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Indigenous Data Sovereignty Workshop in Onati, Spain
August 23, 2019
The International Law, United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Indigenous Data Sovereignty Workshop was held at the International Institute of the Sociology of Law, in Onati, Spain...
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Welcome Karen Diver as Director, Business Development, Native American Initiatives
August 23, 2019
The University of Arizona Indigenous Governance Program is pleased to announce that Karen R. Diver (Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa) has been appointed Director, Business Development, Native American Initiatives...
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NNI's Native American Youth Entrepreneurship Camp Returns
August 23, 2019
NNI hosted the seventeenth Native American Youth Entrepreneurship Camp (NAYEC), an Indigenous centered program that fills a critical gap in youth entrepreneurship education. The camp was held June 17 – 21, 2019 at the University of Arizona and facilitated...
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The Air Between Arizona and Alaska
August 23, 2019
Look around, the world we know is changing; across the globe, communities are witnessing the signs, and we've seen them here, too. In 2017 a team of researchers from the University of Arizona and the University of Colorado formed a network to enhance discussion at the nexus of…
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Collaborative Practices – Services to Native Nations from Udall Foundation Programs
August 23, 2019
Staff from the Native Nations Institute (NNI) and U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution (U.S. Institute) came together on July 24, 2019 in Tucson, Arizona for a joint professional development opportunity...