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‘It’s a family’: How a California tribal college is opening doors for Native students
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. When Amelia Giron, 41, started taking courses at California Indian Nations College in 2023, she was three months into Alcoholics Anonymous, battling homelessness and drug addiction and not on speaking terms with her four children. Now, Giron has been sober for more than […]
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According to The Almanac’s source item, ‘It’s a family’: How a California tribal college is opening doors for Native students, This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. When Amelia Giron, 41, started taking courses at California Indian Nations College in 2023, she was three months into Alcoholics Anonymous, battling homelessness and drug addiction and not on speaking terms with her four children. Now, Giron has been sober for more than […]
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- ‘It’s a family’: How a California tribal college is opening doors for Native studentsThe Almanac - 2026-06-04T12:00:00+00:00
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