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  • Throwback Thursday – 2011 NIES Study

    Here is the National Indian Education Study done under the direction of the National Center for Education Statistics on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Indian Education.  The Study is conducted through the National Assessment of Educational Progress and provides information on the academic performance of fourth- and eighth-grade American Indian/Alaska Native students…

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  • Oklahoma SCT Decides Case in Favor of Indian Football Players at Sequoyah High School in Talequah

    Here is the opinion in Scott v. Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Assn.: 2013-10-01 OSSAA Opinion A summary of the case by Chad Smith, who represented the players: The OSSAA suspended 12 students at Sequoyah High School in Tahlequah and did not let compete in the state football championships.  Sequoyah is an Indian boarding school run by…

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  • Lakota Greetings for Males: Part 1

    Here is a good website that provides examples of Lakota greetings for men.  Teaching our language is so important to keeping our cultures.  Like this website, we should use technology to our advantage when we can.

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  • Sens. Heitkamp and Murkowski Introduce Bill to Improve Lives of Indian Children

    Here is the text of the press release (bill summary here): U.S. Senators Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) today introduced a comprehensive plan to find solutions to the complex challenges facing Native American children throughout Indian Country. The bipartisan legislation, Heitkamp’s first bill as a U.S. Senator, would create a national Commission on Native…

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  • Call for Submissions on Storytelling

    RED INK Magazine is looking for submissions for its fall issue. Any Native of any age is welcome to submit. The only requirement is that the submissions stay on topic, that topic is storytelling and its cultural impact on the future. Who are the storytellers of today? How are the stories changing? Are we utilizing…

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  • CTUIR STEP Presentation

    Here is the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation’s STEP PowerPoint that was presented yesterday at TEDNA at Ten. Again, as we gather the materials from the conference, you can find them here.

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