Category: Article

  • TEDNA Success Story: Kiara Pekah

    During the 2022-2023 academic year, the TEDNA ACE Project partnered with schools in 16 districts across the State of Oklahoma. One of those schools was Sovereign Community School, an Indigenous charter school where Kiara Pekah attended all four years of high school. Kiara graduated from Sovereign in May of 2023, and says that no small…

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  • TEDNA ACE Featured in Comanche News

    The TEDNA ACE Project was featured in the Comanche Nation News this month!

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  • What is FAFSA?

    What is FAFSA?

    The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is a form that incoming and current college students must complete in order to receive financial aid from the federal government. This financial aid helps cover the cost of tuition, room and board, and textbooks, and can come in the form of loans, grants, or both. How…

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  • TEDNA Success Story: Diego Provence

    TEDNA Success Story: Diego Provence

    The mission of TEDNA, since its foundation in 2003, has been to assist Tribal Education Departments in providing culturally relevant educational resources and support to Indigenous students. One way that TEDNA has sought to accomplish this mission is by implementing the Accessing Choices in Education (ACE) Project, which utilizes Educational Specialists to provide group and…

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  • Pathways Internship Program

    Pathways Internship Program

    The Bureau of Indian Affairs offers the Pathways Internship Program, designed to “help Native students join the workforce after finishing school.” College students can get a paid internship without prior work experience through the Pathways program, which can turn into a permanent career if requirements are met. Trainees will be paid based on the federal…

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  • Omnibus Bill Press Release

    To view the press release regarding the Omnibus bill- please click the following link: Omnibus Bill Press Release.  To read the language of the bill, please click here. Discussion of the items reviewed in the press release start on p. 1006.

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