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 ANNOUNCING:
National Tribal Education Department forum
SUNDAY, June 1, 2008
Nugget Resort
Reno, NV
In conjunction with
NCAI's Mid-Year Conference


 

ANNOUNCING:
Indian Land Tenure Foundation and the Tribal Education Departments National Assembly Join Forces to Develop Indian Education Professiontal Development Materials and Land-Based Curriculum

http://www.indianlandtenure.org/curriculum/


Membership Information:

TEDNA is now accepting applications for 2008 members.


2008 Board Election Results


If you are already a member of TEDNA you may go to the Members Only Area of this website.



Education Book Offered to TEDNA Members at Discounted Price

The revision of a book in the "Tribalizing Indian Education Series" has been published by the Native American Rights Fund, and it is available to FY '06 TEDNA members at a discounted price. To find out how to purchase a copy of "Compilation of State Indian Education Laws (Blue Book)," click here for ordering instructions. The book was prepared by Melody McCoy, NARF staff attorney, and was originally published in October 1997. The update was published in October 2005. A complete copy of the series is also available on CD-Rom, also at a discounted price to TEDNA members.


Contact Us:

TEDNA, P.O. Box 18000, Boulder, CO 80308

E-mail:
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New Items & Recent News:

Registration Now available for Indian Education Online Seminars!.

New website for the Association of Community Tribal Schools

The Native American Rights Fund has launched A Practical Guide to the Indian Child Welfare Act.

Overview of major supreme court decisions regarding education during 2006-2007.

Parents, school settle Indian inequity lawsuit

Status and Trends in the Education of Racial and Ethnic Minorities

NACIE Annual Report FY 2006-2007

TEDNA Comments on BIE-USDEd Tribal Consultation Topic, "Improving Outcomes for Indian Students in BIE-funded Schools"

Supreme Court denies school districts' Impact Aid claims - The Court issued a decision in the Zuni Public School District, et al. v. Department of Education, et al. case on April 17, 2007. Read more: Funding Challenge: School Districts Lose Case from the Sante Fe New Mexican, April 19, 2007 and also Supreme Court Won't Rehear Indian Impact Aid Case from June 6, 2007 Indianz.com

Research Study Announcement -- Colorado State University -- TITLE OF STUDY: American Indian - Dads and Daughters Survey (AI-DADS)

Native Language Budget Testimony - Testimony before the Committee on Indian Affairs United States Senate Oversight hearing on the President's FY2008 budget request for the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Native Americans

The Congressional Native American Caucus urges DOI to Restore Johnson O’Malley Funding

New Report Native Languages Archives Repository Project - Reference Guide, ANA

New Report Report to the National Indian Education Association for the FY 08 Federal Budget Comprehensive Indian Education Appropriations Request

New Report Report to the National Congress of American Indians for the Annual State of Indian Nations Address and the FY 09 Tribal Budget Request

New Article - Overview of Public Elementary and Secondary Students, Staff, Schools, School Districts, Revenues, and Expenditures

New Book -- TEDNA members receive two complimentary copies: "A Manual for Chief State School Officers and State Education Agencies on American Indian and Alaska Native Tribal Sovereignty, Federal Education Programs for Tribal Students, and Tribal Education Departments"

U.S. Supreme Court to hear Zuni Impact Aid equalization case in New Mexico.

Transcript of Oral Argument in Zuni Impact Aid equalization case.

Federal Court in New Mexico halts BIE OIEP restructuring there

New Indian Education Law in Arizona

NACIE - Annual Report FY 2005-2006

New Jim Thorpe Book by Native Author

Federal Court in South Dakota halts BIA OIEP Realignment in South and North Dakota

OIE E -Newsletter. The Office of Indian Education (OIE) is pleased to announce the launching of the OIE e-newsletter.  The OIE e-newsletter is designed to be an informative bulletin for Title VII programs containing news of upcoming events and highlighting successful American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) students, programs, and communities in Indian education.

In this first edition of the OIE e-newsletter, Dr. Karen Swisher (Standing Rock Sioux) shares her journey in Indian education.  Readers will also find information on two successful Indian education programs, the Native American Youth and Family Center in Portland, OR and the Early College for Native Youth in Seattle, WA.

The Condition of Education 2006. The Condition of Education 2006 summarizes important developments and trends in education using the latest available data.

NCES Studies on American Indian and Alaska Native Education, May, 2006.