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Article: U. Penn tries to increase number of Native American students
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- University Wire
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- October 10, 2001
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Julie Eisenband
University Wire
10-10-2001
(Daily Pennsylvanian) (U-WIRE) PHILADELPHIA -- Just outside Schemitzun, the Annual Feast of Green Corn and Dance and one of the largest Native American pow wows in the country, two University of Pennsylvania recruiters have set up camp.
The sound of tribal music and drums and the glare from the late August sun overpower the women as they try to explain to passersby why they are there: to try to attract more Native American students to join Penn's barely visible Native American community.
An elderly woman approaches the table and asks if Penn has a Native American studies program. When the recruiter is forced to say no, the woman backs away from the ...