For generations, many high-achieving Native American students have been kept from attending prestigious universities simply because they don’t have the funds to attend. NBC’s Chiara Sottile has the story of how a new program is trying to make amends and make the dream of higher education possible for Native students.
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This program is the least California could do for its indigenous peoples. Glad it finally exists!
But what about other Californians?
@Kevin C That’s why there’s financial aid.
More virtue signaling BS vote buying. We don’t owe them NOTHING. They have been conquering each other and taking land, enslaving and raping each other for ALL those 10,000 years. Wah wah get over it.
A student is fighting against NBCUniversal Media, LLC for its false report.
BAITING JIANG vs. NBCUIVERSAL MEDIA, LLC et al. case No. 21-17029 is pending in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. a Defamation lawsuit was filed against NBCUIVERSAL MEDIA, LLC about its false reports about Baiting Jiang.
This is amazing and ground breaking!
Love it.
I am shocked that this isn’t a thing before right now.
Reparations for blacks?
I’m a Native American writer who graduated from the University of Utah in 2008. I write books/scripts meant for Hollywood production. I’ve written a script for Star Wars Episode X: The Empire Strikes Again.
We Native Americans are facing gatekeeping in Hollywood. I cannot profit as long as Neo-Confederates (Neo-Communists) control Hollywood profits.
Would I be considered Native American if my ancestors came from Asia. But I was born here?
Did you try Star Wars Episode XI: Empire Strikes Back Again Again? i also have an idea for Episode XII
Native Americans deserve it they aren’t going around committing crimes
@The Black Files Truth Factory are those black lies? We gave you the nba.
@moe moe no. That’s a job. They are performing a service and making the owners of the nba billionaires. Try again. Besides the nba isn’t for us no one else is good enough to make the teams.
@The Black Files Truth Factory if u receive nothing how is blm and kanye and Candace owens so successful ?
@moe moe once again they worked for that. Plus white society doesn’t mind a few token blacks. They entertain you and give the illusion of forward progress while the majority have never been compensated for the ills their families endured. Black Lives Matter was a front to promote lgbtq
@The Black Files Truth Factory can’t argue with that i admit defeat
About time!
This is wonderful!! Glad people are getting help! I am a low income white male and am have always dreamed of attending UCLA. Are there any programs that can help me cover my tuition?
Yeah, it’s called a job. You’re white, you can get a job anywhere you want.
No. You are racist and no help for you.
Student loan forgiveness is currently blocked by Republicans so~
How about “federally recognizing” ALL registered California tribe decedants?
That’s reverse discrimination!
I’m so glad these people are getting what is due to them. we did armtesl their land
More needs to. S done
Let’s Go Student Loan forgiveness! Yes, Republicans, just giving someone a college education, no strings attached, is – wit for it – GOOD for the long term health of America! Of course, with the news cycle of the last SIX YEARS it’s pretty obvious you people are sick to death of America, if you have to share it with ugh PEOPLE
I’m glad they get this. Imagine if they did this for blacks all you would hear is people in the comments and Fox News complaining. Facts.
Despite the strides made in terms of cultural acceptance and inclusivity, there remain individuals who hold onto antiquated notions of national identity. While the United States of America has evolved and changed in many ways since its earliest days, anyone born in the country has the right to identify as a native American. So does this mean I get the free program as well?
NO! If you’re white your “home” is generally Europe. People who looked like you invaded this continent and took the land from the true inhabitants. Maybe in a thousand years you could be considered “native”.
@Yvonne Plant It appears that you have a bias against certain groups. It is important to practice respect and inclusivity towards all individuals, regardless of race or ethnicity. As a person of Spanish origin who was born here, doesn’t that make me a true citizen of this nation? Do people need to live here for a certain amount of time in order to be considered natives of this region?
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let me get this straight , the people who get literally hundreds of thousands of dollars for free from the casinos also get free college, awesome . i dated a Mohegan girl and from 18 to 25 she literally got 100k for free every year from the tribe, she was crazy and spent it all on drugs , what a moron
So how do they determine who is Native American. Can anybody just identify as Native American like Elizabeth Warren and get a tuition waiver?
It’s so beautiful to see a native that is going to achieve her dreams and still be native I know her people very strong she will go far
There you go say the word stolen it’s time to seventh generation is here they will lead the way to the future for the native indigenous for the red nation the first nation of this country is land
Gavin Newson you want to give reparations to the ancestors of the black American Suzanne was taken well you know what you can do for the native who wants to go to college supply them with a debit card so they can have the supplies the means to survive during the college time there so they don’t have to worry about food clothes books any kind of fees that’s what you can do but I don’t think you will
Just another welfare program for freeloaders
Do you really think that after graduating if they graduate they will go back to their native land where they came from? Of course not !!! What will you do with a degree there, what will you do? Nothing is the answer!!
Well this is good news. It’s not a celebration. Europeans both minorities and majorities have had access to this through the taxes that everyone is paid over the years.
So a selected few people get to pick and choose who is recognized and who isn’t that’s just crazy
Federally recognized ain’t that a B.tch
Aw
Yes !!!
What about high-scheming students of ALL nationalities who do not have the funds to attend a prestigious university?
The NativeX, along with the LatinX, and LGBTQIA+ communities approve of this program. We need more strong women of color like Elizabeth Warren (NativeX member) to lead our nations NativeX women into college.
It should still be free for everyone and we should fight for that
They didn’t even have to cry or burn there community to make this happen
It’s about time the government hasn’t been helping them for years .
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