Posted on 04/26/2002 6:24:13 PM PDT by Ralph the Hun
...Si Tanka/Huron University For Si Tanka/Huron University's website, see Website On April 26, 2001 an unprecedented merger took place when Si Tanka College, Eagle Butte, South Dakota, one of the oldest tribal colleges in the nation purchased one of the oldest private universities in South Dakota. Si Tanka Huron University is the first off-reservation Tribal-controlled University in the United States. Presently more than 50% of all students enrolled are minorities. This is the first time in history that a Tribal College has purchased the resources and facilities of an existing, non-Tribal University (Huron University, Huron, South Dakota). The purchase brought a 118-year tradition of academic excellence to Si Tanka. Together, Si Tanka and Huron University have the resources to change the face of American Indian Higher Education today: On October 13, 2001, Si Tanka Huron Tribal University held its first combined homecoming, bringing together students from varied ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds...
www.biotech.wisc.edu/seebiotech/devarea/schools.html
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April 26, 2001 an unprecedented merger took place when Si Tanka College, Eagle Butte, South Dakota, one of the oldest tribal colleges in the nation when it purchased one of the oldest private universities in South Dakota. Si Tanka Huron University is the first off-reservation Tribal’s controlled University in the United States. Presently more than 50% of all students enrolled are minorities...
www.huron.edu/html/american.htm
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...The school, which offers degrees in business, education, nursing and criminal justice, has started to establish itself as a major national American Indian University. During the last six months, contacts have been made with as many as 32 Tribal Colleges, which typically are two year colleges that reside on reservations. It is anticipated that during the next 12 – 24 months, an American Indian University system will be formed to help reservations and rural areas throughout the United States with local economic development and health care service needs...
It would be a cruel irony if the best of liberal intensions/hard work actually contributed to a degrading of health care rather than upgrading it.
Abstinance, then monogamy within the marriage bounds works!
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