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Native America Calling: Educational outcomes are about more than just grades for Native American students
Thursday, November 13, 2025
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Educational outcomes are about more than just grades for Native American students
A relentless offensive against minority student recruiting and retention threatens more than Native American participation in school.

Advocates for such outreach say it affects community well-being and even the health of Native citizens. Tune in to hear from proponents for Native student achievement about President Donald Trump’s “Compact for Higher Education” and the latest trends in Native enrollment.

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The University of Arizona unveiled an Apache language sign at the Robert L. Nugent Building in cooperation with the White Mountain Apache Tribe. Photo: University of Arizona

Also up for discussion is a harrowing story of survival. As the nation marks the 50th anniversary of the storied wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Superior, there is another remarkable account of a group of Native fishermen caught in the same storm that day.

Join Native America Calling to hear from Interlochen Public Radio reporter Ellie Katz who talked to some of the men for the Points North podcast.

Guests on Native America Calling
Emma Grellinger (Stockbridge Munsee and descendent of the Oneida Nation), current president of the Association of Native American Medical Students and medical student at the University of California San Francisco

Dr. Andrew Curley (Diné), associate professor at the School of Geography, Development, & Environment at the University of Arizona

Ellie Katz, reporter for Points North and Interlochen Public Radio in Michigan

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