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Haskell Indian Nations University
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Haskell Indian Nations University: President Sends “Directive” to Student Newspaper Editor About “Respect” for Administrators
October 26, 2020
On October 16, 2020, the president of Haskell Indian Nations University, a public university operated by the federal government, sent a letter — styled as a “directive” — to Jared Nally, the Editor-in-Chief of the student newspaper, The Indian Leader. The “directive” said Nally was “someone who routinely attacks Haskell employees with letters,” faulting him… Read more
Haskell Indian Nations University: Denial of Hearing After Student Kicked Out of Campus Housing
April 29, 2020
On April 8, 2020, Haskell Indian Nations University (HINU) student Russell Parker was golfing on his nearly-empty campus when a staff member ordered him to leave and threatened to tow his nearby car if he refused. Parker asked the administrator if he was “on some kind of power trip” and said he was “being an… Read more
10 Worst Colleges for Free Speech: 2021
February 17, 2021
This year, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education is releasing its 10th list of the “worst colleges for free speech.” Since our first list in 2011, more than 70 institutions in 31 states have found themselves named and shamed for actively working to shut down student and faculty speech rights. Each year, hundreds of… Read more
FIRE presents the 10 Worst Colleges for Free Speech: 2021
February 17, 2021
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 17, 2021 — Would you make a student homeless during the pandemic because you didn’t like something he said? Or threaten faculty doctors fighting COVID-19 with termination for speaking to the press? If you’re a campus official at one of the schools on this list, you just might! In the 10th edition of… Read more
Haskell Indian Nations University: Dear student journalist, we forgot to tell you that you can talk again.
January 19, 2021
After three months, HINU president rescinds unconstitutional directive forbidding student journalist from routine newsgathering. President meant to rescind the directive in November, but did not inform student due to an “administrative error.” FIRE files complaint with Department of Education, calls for policy changes to protect students from future censorship. LAWRENCE, Kan., Jan. 19, 2021 —… Read more
The Indian Leader was censored [VIDEO]
November 9, 2020
FIRE files complaint with the Department of the Interior over HINU ‘directive’ to student journalist
October 27, 2020
Yesterday, we shared an egregious “directive” issued by the president of Haskell Indian Nations University — a public university operated by the federal government — to a student journalist who had the audacity to draw “unwarranted attention” to the university’s president. Together with the Student Press Law Center and Native American Journalists Association, we wrote… Read more
University president threatens student newspaper editor for asking questions, not treating administration with ‘highest respect’
October 26, 2020
Haskell Indian Nations University president issues student-editor a “directive” entirely incompatible with practice of actual journalism. Student-editor: “When our university challenges the free speech of students, they are silencing a whole generation of Native voices.” Saga is a warning to student journalists across the country. LAWRENCE, Kan., Oct. 26, 2020 — In a meandering, scolding… Read more
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