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Arts & Events March 30, 2025 - 4:53 pm

KU Powwow and Indigenous Cultures Festival coming up; screenings to kick off events

by Lawrence Times

The annual Powwow and Indigenous Cultures Festival at KU will feature activities for all ages, speakers, student researchers and two grand entries. Events kick off with a free film screening and panel this week.

Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Environment March 29, 2025 - 9:52 pm

Wetlands advocates say developers are now using affordable housing as a ‘red herring’

by Nathan Kramer & Mackenzie Clark

Advocates in a Lawrence group protesting a proposed development south of town believe developers have added subsidized housing to the project to distract from its environmental and other consequences.

Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Education March 27, 2025 - 5:12 pm

More Haskell staff members to be reinstated

by Lawrence Times

Several more of the Haskell Indian Nations University employees who were cut under federal orders last month will now be reinstated, according to an update from the university president.

Arts & Events March 17, 2025 - 11:02 am

Art auction to benefit Haskell cultural preservation; artists welcome to donate

by Lawrence Times

Proceeds from a Lawrence art auction will support cultural programs at Haskell Indian Nations University following federal cuts to university employees.

Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Education March 16, 2025 - 4:34 pm

Haskell bracing for ‘another hit’ as feds call for reduction-in-force plans

by Lawrence Times

Haskell was able to take a step forward, rehiring several employees who were fired without cause under federal orders, but it could face two steps back with Trump administration demands for reduction-in-force plans.

August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Education March 13, 2025 - 12:16 pm

Haskell faculty, many employees who were fired in federal budget cuts reinstated

by Mackenzie Clark & Maya Hodison

Haskell Indian Nations University faculty members and many employees who were terminated in baseless federal job cuts have been reinstated.

Molly Adams/Lawrence Times
Arts & Events March 11, 2025 - 4:33 pm

Save the date: Haskell planning Spring Resilience Powwow

by Lawrence Times

After Haskell Indian Nations University’s spring powwow was postponed amid forced, baseless employee terminations, the university is now planning a Spring Resilience Powwow.

Tony Webster
Crime & Courts March 8, 2025 - 5:17 pm

Tribal nations, students sue feds over job cuts at Haskell and SIPI

by Lawrence Times

A group of tribal nations and students have filed a lawsuit against federal government officials over the baseless terminations of nearly five dozen people serving Haskell Indian Nations University and Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute last month.

Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Education March 6, 2025 - 4:33 pm

Fired Haskell instructors to return on contracts next week

by Lawrence Times

Some of the nearly three dozen Haskell Indian Nations University employees who were terminated without cause due to sweeping federal budget cuts will be returning next week as adjunct professors.

Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Education February 28, 2025 - 2:47 pm

Haskell students, supporters protest firings, demand government keep its ‘Hands off Haskell’

by Tricia Masenthin

Holdings signs that read “My education is not your budget cut” and “Culture erasure is not progress,” about three dozen people marched Friday morning down Massachusetts Street to South Park in protest of recent firings at Haskell.

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