Category: Culture
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2015 NCAI Resolutions
TEDNA sponsored two resolutions that passed at NCAI’s Annual Convention in San Diego last month. The first was a resolution calling on the Department of Education to utilize its authority under 20 U.S.C. § 1232g(b)(1)(C) and 34 C.F.R. § 99.31(a)(3)(iii) to exempt tribes and TEAs from FERPA’s advance consent requirement by designating TEAs as the Secretary of…
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Hear the stories of Native youth, and find out more about Generation Indigenous
You can learn more about Generation Indigenous here.
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Colorado Governor Commissions Study On Indian Mascots in Public Schools
From Turtle Talk: Executive Order here. Press release here. Link to media coverage here.
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New School, New Vision for Isleta Pueblo
From ICT, here. An excerpt: Isleta Pueblo has taken over the Isleta Elementary School, which since its founding in the 1890s had been under the control of the federal government. The difference in school morale and the children’s behavior, say school officials, is already evident. And it was certainly easy to see the day ICTMN…