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A woman who graduated from the University of Iowa School of Law will soon be serving as senior policy advisor for Native American Affairs for the White House.

When asked about a Native American youth suicide epidemic at the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in South Dakota, U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, said the story demands attention and action.
“We have a serious obligation to a lot of our native Americans we have not fulfilled for a long time,” Harkin said. “And we just keep ignoring [...]

U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, said Thursday that a “bizarre” national obsession with socialite Paris Hilton is obscuring other issues and people who should be getting the attention of the media and public.
“I am sick of this Paris Hilton stuff,” Harkin said. “God, I’m telling you. I mean here’s someone that’s ill-educated. I don’t know her [...]

[Commentary] American “Indians,” said the brilliant Native American writer and leader Vine Deloria Jr., are probably invisible because of the tremendous amount of misinformation about them.
That assessment from the late Deloria, an Iowa State University graduate, is no doubt one of the reasons you likely know more about Paris Hilton than what should be one [...]

School’s out for the summer. You’re young and someone can get their hands on a bus; it’s time for a road trip. But for one group, this journey promises to be quite different, as does the bus.
Tomorrow, 13 young Americans will begin a two-month trip across the country promoting youth engagement in public service and the [...]