News Briefs A look at the Tribal Water Media Fellowship between KSUT and Fort Lewis College KVNF Community Radio in Paonia recently interviewed the fellows to get their perspective on what water means to them. For many people, especially Native Americans, water takes on a deeper meaning — to community, culture, and spirit.
News Briefs Can you choose to believe something, just like that? In an article for The Conversation US, Mark Boespflug, an assistant professor of Philosophy at FLC, discusses whether an individual can choose to believe and, if so, what the responsibilities associated with that choice are.
News Briefs High school students save money, get jump on college with concurrent enrollment Durango, Bayfield students credit concurrent program at Fort Lewis College to help prepare them for college.
Biden issues formal apology for 150 years of Indian Boarding Schools President Biden apologized today to victims of the US government’s 150-year Indian Boarding School system at a ceremonial gathering at Arizona's Gila River Indian Community.
Biden visits Indian Country and apologizes for the “sin” of a 150-year boarding school policy President Joe Biden on Friday formally apologized to Native Americans for the “sin” of a government-run boarding school system that for decades forcibly separated children from their parents, calling it a “blot on American history” in his first presidential visit to Indian Country.
Talk of persisting inequities prevails at Fort Lewis College screening of ‘Ute Water Legacy’ The Southern Ute Indian Tribe and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe collectively own nearly half the 123,500-acre-feet of water sitting in Lake Nighthorse, and they have no way to access it.
Fort Lewis College enrollment jumps nearly 3.5% Fort Lewis College enrollment jumps nearly 3.5%. The increase came despite challenges with a federal student aid form, and other complications. (The Durango Sentinel, The Journal)