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Plants and People of Borneo: A Cultural and Ecological Connection

Anthropology.net

Borneo’s Unique Biocultural Heritage Borneo, one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth, is home to countless endemic plant and animal species. As more communities, researchers, and policymakers collaborate, Borneo’s unique biocultural heritage may serve as a model for conservation efforts worldwide. Source: Science, 2019.

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Funding Graduate Research and Applying for Small Grants: APSA’s Committee on the Status of Graduate Students Virtual Workshop Series

Political Science Now

In 2018-2019, she was a Fox Fellow at the MacMillan Center at Yale University. Her book project, titled Counterinsurgent Urbanism: Weaponizing Land and Heritage in the Kurdish Region of Turkey, examines why and how states use urban development and heritage-making as tools in counterinsurgency strategies. She earned her Ph.D.

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Native communities want schools to teach Native languages. Now the White House is voicing support

The Hechinger Report

Between 67 and 100 percent of Indigenous languages in those three countries will disappear within three generations, according to a 2019 analysis of 200 years of global language loss by researcher Gary Simons. This is the one area left in the federal government, unfortunately, that is very much bipartisan,” she said of Native American issues.

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Native Americans turn to charter schools to reclaim their kids’ education

The Hechinger Report

Once the site of an Indian boarding school, where the federal government attempted to strip children of their tribal identity, the Native American Community Academy now offers the opposite: a public education designed to affirm and draw from each student’s traditional culture and language. Credit: Sharon Chischilly for The Hechinger Report.

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Schools bar Native students from wearing traditional regalia at graduation

The Hechinger Report

That year, 2019, the district changed its policies to allow Indigenous students to wear cultural items along with their caps and gowns. Traditional regalia, such as an eagle feather, is often given to Native students by family members or other loved ones to celebrate their personal achievements as well as their heritage.

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Seeking Ever-Elusive Treasures: Reflections on Collective Memory and Spectrality of the Past

Anthropology News

Treasure hunting often defaces or even destroys archaeological and environmental heritage. This potential harm to tangible heritage raises the ire of conservationists across government agencies, museums, universities, and other non-profit organizations.

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Teacher licensing rules are one reason small schools don’t have enough teachers

The Hechinger Report

In early 2019, Wilson was ready to hire Anderson, who plans to stay in Montana for the foreseeable future, to teach sixth grade full-time. In fall 2019, with her studies still ongoing, she took over Greenfield’s sixth-grade classroom. He even had one available: The sixth-grade teacher was set to retire at the end of the school year.