Category: Announcement
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DOEd Proposed Regs on priorities and requirements for national leadership grants for charter schools
Here, and the summary: SUMMARY: The Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and Improvement proposes priorities, requirements, and definitions for CSP Grants for National Leadership Activities and may use these priorities, requirements, and definitions for a competition in fiscal year (FY) 2013 and later years. The Assistant Deputy Secretary is taking this action to ensure that…
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NYT – Canadian Universities Strive to Include Indigenous Cultures
Here. An excerpt: “We are looking at replacing the legacy of the residential schools with a vibrant new learning culture in every First Nation, grounded in our proud heritage, identity and language,” Mr. Atleo, who is also chancellor of Vancouver Island University in Nanaimo, British Columbia, later declared, in a 2011 speech. “To get there,…
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ICT – Native History: Astronaut John B. Herrington, Chickasaw, Becomes First American Indian in Space
Here. Liftoff on November 23, 2002, set in motion a lot more than space shuttle Endeavour for NASA astronaut John Herrington, Chickasaw. After retiring from NASA, he embarked on a bicycle ride called Rocket Trek across Turtle Island to get Native students engaged with science and math—and discovered two life passions. . . . “I’m…
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Darrell Robes Kipp Walks On
Darrell Robes Kipp, educator, author, historian, filmmaker and one of the co-founder of the Piegan Institute in Browning, died Thursday evening, according to friend Rosalyn LaPier. He was 69. Kipp, whose Pikuni name was Apiniokio Peta, or Morning Eagle, co-founded the institute dedicated to archiving and preserving the Blackfoot language in 1987. The institute’s Cuts…
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Throwback Thursday
Here is NARF’s Draft Materials for Tribal Governance in Education that was published in 1994. It was part of NARF’s Tribalizing Indian Education Series, and is known as the “Red Book.” It provides sample resolutions and guidance on setting up a Tribal Education Committee within a Tribal Council, or setting up a Tribal Education Department, among…
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ICT – Semester in Washington Program Designed for Natives
Here, and an excerpt: Designed specifically for Native American, Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian undergraduate students interested in the nation’s political process and beginning a career in politics, the Native American Political Leadership Program (NAPLP) allows qualified applicants to participate in George Washington University’s (GWU) Semester in Washington. Since 1995 George Washington University’s Semester in…