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Category: Budget

  • Executive Director, Quinton Roman Nose’s Testimony to the House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee on FY 16 Budget

    Here is Mr. Roman Nose’s Testimony, which he will be presenting on March 25, 2015.  An excerpt: TEAs are in a unique position to halt and reverse the negative outcomes for Native students. TEAs have already proven that they are capable of improving Native American student outcomes. For example, the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, one of…

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  • Tipton Reintroduces Bill to Provide Certainty for Native American Indian Students

    Here, from BBNA.  An excerpt: WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 — Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Colo. (3rd CD), issued the following news release: Congressman Scott Tipton (R-CO) has reintroduced legislation in the House of Representatives to help Fort Lewis College and the State of Colorado cover tuition costs of qualifying Native American Indian students who receive federally-mandated free…

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  • SCIA Presidential Budget Oversight Hearing

    Yesterday, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs held an Oversight Hearing on the President’s FY2016 Budget Request for Indian Programs. The witnesses were: The Honorable Kevin Washburn Assistant Secretary- Indian Affairs-U.S. Department of the Interior View Testimony The Honorable Yvette Roubideaux Senior Advisor to the Secretary on Native Americans and Alaskan Natives-U.S. Department of Health…

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  • FY2016 Bureau of Indian Affairs Budget

    To view the BIA’s 2016 budget in detail, click here.  An excerpt: Tribal Education Departments (TEDs) [$2,000,000]: Tribal Education Departments (TEDs) provide a multitude of services to promoting tribal educational priorities. The goal of these funds is to build the capacity of TEDs so they can coordinate educational services within reservations to better serve all…

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  • Feds fund Navajo schools 11 years after replacement was deemed a priority

    Here, from Cronkite News. An excerpt: Quinton Roman Nose, executive director of the Tribal Education Departments National Assembly, said that he has dealt with the same gridlock in his work as president of a school board. “By no means should it take as long as it takes,” he said. “I don’t like to think about…

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  • Indian Affairs Budget Chapters

    Here, h/t Turtle Talk: 2016_Indian Affairs Budget Request An excerpt: Advancing Indian Education – The Interior budget proposes a $1.0 billion investment in Indian education to support a comprehensive transformation of BIE. The multi-year process will transform BIE into an organization that serves as a capacity builder and service provider to support Tribes in educating…

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