NSU to offer Cherokee cultural bachelor ’sdegree (fwd link)

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NSU to offer Cherokee cultural bachelor’s degree

By The Associated Press
USA

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – State higher education regents on Sept. 3 approved a
proposal by Northeastern State University to offer a Bachelor of Arts degree
program in Cherokee cultural studies.

NSU is located in Tahlequah, which is home to the Cherokee Nation, one of the
largest American Indian tribes in the United States. The degree program will be
the second at NSU focused on Cherokee studies. The university already offers a
bachelor’s degree in Cherokee education.

Debbie Blanke, the regents’ associate vice chancellor for academic affairs, said
other Oklahoma colleges offer courses, certificates or degrees in American
Indian studies but NSU is the only one to offer a bachelor’s degree in studies
concerning a specific tribe.

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