Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Native students find out 'free tuition' program isn't free
The first annual Auraria Pow Wow, presented by the Native and Indigenous Student Alliance, took place at MSU Denver in Denver, Colorado, on May 7, 2022. Photo by Josh Geurink / MSU Denver
An Oglala Lakota woman is calling upon leaders at her university in Denver to fulfill a promise they made last spring.
Celeste Terry, a 30-year-old student of applied indigenous law and science at Metropolitan State University, said she and other Native students at the university were promised free tuition and fees by the university's top leader.
MSU Denver President Janine Davidson made the announcement on May 6, during the university's first ever Native graduation ceremony.
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