Haskell Indian Nations University

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The history of Haskell Indian Nations University reflects both U.S. Indian policy and self-determination efforts by American Indian and Alaska Native communities. Haskell was founded during an era following the Indian Wars when the federal government believed that Native Americans needed to assimilate into the majority culture in order to survive. The US government had earlier provided some schools on reservations according to treaties, which were usually administered by religious missions. In the late 19th century, it also began to establish off-reservation boarding schools. Native American children were recruited from a variety of tribes to attend for their education, and were expected to abandon their tribal traditions while there.{{cite web |url=http://www.asu.edu/lib/archives/boardingschools.htm |title=ASU's Bibliography of Indian Boarding Schools: Approximately 1875 TO 1940 |publisher=Asu.edu |date=2013-11-08 |access-date=2013-11-12 |archive-date=2011-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926215358/http://www.asu.edu/lib/archives/boardingschools.htm |url-status=live }} The Carlisle Indian Industrial School, founded in 1879 in Pennsylvania, became the model for federal immersion programs in education. In 1882 the United States Congress authorized three new boarding schools to be established in Nebraska, Kansas, and Indian Territory (a plan that would cost $150,000), and the Carlisle school was the model for these soon-to-be-constructed institutions, including what became Haskell in Kansas.

When Haskell opened in 1884, it was called United States Indian Industrial Training School.{{cite book|last1=Kennedy|first1=Frances|title=American Indian Places: A Historical Guidebook|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780395633366|url-access=registration|date=2008|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|isbn=9780395633366|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780395633366/page/n211 174]}} It had 22 elementary school-age students the first year.{{cite web|url=http://diverseeducation.com/article/12608/|title=Haskell Indian Nations University Commemorates 125th Anniversary, Recognizes Painful History|last=Pember|first=Mary Annette|work=Diverse (Issues in Higher Education)|publisher=National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education|date=1 June 2009|access-date=10 July 2021|archive-date=6 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606173529/http://diverseeducation.com/article/12608/|url-status=live}} Soon boys were taught skills in tailoring, wagon making, blacksmithing, harness making, painting, shoe making, and farming, reflecting trades common to their mostly rural and small town environments of reservations. Girls studied cooking, sewing and homemaking. As was typical of many such rural schools, most of the students' food was produced on the associated Haskell farm. Older students were expected to work while at the school, as in the model of Tuskegee Institute and similar independent institutions.

According to many sources, school living conditions during the 1880s and 1890s were harsh. Organized under the semi-military system of the Carlisle Indian School, students wore uniforms to enforce conformity and end tribal identification. Their hair was cut when they entered school, which was especially painful for the boys, as in most tribes, adult men kept long hair. The children marched to classes and exercised regularly. Students were often physically punished if they failed to follow the rules of the institute.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/12/us/professor-ex-addict-confronts-perils-american-indians-face.html|author=Schwarz, Alan|title=Overcoming Addiction, Professor Tackles Perils American Indians Face|newspaper=New York Times|date=May 11, 2013|access-date=September 29, 2017|archive-date=November 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171103161845/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/12/us/professor-ex-addict-confronts-perils-american-indians-face.html|url-status=live}} At least 103 children died while attending the school.{{cite news| url=https://www2.ljworld.com/news/2018/jan/02/haskell-installs-new-fence-around-cemetery-after-s/| author=Joanna Hlavacek| title=Haskell installs new fence around cemetery after vandalism| publisher=Lawrence Journal-World| date=January 2, 2018| access-date=November 15, 2021| archive-date=November 15, 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115051241/https://www2.ljworld.com/news/2018/jan/02/haskell-installs-new-fence-around-cemetery-after-s/| url-status=live}}{{cite news| url=https://www.france24.com/en/20140128-us-freeway-pave-over-history-native-american-suffering| author=Brenna Daldorph| title=US freeway to pave over history of Native American suffering| publisher=France24| date=January 28, 2014| access-date=November 15, 2021| archive-date=November 15, 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115051234/https://www.france24.com/en/20140128-us-freeway-pave-over-history-native-american-suffering| url-status=live}}

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In 1887, the school was renamed Haskell Institute in honor of Dudley Haskell, the U.S. representative from Kansas's 2nd district who achieved having the school built in Lawrence.

In 1889, Charles T. Meserve was appointed as the fifth superintendent in Haskell's five-year history. His discharge of many employees (including the principal teacher) brought criticism from the president of the National Education Association. Students reacted to his harsh treatment by sending four protesting petitions to the BIA in Washington, DC. A Special Indian Agent, appointed to investigate the incident, whitewashed the whole situation.{{cite book|author=Nelson, Donald F|title=To the Stars over Rough Roads: The Life of Andrew Atchison, Teacher and Missionary|chapter=Chapter 4|publisher=TidePool Press|year=2008}}

In the early 20th century, Haskell continued to evolve while operated by the federal government. It added classes for upper grades, and in 1927 received accreditation as a Kansas high school. By 1935 it was classified as a vocational-technical school.

From the 1900s through the 1930s, Haskell became famous for its football teams. In competition with teams from colleges such as Harvard, Yale, and Brown, Haskell was known as the "Powerhouse of the West".{{cite web|url=http://www.haskell.edu/catalog/haskell_general_catalog.pdf |title=About Haskell, page 5 |publisher=Haskell.edu|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916013026/http://www.haskell.edu/catalog/haskell_general_catalog.pdf|archive-date=September 16, 2012}} From 1902 to 1919, Haskell won five of eleven games played against the University of Texas.https://www.winsipedia.com/texas

During the 1960s, Native Americans organized to assert their cultures and work to realign the relationships between federally recognized tribes and the federal government. Among the areas they wanted to change was education of their children. They wanted more from the schools. They were encouraged by the civil rights movement of African Americans to press for fulfillment of treaty conditions. At Haskell, students and activists wanted to reconfigure the school's pedagogical approach to better serve Indian country and Alaska Native communities. In 1965, Haskell graduated its last high school class.

Two years later, with more curriculum development, the school in 1967 was renamed as Haskell Indian Junior College, able to award associate degrees and certificates in special skills programs. [https://archives.lib.ku.edu/repositories/3/resources/1573 Wallace Galluzzi] (1926–1984) was president of Haskell Indian Junior College (later Haskell Indian Nations University, previously Haskell Institute) in Lawrence, Kansas from 1969 to 1981. By the late 1980s, planning began to develop the institution as a four-year, bachelor-degree granting university.{{cite web |url=http://www.haskell.edu/catalog/haskell_general_catalog.pdf |title=About Haskell, pp. 5–6 |access-date=2013-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113004701/http://www.haskell.edu/catalog/haskell_general_catalog.pdf |archive-date=2013-11-13 |url-status=dead }}

In 1993, the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, Ada Deer, approved that development, which had been built on expansion of the curricula and programs. It was renamed Haskell Indian Nations University. Haskell offered its first four-year baccalaureate degree program in elementary teacher education.{{cite web|url=http://www.haskell.edu/about.html |title=About Haskell |access-date=2013-11-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518023340/http://www.haskell.edu/about.html |archive-date=2012-05-18 }} Within a few years, Haskell had developed its own, specialized bachelor's degree program in American Indian Studies;{{cite web |url=http://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/dspace/bitstream/1808/5754/1/ins.v02.n1.77-85.pdf |title="The American Indian Studies Program at Haskell Indian Nations University," in Indigenous Nations Studies Journal, 2.1, Spring 2001, page 77 |access-date=2013-11-12 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Business Administration and Environmental Sciences degree programs soon followed.{{cite web |url=http://www.haskell.edu/catalog/haskell_general_catalog.pdf |title="University History" page 6 |access-date=2013-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113004701/http://www.haskell.edu/catalog/haskell_general_catalog.pdf |archive-date=2013-11-13 |url-status=dead }}

In 1994, Congress designated this college and 31 other tribal colleges as land-grant colleges, to provide them with benefits of related programs.{{cite web |url=https://nifa.usda.gov/sites/default/files/resource/1994%20LGU%20Anniversary%20Pub%20WEB_0.pdf |title=NIFA 1994s The First 20 Years of the 1994 Land-Grant Institutions Standing on Tradition, Embracing the Future |publisher=National Institute of Food and Agriculture |date=September 25, 2015 |access-date=December 20, 2020 |archive-date=July 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721170457/https://nifa.usda.gov/sites/default/files/resource/1994%20LGU%20Anniversary%20Pub%20WEB_0.pdf |url-status=live }}

At the turn of the 21st century, Haskell had become a tribal-based university with a curriculum serving general Native American and Alaska Native goals. In 2013 it had about 1,000 students. Today, Haskell's alumni work in numerous areas to serve Indian country and Alaska Native communities.

The university faced national scrutiny in 2024 after a Bureau of Indian Education report revealed that university officials routinely failed to report or adequately respond to sexual harassment and assault complaints.{{Cite web |last=News |first=Red Lake Nation |title=Scathing Investigation Reveals Years of Ignored Sexual Assault, Mismanagement at Haskell Indian Nations University |url=https://www.redlakenationnews.com/story/2024/05/15/news/scathing-investigation-reveals-years-of-ignored-sexual-assault-mismanagement-at-haskell-indian-nations-university/122408.html |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=Red Lake Nation News |language=en}} The investigation found that students’ reports of sexual abuse were often ignored, and in some cases, survivors were denied support or faced retaliation, including expulsion following academic struggles related to their experiences.{{Cite web |last=PEER |date=2024-04-22 |title=Report on Abuse of Indian Students Finally Surfaces |url=https://peer.org/report-on-abuse-of-indian-students-finally-surfaces/ |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=PEER.org |language=en-US}} The BIE report also documented that accused individuals were sometimes allowed to remain on campus and that staff accused of misconduct were reassigned rather than disciplined. These findings led to a congressional hearing, where lawmakers criticized the university’s culture of neglect and the BIE’s inadequate oversight, prompting calls for policy reforms and improved campus safety measures.{{Cite web |title=Investigating how the Biden Administration Ignored Cries for Help from Students at Haskell Indian Nations University {{!}} Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee {{!}} House Committee on Natural Resources |url=https://naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=416292 |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=naturalresources.house.gov |language=en}}

On February 14, 2025, in the middle of the school year, Haskell was forced to lay off a quarter of its staff due to budget cuts by the Trump administration.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/us/haskell-university-native-students-cuts.html|author=Blinder, Alan|title=A Native University Is Losing a Quarter of Its Staff to Federal Cuts|newspaper=New York Times|date=March 5, 2025|access-date=March 6, 2025}}{{Cite web |date=2025-02-14 |title=Haskell Indian Nations University lays off dozens of employees after federal orders |url=https://lawrencekstimes.com/2025/02/14/haskell-layoffs/ |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=The Lawrence Times |language=en-US}}

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The Haskell campus has 12 buildings that have been designated as U.S. National Historic Landmarks. In addition to its historic architecture, Haskell is recognized for its collection of public sculptures, murals, photographs, and paintings.{{cite web |last=Henning |first=Sarah |url=http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2011/apr/29/haskell-campus-populated-artwork-past-and-present/ |title=Haskell Artwork |publisher=.ljworld.com |date=2011-04-29 |access-date=2013-11-12 |archive-date=2013-11-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131115143401/http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2011/apr/29/haskell-campus-populated-artwork-past-and-present/ |url-status=live }} Examples include the well-known sculpture, Comrade in Mourning, by Allan Houser.

The Haskell-Baker Wetlands span approximately {{convert|640|acre|ha}} on the south side of the Haskell campus. These wetlands are home to 243 species of birds, 21 species of fish, 22 species of reptiles, and 26 species of plants. This area serves as a feeding and breeding ground for the migratory birds that breed in Canada and migrate to Mexico and South America. The Northern Crawfish Frog is an endangered species and its critical habitat is the wetlands.{{cite web |url=http://www.haskell.edu/student_life/wpo.html |title=Wetlands Protection Organization |publisher=Haskell.edu |access-date=2013-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113004952/http://www.haskell.edu/student_life/wpo.html |archive-date=2013-11-13 |url-status=dead }}

Constructed in 1978, Blalock Hall was named in honor of Margaret Blalock, Chippewa,

a Haskell alumna, and long-time employee at the college, who was committed to serving the students at Haskell.{{cite web |url=http://www.haskell.edu/catalog/haskell_general_catalog.pdf |title=University Residency Halls, p. 19 |access-date=2013-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113004701/http://www.haskell.edu/catalog/haskell_general_catalog.pdf |archive-date=2013-11-13 |url-status=dead }} It is a residential hall for freshman (first year) men and male students transferring from other colleges and universities."[http://www.haskell.edu/housing/index.php Housing] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629002046/http://www.haskell.edu/housing/index.php |date=2015-06-29 }}." Haskell Indian Nations University. Retrieved on June 16, 2015.

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Originally constructed in 1898 and dedicated on March 12, 1899,{{cite book|last1=Armitage|first1=Katie|title=Lawrence: Survivors of Quantrill's Raid|date=2010|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|location=Mount Pleasant, SC|isbn=9780738577999|page=103|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vPFcRs6CYbMC|access-date=May 24, 2018|archive-date=August 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220821050352/https://books.google.com/books?id=vPFcRs6CYbMC|url-status=live}} Hiawatha Hall was named after the historic Onondaga leader of the same name. The hall was built by the United Methodist Church to serve as a campus chapel (although it has also served as a general auditorium and as a girl's gym at various times in the school's history),{{cite book|last1=Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration for the State of Kansas|title=Kansas: A Guide to the Sunflower State|date=1949|publisher=Hastings House|isbn=9781603540155|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T5sjp_1UBJMC|access-date=May 24, 2018|archive-date=August 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220821050352/https://books.google.com/books?id=T5sjp_1UBJMC|url-status=live}} and today it is the oldest building still standing on the Haskell campus.{{cite web|title=A Walking Tour of Haskell Indian Nations University|url=http://haskell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Haskell_walking_tour.pdf|publisher=Haskell Indian Nations University|access-date=September 29, 2017|archive-date=September 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930040028/http://haskell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Haskell_walking_tour.pdf|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last1=Brockington and Associates|title=Appendix C. Buildings on the Haskell Indian Nations University Campus|url=http://southlawrencetrafficway.org/downloads/Brockington%20Report/AppendixC.pdf|access-date=September 29, 2017|date=2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411214152/http://southlawrencetrafficway.org/downloads/Brockington%20Report/AppendixC.pdf|archive-date=April 11, 2019|url-status=dead}} Hiawatha Hall is currently owned by the federal government and has been closed for decades because the government has not allocated money to pay for necessary repairs{{em dash}}despite the building being on the National Historic Landmarks list.{{cite news|last1=Hendricks|first1=Mike|title=Haskell hopes for independence as campus mires in disappointment|url=http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article38038422.html|access-date=September 29, 2017|work=Kansas City Star|date=October 6, 2015|archive-date=September 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930035751/http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article38038422.html|url-status=live}}

Osceola and Keokuk Halls are collectively known as O-K Hall. Constructed in 1884, Osceola and Keokuk served as dormitories for men and women, respectively. Osceola was a famous Seminole warrior, whose name means "Rising Sun". Keokuk, a Sac and Fox whose name means "Watchful Fox", was not a hereditary chief, but recognized for his skillful leadership, force of character, and brilliant oratory. O-K Hall is currently a residential hall for both women and men.

Pocahontas Hall was built in 1931 and was named after the daughter of Powhatan, paramount chief of the Powhatan confederacy. She married English colonist John Rolfe, and they were ancestors to many descendants of First Families of Virginia. It serves as a residential hall for freshman women and female students transferring from other colleges and universities.

Built in 1934, Pontiac Hall was named after an Ottawa chief. It is located immediately south of the main quadrangle.

Powhatan Hall was constructed in 1932 and named after the paramount chief of the Powhatan Confederacy, made up of 30 Algonquian-speaking tribes in coastal Virginia. Originally used for classrooms, it has been adapted as a residential hall, housing Student Residential Assistants (SRS).

Completed in 1997, Roe Cloud Hall was named after Henry Roe Cloud, a member of the Winnebago Nation. He was the first American Indian superintendent of the Haskell Institute, serving from 1933 to 1935. Roe Cloud later served in the presidential administrations of Herbert Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He was a spokesman for American Indian issues and education throughout his life. It is a residential hall for both men and women.

Sequoyah Hall was built in 1961 and named for Sequoyah, the Cherokee who developed a syllabary writing system for the Cherokee language in the early 19th century; this was the first known independent development of a writing system. It lies on the eastern edge of the main quadrangle area.

Built in 1915 as a gymnasium, Tecumseh Hall was named after the Shawnee chief who led an effort to repulse the European-American settlers from Indian territory west of the Appalachian Mountains. It houses the Campus Shoppe, offices of the Student Senate, Student Activities, and the Indian Leader (the campus newspaper).

Originally constructed in 1897, Winona Hall was rebuilt in 1962. The name Winona in Lakota tradition is for daughters who are the first-born child of the family. Winona Hall currently is a co-ed honors residential hall, serving both women and men.

The Haskell Cultural Center and Museum provides exhibits of interest about the school's history, beginning with its opening in 1884. Its archives include collections on Haskell and aspects of Native American history.

Tommaney Library provides a range of academic research resources in print, online and digital form.

The Haskell Medicine Wheel Earthwork is located south of the campus. It was designed by Haskell professors, students, crop artist Stan Herd, and tribal elders, and dedicated in 1992 as a response to the 500th commemoration of the "Columbian Legacy".

According to the Haskell Catalog, the medicine wheel earthwork

symbolizes the scope and richness of indigenous cultures, from the beginning of humankind to the present. The circle is symbolic of the perpetual and sacredness of the spirituality of native peoples. The spokes are the four directions. The circle marks the astrological locations of the Summer and Winter solstice and represent the death, rebirth, balance and healing in Mother Earth. The bear claw represents the strength needed for the survival of indigenous people. The thunderbird located to the east represents the spiritual traditions of tribal people and points to the sacred circle and sacred fire contained within the Medicine Wheel Teachings.{{cite web |url=http://www.haskell.edu/catalog/haskell_general_catalog.pdf |title="Medicine Wheel" in the Haskell General Catalog, page 6 |access-date=2013-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113004701/http://www.haskell.edu/catalog/haskell_general_catalog.pdf |archive-date=2013-11-13 |url-status=dead }}

A replica of the medicine wheel is carved in the tile at the Haskell Cultural Center and Museum as a way of balancing the campus (with a medicine wheel on the north and south ends of campus).{{cite web | url= http://www.haskell.edu/cultural/pages/medicine_wheel.html | title= Medicine Wheel | publisher= Haskell.edu | access-date= 2013-11-12 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131113004825/http://www.haskell.edu/cultural/pages/medicine_wheel.html | archive-date= 2013-11-13 | url-status= dead }}

The university is one of 37 members{{cite web |url=http://www.aihec.org/colleges/TCUroster.cfm |title=Tribal College and University Roster |publisher=Aihec.org |date=2013-10-22 |access-date=2013-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112130528/http://www.aihec.org/colleges/TCUroster.cfm |archive-date=2013-11-12 |url-status=dead }} of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, an organization of Tribal colleges and universities.

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Haskell offers four baccalaureate degree programs and four associate degrees.

In 2022 the school's graduation was 45%, per the [https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/dfr/2023/ReportHTML.aspx?unitId=155140 2023 IPEDS Data Feedback Report] published by the Institute of Education Science. The university received a #13 ranking on the 2010 "Top 50 Dropout Factory" list from Washington Monthly in their College Guide, with a graduation rate of 9%.{{cite web |url=http://washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/rankings_2010/dropout_factories.php |title=2010 Dropout Factories |access-date=September 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825232547/http://washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/rankings_2010/dropout_factories.php |archive-date=August 25, 2010}}

Haskell offers associate of arts (AA) degrees in a variety of fields, including: Communication Studies, Liberal Arts, Media Communication, Para Professional Education, and Social Work. The school also offers associate of science (AS) degrees in: Community Health, Natural Sciences, and Recreation Fitness Management.{{cite web|title=Associate Degree Programs|date=10 November 2016 |url=http://www.haskell.edu/academics/associate-degree-programs/|publisher=Haskell Indian Nations University|access-date=October 2, 2017|archive-date=October 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002220114/http://www.haskell.edu/academics/associate-degree-programs/|url-status=live}}

The school also offers the four following bachelor programs:

This program provides an integrated foundation of interdisciplinary knowledge and the practical skills needed to contribute to the development of Indigenous American Indian and Alaska Native communities and nations. The program is designed to prepare students for graduate or professional schools, or to enter the workplace after graduation.{{cite web |url=http://www.haskell.edu/catalog/haskell_general_catalog.pdf |title=Course Catalog, page 76 |access-date=2013-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113004701/http://www.haskell.edu/catalog/haskell_general_catalog.pdf |archive-date=2013-11-13 |url-status=dead }}

The School of Business offers the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with emphases in management or tribal management. The management track emphasizes traditional academic study of contemporary management practices and theories common to the management of human, financial, technical, natural, and other resources. The Tribal Management track explores contemporary and historical issues that particularly affect management of tribal governments and enterprises.{{cite web |url=http://www.haskell.edu/catalog/haskell_general_catalog.pdf |title=Course Catalog, page 77 |access-date=2013-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113004701/http://www.haskell.edu/catalog/haskell_general_catalog.pdf |archive-date=2013-11-13 |url-status=dead }}

Education majors complete a Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education; they must pass the Principles of Learning and Teaching (PLT) and Elementary Education exam to be eligible to apply for Kansas provisional licensure to teach kindergarten through the sixth grade. Other states may have differing requirements.{{cite web |url=http://www.haskell.edu/catalog/haskell_general_catalog.pdf |title=Course Catalog, page 92 |access-date=2013-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113004701/http://www.haskell.edu/catalog/haskell_general_catalog.pdf |archive-date=2013-11-13 |url-status=dead }}

This program provides a broad-based background to prepare students for graduate school or a career in environmental or biological fields. Courses offered include Biology, Ecology, Chemistry, Physics, Geography, Natural Resources, and Environmental Sciences.{{cite web |url=http://www.haskell.edu/catalog/haskell_general_catalog.pdf |title=Course Catalog, page 68 |access-date=2013-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113004701/http://www.haskell.edu/catalog/haskell_general_catalog.pdf |archive-date=2013-11-13 |url-status=dead }} It is intended to add substance to indigenous concerns about sustainability.

More than 20 student organizations and clubs on campus provide students with chances to become involved in campus life and activities related to the larger community.

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The Haskell (HINU) athletic teams are called the Fighting Indians. The school's team colors are purple, gold and white. The university is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing as an NAIA Independent within the Continental Athletic Conference since the 2015–16 academic year. The Fighting Indians previously competed in the defunct Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference (MCAC) from 2001–02 to 2014–15 (when the conference dissolved).

HINU competes in 11 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include basketball, cross country, golf and track & field (indoor and outdoor); women's sports include basketball, cross country, softball, track & field (indoor and outdoor) and volleyball. Club sports include baseball and boxing. Former sports included football and co-ed cheerleading.

Haskell had one of the best college football teams in the nation from 1900 to 1930.{{Cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=_RqQQHqQdAAC&pg=PA156 | title = Shaping college football: The transformation of an American sport, 1919-1930 | isbn = 978-0-8156-0886-8 | last1 = Schmidt | first1 = Raymond | date = May 2007 | publisher = Syracuse University Press | access-date = 2021-10-10 | archive-date = 2022-08-21 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220821050354/https://books.google.com/books?id=_RqQQHqQdAAC&pg=PA156 | url-status = live }} Due to funding shortfalls, the football program was suspended beginning for the 2015 season.{{cite web |url=http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2015/may/21/haskell-suspends-football-program-2015-season/ |title=Haskell suspends football program, possibly others, to cut costs |access-date=2015-05-21 |archive-date=2015-05-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523030820/http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2015/may/21/haskell-suspends-football-program-2015-season/ |url-status=live }}\

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• Evelyne Bradley - American Navajo judge{{cite web|url= http://www.azjournal.com/2013/05/29/evelyne-e-bradley/|title= Evelyne E. Bradley|publisher= Arizona Journal|access-date= January 30, 2014|archive-date= February 1, 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140201233203/http://www.azjournal.com/2013/05/29/evelyne-e-bradley/|url-status= live}}
• Emmett Bowles - professional baseball player{{Citation|title=Emmett Bowles|date=2019-10-07|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emmett_Bowles&oldid=919993625|work=Wikipedia|language=en|access-date=2020-01-10|archive-date=2022-08-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220821050354/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emmett_Bowles&oldid=919993625|url-status=live}}
• Venida Chenault - government official and academic administrator{{Cite news |date=January 10, 2014 |title=Dr. Venida S. Chenault Becomes Haskell President |language=en |work=ICT News |publisher=IndiJ Public Media |url=https://ictnews.org/archive/dr-venida-s-chenault-becomes-haskell-president |access-date=2023-08-04}}
• Henry Roe Cloud - Tribal education advocate{{cite web|url= http://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.edu.034/|title= ROE CLOUD, HENRY (1884-1950)|publisher= Encyclopedia of the Great Plains|access-date= January 30, 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140325221103/http://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.edu.034|archive-date= 2014-03-25|url-status= dead}}
• Sharice Davids - Member of U.S. Congress for Kansas Congressional District 3[https://shariceforcongress.com/about/ QUICK FACTS ABOUT SHARICE] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814213231/https://shariceforcongress.com/about/ |date=2022-08-14 }}, Shariceforcongress.com. "She attended Haskell Indian Nations University and the University of Kansas before graduating from Johnson County Community College and later the University of Missouri-Kansas City."Schallhorn, Kaitlyn. [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/who-is-sharice-davids-the-kansas-congressional-candidate-who-could-make-history Who is Sharice Davids, the Kansas congressional candidate who could make history?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814213748/https://www.foxnews.com/politics/who-is-sharice-davids-the-kansas-congressional-candidate-who-could-make-history |date=2022-08-14 }}, FOX News, August 9, 2018.
• Larry Johnson - football offensive lineman in the National Football League{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/bycollege.htm?sch=Haskell+Indian+Nations+University |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307203003/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/bycollege.htm?sch=Haskell+Indian+Nations+University |url-status=usurped |archive-date=March 7, 2008 |title=NFL Players who attended Haskell Indian Nations University |publisher=databaseSports.com |access-date=January 30, 2014 }}
• Buck Jones - professional football player
• Nick Lassa - professional football player
• Gilbert L. Laws - Nebraska Secretary of State and US Congressman{{cite encyclopedia|url= http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000143%5C|title= LAWS, Gilbert Lafayette, (1838 - 1907)|dictionary= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date= January 30, 2014|archive-date= March 4, 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061815/http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000143%5C|url-status= live}}
• Edward E. McClish - American military officer and guerrilla leader in the Philippines in World War II.
• Mayes McLain - professional football player
• Emmett McLemore - professional football player
• Billy Mills - Olympic gold medalist in 10,000m at Tokyo 1964 Summer Olympics
• Joe Pappio - professional football player
• Stan Powell - professional football player
• Steve Reevis - actor
• Pauline Small - first woman elected to a Crow Nation tribal office{{Citation needed|date = January 2014}}
• Barbara Starr Scott - Cherokee Nation tribal councilor (1983–1987, 1995–1999){{Cite web |date=2020-12-10 |title=Former Tribal Councilor Starr Scott dies at 81 |url=https://www.cherokeephoenix.org/news/former-tribal-councilor-starr-scott-dies-at-81/article_7bcc530e-eca3-5e43-80a5-166687f60101.html |access-date=2024-09-14 |website=cherokeephoenix.org |language=en}}
• Jim Thorpe - Double Gold Medalist at the 1912 Olympic Games. Member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, College Football Hall of Fame, US Olympic Hall of Fame, and the United States Track & Field Hall of Fame
• Louis Weller - professional football player

• American Indian outing programs

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• [http://www.haskellathletics.com Official athletics website]
• [http://www.haskellhistory.com Official website of the Haskell Cultural Center & Museum]

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