For the first time, the 10,000-member Yakama Nation is devoting some of it gaming profits to help tribal members pursue a higher education, according to an article published today in The Daily Herald.
In the state of Washington, just 13 percent of Native Americans have a bachelor’s degree — half the rate of the state’s white population, the paper said, attributing the statistics to a report called Pathways for Native Students, based on research conducted by colleges in western Washington.
Of the Yakama, only 6.5 percent of tribal members age 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree; and just 35 percent of adults are high school graduates.
I am an enrolled Yakama that works for the Yakama Legends Casino. The additional help for my children while they finish school is great. Anything that they need they can buy on their own now and will help them finish high school and move onto college.
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