Category: Discussion
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Native American child sent home by Utah school for wearing traditional Mohawk hairstyle
From Raw Story, here. An excerpt: A Native American child was sent home from school for wearing a traditional Mohawk hairstyle because the school said it was against dress code, WFAA reports. The Utah second grader is of Seneca and Paiute heritage and chose the hairstyle because it is commonly worn by Seneca Nation members. But…
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White House Champions of Change – Young Women Empowering Their Communities
You can watch it live here.
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Notice Of Request For Comments – Renewal of Agency Information Collection for the Bureau of Indian Education Tribal Education Department Grant Program; Request for Comments
Here is the notice, and the entire PDF copy is here. Deadline to respond is November 2, 2015. From the abstract: The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) is seeking renewal of the approval for information collection conducted under 25 U.S.C. 2020, for the solicitation of grant proposals from Federally-recognized tribes and their Tribal Education Departments (TEDs)…
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Tribes support Sovereignty Institute at University of Minnesota
From Indianz.com, here. An excerpt: All 11 tribes in Minnesota have endorsed the creation of the Tribal Sovereignty Institute at the University of Minnesota in Duluth. The Minnesota Indian Affairs Council passed a resolution last month to support the new endeavour. Through the institute, tribes will play a key role in educating students, state employees…
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Indigenous Educational Policy Development with Tribal Governments: A Case Study
Nicole R. Bowman-Farrell (Mohican/Munsee) did her PHD dissertation on Indigenous Educational Policy Development with Tribal Governments and specifically focused on the Stockbridge-Munsee. The abstract from her dissertation is here. The poster she used to present her research at NCAI’s mid-year conference is here. Her actual PHD dissertation can be seen here. From the abstract: This study had three…