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Category: Culture

  • School to Prison Pipeline in Indian Country – Symposium and Town Hall Meeting

    The Indian Legal Program at the Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law is hosting this symposium.  More information can be seen here. An excerpt from the overview: The “School-To-Prison Pipeline” has been a crucial concern of parents, educators, tribal leaders, ministers, civil rights activists, lawyers and youth advocates for a number of years.…

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  • CPR – Bill to assess Indian-themed school mascots to hit Colorado Legislature

    Here, from Colorado Public Radio.  An excerpt: If schools in Colorado with mascots like Indians, chiefs, and braves want to keep using those names, they’ll have to receive approval from a panel of American Indians, if Rep. Joe Salazar gets his way. The Democrat from Thornton says in the coming weeks he plans to introduce a bill…

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  • Why Tribal Colleges Matter: Our Response to The Hechinger Report

    The American Indian College Fund‘s President and CEO,  Cheryl Crazy Bull, published this important response to the Hechinger Report we previously posted about.   An excerpt from the response: In regard to the article “Tribal colleges give poor return on more than $100 million a year in federal money” in the November 26, 2014 issue of The Hechinger Report which also ran…

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  • USA Today: Young tribal leaders optimistic about Obama initiative

    Here.  An excerpt: The plight of indigenous youth became the central theme of the Dec. 3 White House Tribal Nations Conference, where Obama spoke about visiting the Crow Nation in Montana while campaigning to become president, and his recent visit to the Lakota reservation at Standing Rock, N.D. “I made another promise, that I’d visit…

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  • Recording of Education Northwest and TEDNA Webinar: STEP Program and Lessons Learned

    If you were unable to attend Education Northwest and TEDNA’s webinar today, you can view the recording here.  We encourage any Tribal Education Agency or Department that is contemplating applying for the next round of STEP Grants to watch the webinar.  The PPT slides can be seen here. TEDNA’s overview of the STEP Grant can be…

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  • I Am Not A Mascot

    Teach for America’s Native Alliance Initiative created this video in response to the debates surrounding Native mascots in professional sports.  Teach for America has long been a supporter of TEDNA.  You can see their video at Teach for America’s Blog, here, and learn more about the Native Alliance Initiative here.  The Initiative seeks to: Provide an Additional Source of Effective…

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