatherford, Okla. Read more... |
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| MSU American Indian Heritage Day celebration set Sept. 26 Montana State University will celebrate MSU American Indian Heritage Day with a variety of campus activities on Sept. 26. Mylo Smith Redwater, a Lakota jokester, will entertain at the ceremonies, which will be held behind Montana Hall. Bill Yellowtail, MSU's Katz Endowed Chair in Native American Studies, will speak. Shane Doyle and the Bobcat Singers drum group will perform as will the MSU dancers. There will also be a tipi raising. Read more... |
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| Native poet M.L. Smoker to read Sept. 25 at MSU Foundation Center Assiniboine and Sioux poet M.L. Smoker will read from her works on Sept. 25. Smoker holds an M.F.A. from the University of Montana in Missoula, where she was the recipient of the Richard Hugo Fellowship. She is also a graduate of Pepperdine University and attended UCLA and the University of Colorado, where she was a Battrick Fellow. Her first collection of poems, "Another Attempt at Rescue," was published by Hanging Loose Press in the spring of 2005. Read more... |
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| MSU pow wow set for May 2-3 The annual Montana State University American Indian Council Pow Wow will be held May 2-3. The MSU pow wow is one of the largest in Montana and all pow wow events are free and open to all. There will also be grand entries at noon and 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 3. Dance and drum competitions are always a key feature of the event. Booths around the edge of the dance arena will offer the crafts of traditional artists and artisans throughout the pow wow. Read more... |
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Updated: 09/01/2011 |
