Amazon has teamed up to help students and faculty members at tribal colleges and universities across the country with a donation of 1,000 Fire HD 8 tablets and 550 laptops. The College Fund will distribute the tablets to students and laptops to faculty who otherwise do not have access to technology in their homes while their colleges and universities are closed to on-campus instruction, ensuring Native students’ education does not slow down or stop completely for amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hanging a Red Dress for Christmas: MMIP, Native Higher Education, and Hope for a Better New Year
The epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) in the United States that has existed for years continues unabated. And while Native students deal with the same end of semester pressures and holiday stresses as other students, they’re more likely to also be living in a state of fear or mourning for a relative who may never make it home.
