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Colorado State University in Ft. Collins is offering two Akwesasne Mohawk teens a VIP tour to help make up for a troubling incident when the prospective students were on campus last week. A visiting parent called campus security because she said she felt ‘nervous’ about them. Campus police pulled the students out of their scheduled tour and questioned them before letting them go. Is this an isolated incident or are other Native students also getting singled out campuses? How are some universities finding ways to welcome Native students? We’ll also talk with higher education experts. We’ll also get an update from Lorraine Kahneratokwas Gray about what’s happened since the story about her two sons first surfaced.
Guests:
Lorraine Kahneratokwas Gray (Akwesasne Mohawk) – mother of the two students who were pulled aside from the Colorado State University tour
Cheryl Crazy Bull (Sicangu Lakota) – president and CEO of the American Indian College Fund
Dr. Heather Shotton (Wichita, Kiowa and Cheyenne) – assistant professor of Native America Studies at The University of Oklahoma
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