Category: Education
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Do you know about the lawsuit between the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe against the BIE Reorganization?
The Department of Interior has proposed reorganizing the Bureau of Indian Education in order to improve Indian Education across the States. The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe sued the DOI to seek a permanent injunction to block the proposed restructuring. Does the DOI have the right to restructure BIE, how does this improve education, and do other tribes have a say? To read more…
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BIA/BIE K-12 Tribal Student Climate Change Photo Contest
There are K-5, 6-8, and 9-12 grade student categories. Fall contest entries are due by Nov. 30th and Spring entries by April 28th to bia_climate_photo_contest@bia.gov. Click here for more information on the contest.
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Visiting Indigenous Scholarship Fellowship
The University of Victoria in Canada is establishing a fellowship for a Visiting Indigenous Scholar to be appointed to the faculty. The fellowship is valued at $10,000 for the semester. The application deadline is September 19, 2016. To apply: please submit a cover letter and resume to Dr. Margaret Cameron, Associate Dean Research, Faculty of Humanities at margaret@uvic.ca.…
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“Know Before ‘U’ Go”
Know Before “U” Go is a college preparation program designed by the American Indian Graduate Center (AIGC). The program teaches about post-secondary education, financial aid, and scholarships for the upcoming fall of 2016. They will have two locations set up. The first location is in Seattle, Washington in October and the second location in Rapid…
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Want to Fix U.S. Schools? Look to Native American Communities
From EqualVoiceforFamilies.org: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Hidden in a corner of this city, amid a gleaming office park, strip malls, vacant lots, Interstate 40, and perhaps the city’s nicest Starbucks, is a two-story school that holds one of the country’s most promising educational models for Native American students. The Native American Community Academy sits in New…