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Category: Discussion

  • ICT – Lessons of Our Land Curriculum Launched During Heritage Month

    Here.  An excerpt: Learning about Native history and culture doesn’t need to be relegated to one month of the year. Though the Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) thought Native American Heritage Month would be a good time to release its Native American land curriculum website for pre-K and K-12 classrooms. “The launch of this website in November coincides…

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  • Honoring our Children: Culturally Appropriate Approaches for Teaching Indigenous Students (Dedicated to the Memory of Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley, 1934-2011)

    Here. An excerpt from the introduction: This is the second monograph published by Northern Arizona University emphasizing culture-based education, which seeks to accomplish the melding of Indigenous and Western knowledge and pedagogy to improve school experiences for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous students. The first book, Honoring Our Heritage: Culturally Appropriate Approaches for Teaching Indigenous Students…

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  • The Hill – House lines up year-end blitz

    Here.  The Budget and sequestration are among the topics that will be discussed.  An excerpt: 3) Budget conference The 29-member budget conference committee, led by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), has the highest profile and the lowest expectations. The panel emerged from the deal that re-opened the government and lifted the…

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  • DOEd Proposed Regs on priorities and requirements for national leadership grants for charter schools

    Here, and the summary: SUMMARY: The Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and Improvement proposes priorities, requirements, and definitions for CSP Grants for National Leadership Activities and may use these priorities, requirements, and definitions for a competition in fiscal year (FY) 2013 and later years. The Assistant Deputy Secretary is taking this action to ensure that…

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  • SF New Mexican – New app explores New Mexico’s Native American culture

    Here. An excerpt: Curious about New Mexico’s tribes? Now there’s an app to help you learn more about the state’s diverse American Indian culture. The free iPad application, created by the New Mexico State University, offers interesting facts in a fun format about the state’s 22 pueblos, tribes and nations. The goal is to educate…

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  • Language summit draws tribes from across Nation

    Here, from Indianz and Native Sun News.  A quote:  In the foothills of the sacred Black Hills, the Lakota/Dakota/Nakota language was not only examined and researched in an academic manner, but it was celebrated by the participants of the 6th Annual Tusweca Tiyospaye Language Summit. Held at the Ramkota Hotel, the language summit drew people…

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