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Category: Consultation

  • Update: Utah Indian Education Bill – HB-0033

    Utah Indian Education Bill HB-0033, titled American Indian Alaska Native Education, passed both the Utah House and Senate and is ready for the Governor’s signature.  We posted previously about HB-0033 here.  The version of the bill as passed can be seen here. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: enacts a chapter providing for an American Indian-Alaskan Native…

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  • 2014 Native Youth Report – Executive Office of the President

    Here is the White House 2014 Native Youth Report. An excerpt from the Root Causes of Disparities in Native Educational Attainment: Continued Lack of Genuine Tribal Control: Historically, states that have Indian lands within their geographic boundaries have not been required, or even encouraged, to collaborate with tribes in operating schools. Public education, which serves the vast…

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  • White House Fact Sheet: Sixth annual Tribal Nations Conference

    From Indianz.com, here. An excerpt: SUPPORTING THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF ALL NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS Promoting Educational Self-Determination for Tribal Nations through Sovereignty in Indian Education Enhancements. In October 2014, DOI took a critical step towards furthering tribal control over BIE-funded schools when it issued $1.2M to six tribes to research, assess and develop implementation plans…

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  • Tribal Nations Conference Today

    Thank you to Turtle Talk for the links: Here is the press release from the White House. Here is the press release from the BIA Here is the link to the live stream, where Eric Holder is speaking now (10:00am).

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  • Turtle Talk – Whitehouse Listening Session and MSU Conference on Education Today and Tomorrow.

    Here is the agenda for the listening session in Michigan today, and here is information on the listening session and a link to registration.  Here is the link to the 2014 ILPC Annual Conference – Dismantling Barriers in American Indian Education, which Kevin Washburn, Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs, will be keynoting. Our previous posts on this are…

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  • NEW DATES: Dept. of Education: Tribal Consultations and Listening Sessions

    2014 Listening Sessions The goal of this first-ever school environment listening tour is to hear from students, schools and communities on ways to better meet the unique educational and culturally-related academic needs of Native American students. The listening sessions are focusing on school environment – bullying, student discipline and offensive imagery and symbolism. WHIAIANE will…

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