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Category: Discussion

  • Department of Education Consultations

    The Department of Education has prepared a revision to its policy for your consideration and comment. Tribal consultation on this draft will take place at the following dates and locations: April 22, 2015 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM April 26, 2015 Tribal Self-Governance Conference, Reno, NV June 28, 2015 NCAI Mid-Year Meeting, St. Paul,…

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  • Resolution to be Introduced to Rename Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day in Minneapolis Public Schools

    From Last Real Indians, here.  An excerpt: On April 14th, 2015, a resolution will be introduced to the Minneapolis school board to recognize the second Monday in October, the federal holiday Columbus Day, as Indigenous Peoples Day. In April 2014, the Minneapolis City Council unanimously passed an resolution recognizing the second Monday in October as…

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  • Native Sun News to host Mayoral Debate at OLC

    Here, from Indianz. An excerpt: RAPID CITY –– On June 2, 2015 Rapid City residents will be going to the polls to vote for the mayor of Rapid City. May 15 is the deadline to register to vote and begins the early voting period.Mayor Sam Kooiker and Candidate Steve Allender, have agreed to a Native…

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  • NIEA – Tribes Secure Victories for Native Education: What to know about the ESEA Reauthorization

    From NIEA: On April 7, 2015, Senators Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Patty Murray (D-WA) released the Every Child Achieves Act of 2015, a bipartisan bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). The Indian-specific provisions in the bill mark a huge victory for Native education, reflecting years of hard work by tribes and…

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  • The boarding schools taught us to be ashamed of being Indian

    From Indianz.com, here.  An excerpt: “It’s hard to forgive,” said a Lakota Episcopal elder from the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation with his voice wavering. Tears sprang to my eyes as he shared his story of being punished for speaking Lakota as a child in a Catholic boarding school. I knew this was a deep pain…

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  • Guest Post from TEDNA Board Member Kerry Venegas on California AB 163 and Teacher Credentialling

    Kerry Venegas is the Director of the Tribal Education Department for the Hoopa Valley Tribe, and is providing an update on California AB 163, which expands Native teaching credential authorization for Tribes that passed as AB 544 in 2009. AB 163 is still in the legislative process, but doesn’t seem to have any major roadblocks. Even…

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