Category: Discussion
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Class takes a walk in Standing Bear’s footsteps
Via the Journal Star, here, with a h/t to Indianz.com. An expert: NEAR WYMORE — The days must have been hotter, longer than anyone on this pleasant spring morning could begin to imagine. Ryan Christensen knows he could never fully understand what the Poncas experienced on that long march south to Oklahoma from northeastern Nebraska, so…
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Cherokees give more than $4 million in car tag revenue to area schools
From Tulsa World, here. An excerpt: CATOOSA — Cherokee Nation officials handed out more than $4 million in car-tag revenue funds to area school districts Friday as part of its annual Public School Appreciation Day at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa. Each year, the tribe allocates 38 percent of the revenue generated by its…
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TEDNA Executive Director Quinton Roman Nose Testifies at House Interior Appropriations Sub-Committee
Here is Quinton with Representative McCollum from Minnesota, who is on the Committee. You can see Quinton’s testimony here.
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Colorado House Education Committee passes a bill to limit Native American mascots
Here is an article from the Boulder Daily Camera on this. Here and here are other articles. We previously posted about this here, where you can see the actual bill. Matthew Campbell, a staff attorney with the Native American Rights Fund, testified on TEDNA’s behalf in support of the bill. You can see his testimony here. An excerpt:…
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Michigan Tribal Education Directors’ Conference, April 14-16
Here is the save the date. The information: With support of several local Indigenous Educational Organizations, the Michigan Tribal Education Directors (MTED) hope to foster relationships that provide direct contact with decision makers from all areas of education. Our goal is to strengthen the web of opportunity, both educationally and culturally, for all students currently being…
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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…