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News of Interest

This page contains news from media sources that may be of special interest to our members. This includes stories related to applied anthropology, and to issues affecting communities and populations we work with, especially those in the High Plains and surrounding regions. Please send possible news items to webmaster@hpsfaa.org. This is a public forum, but you must be a member to post comments.

  • The Progress in Native American Health

    17-May-10 10:14 | Kreg Ettenger (administrator)

    Progress is slow. But the gap in the general health of Native Americans and White Americans is diminishing. This is part of the legacy of the Indian Health Service.

    By Mark Trahant


    Posted to HPSfAA Listserv by David Rozen.
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  • Signs of Neanderthals Mating With Humans

    10-May-10 22:17 | Kreg Ettenger (administrator)
    Neanderthals mated with some modern humans after all and left their imprint in the human genome, a team of biologists has reported in the first detailed analysis of the Neanderthal genetic sequence. [Link to NY Times article] - submitted by D. Walker
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  • Arizona Legislature Bans Ethnic Studies Programs

    07-May-10 14:15 | Kreg Ettenger (administrator)
    By John Tomasic, in the Colorado Independent

    A week after passing a state immigration law that has drawn wide criticism that it is a racist law or at least will promote anti-American racial profiling, the Arizona legislature has banned state public schools from offering ethnic studies courses, according to a Fox News report.

    Supporters of the bill say ethnic studies programs advocate separatism and racial preferences, that they go against the sentiments of men like Dr Martin Luther King, who asked that Americans be judged by the “content of their character, not the color of their skin.” The bill is making its way to the desk of Gov. Jan Brewer. It’s the next chapter in what many see as a war story pitting Arizona against its Latino residents.

    Opponents are railing against the bill as another misguided overreach by lawmakers, who they say should not be involved in developing school curriculum. Educators have testified that ethnic studies programs are a powerful tool to teach history and culture.

    Link to story in the Colorado Independent.

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