KU appoints An American Indian historian as Indigenous Nations Studies director
KU announces Donald Fixico will join as professor of history and direct the new Indigenous Nations Studies graduate program starting January 1. A Shawnee, Sac and Fox, Creek and Seminole member, Fixico has taught at Western Michigan since 1990 and holds degrees from the University of Oklahoma. The program, developed with Haskell Indian Nations University, aims to study all indigenous peoples in the Western Hemisphere.
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Donald Fixico
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo
Mich
Sally Frost Mason
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Fixico
Western Michigan
Haskell Indian Nations University
Lawrence
Robert Hemenway
Don Fixico
Tribal Law Center
School of Law
Center of
UCLA
University of Nottingham
England
Senator Brownback urges USDA to share grain-dust findings after Kansas explosion
U S agriculture officials may report grain dust issues directly to OSHA to reduce blast risks after the June 8 DeBruce Grain explosion in Haysville that killed five and left one missing. Brownback backed this practical approach while noting ongoing investigation and that USDA inspectors visit elevators more often than OSHA. He also voted to oppose a tobacco bill and supported a states industry settlement.
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Sam Brownback
R-Kan
Haysville
Wichita
Howard Goin
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
U.S. Department of Labor
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Dan Glickman
Kansas
OSHA
Brownback
GOP
Senate Tobacco
Fund-raiser to feature Truman and Eisenhower at museum
Douglas County Historical Society hosts a Chautauqua style program on presidential politics with two former professors portraying Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower for 30 minutes each. W. Stitt Robinson says the event blends theater and history with Q A. Tickets cost 10 dollars. the 2 p.m. June 28 showing at 1047 Mass. aims to raise funds, following past drives that net 2 000 to 4 000 dollars.
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Douglas County Historical Society
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
W. Stitt Robinson
William Worley
Kansas City Regional History Institute
Loren Pennington
Emporia State University
Robinson
Steve Jansen
Watkins Community Museum of History
The
Historical Society
Mass
Lawrence Students Tour Japan and Germany on Exchange
Lawrence students embark for Japan and later Germany as part of international exchange programs. June 9 departure involves 20 students visiting Hiratsuka to plant rice, stay with host families, and learn geography, with a July 7 departure for Eutin, Germany to tour castles and hike.
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Lawrence
Japan
Hiratsuka
Rachel Cloud-Holloway
Leni Dorfmeister
Tarah Herrington
Chris Hultine
Lesley Johnson
Elizabeth Kincaid
Jasmine Meakin
Stephen Moses
Jaime Morton
Ava Patterson
Mina Patterson
Nicholas Potter
Casey Rahmeier
Nathan Rahmeier
Jennifer Rogers
Ian Rombough
Janie Schneider
Riggs Skepnek
Hamsa Subramaniam
Amanda Umholtz
Eutin
Germany
Benjamin Campbell-Bradley
Ryan Chapman
Martin Eisert
Kurt Eisert
Ely Fair
Franklin Santini
Lincoln Lewis
Sarah Modrzynski
Tristan Moody
Brad Nutt
Elizabeth Snyder
Philip Stacey
Sam Strickler-Hut
Laurna Strikwerda
Sarah Underwood
Jessica
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