After Senator Greg Clausen’s appointment to the chair of the Regent Candidate Advisory Council, his funding from the Maroon and Gold Political Action Committee raises questions over the ethics of the regent selection process in the lead up to next year’s elections.
The lands were originally taken by the federal government and granted to the University of Minnesota. Some stations are now trying to build relationships with the surrounding Native Nations.
The University of Minnesota collected Native ancestor remains and associated funerary objects nearly 100 years ago and has since been non-compliant with a federal law requiring the inventory and return of all collections.
Workers who are contracted through entities other than the University of Minnesota do not have to adhere to the same vaccine policy as full-time University workers to be eligible to work.
Applications for renaming buildings closed Nov. 11, leaving Folwell Hall on the Twin Cities campus with no requests for a new name or to retain its current name.
Professors, students and faculty discuss why Tribal curriculum, faculty and programs are necessary at the University of Minnesota and voice the importance of Native American inclusion in education.