Native America Calling American Graduate

Series produced by Native Voice One

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Native America Calling tackles the high rate of high school dropouts among Native students

Native America Calling partners with the public media American Graduate initiative to call attention to and highlight solutions for the high dropout rate for Native students. The show also worked with tribal stations to document graduation issues in local communities and explore solutions.


12 Pieces

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The Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe School finds providing the right support for students in the small K-12 school can provide dividends in the way of g...

  • Added: May 14, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
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Less than half of students graduated from Tohono O’odham Nation high schools a decade ago. It was a wake-up call for the superintendent at the time...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
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In Oregon, the graduation rates for Native students remain well below all other groups. A new report from the state’s Department of Education shows...

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  • Added: Mar 29, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Grades, personal relationships, finding a date for prom. Those are among the triggers for student stress. Some of the causes for stress may seem tr...

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  • Added: Mar 29, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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As Native students across the country get ready for graduation day, some will have to double-check school policy before adding traditional regalia ...

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  • Added: May 26, 2017
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
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A school in Kotzebue has immersed elementary students in the Inupiaq language for more than 25 years. Before then, their exposure to the language i...

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  • Added: May 26, 2017
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
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It can be daunting to stand in front of a classroom trying to solve a complicated math problem. For many of us, just balancing our checkbooks is sc...

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  • Added: Mar 29, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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The governor of Wyoming recently signed the Indian Education For All bill, which requires educators to create Native curricula for public schools s...

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  • Added: Mar 29, 2018
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
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Whether you are heading to tribal college across town or traveling to a university miles away from home, the first day of class can be exciting and...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
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High school graduation rates in New Mexico are up, with an average of 71 percent completing high school in four years. But the state Public Educati...

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  • Added: May 26, 2017
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
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Educators know that getting kids ready for kindergarten is one of the best ways to improve a child’s long-term academic performance down the road. ...

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  • Added: May 26, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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One school on the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota puts a focus on culturally based education and it might be getting results. From sugar bushi...

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio and KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: May 26, 2017
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2