Category: Events
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Story Corps (opportunity)
From Native News Network, here. StoryCorps, in partnership with the American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office, is accepting applications from public libraries and library systems interested in hosting StoryCorps @ your library programs. Funded by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), StoryCorps @ your library will bring StoryCorps’ popular interview methods to libraries while developing a replicable…
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FY 2015 Omnibus Budget Bill – Exciting News for Tribal Education Agencies and Departments
On Tuesday evening, House and Senate appropriators released the FY 2015 Omnibus Appropriations bill (HR 83), which will fund TEAs through Department of Interior for the first time. Here is the BIA section of the Interior explanatory statement. On page 24, it provides that: Education.- The agreement includes $2,000,000 for the development and operation of tribal departments or…
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Webinar Series: 2014 BIE Reform Review
You still have time to register for the third Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) informational webinar scheduled for today, December 4, 2014 at 4:00 pm (Eastern Time). The BIE will join NIEA to provide updates from the town hall meetings held during the NIEA 2014 Annual Convention as well as their other national site visits. This…
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Recording of Education Northwest and TEDNA Webinar: STEP Program and Lessons Learned
If you were unable to attend Education Northwest and TEDNA’s webinar today, you can view the recording here. We encourage any Tribal Education Agency or Department that is contemplating applying for the next round of STEP Grants to watch the webinar. The PPT slides can be seen here. TEDNA’s overview of the STEP Grant can be…
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Turtle Talk – Whitehouse Listening Session and MSU Conference on Education Today and Tomorrow.
Here is the agenda for the listening session in Michigan today, and here is information on the listening session and a link to registration. Here is the link to the 2014 ILPC Annual Conference – Dismantling Barriers in American Indian Education, which Kevin Washburn, Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs, will be keynoting. Our previous posts on this are…
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REMINDER for TOMORROW: Oversight Hearing on “Protecting our Children’s Mental Health: Preventing and Addressing Childhood Trauma in Indian Country”
Date: 11/19/2014 02:30 PM Location: 628 Senate Dirksen Bldg Type: Oversight Hearing Witnesses: THE HONORABLE ROBERT L. LISTENBEE JR. DR. YVETTE ROUBIDEAUX, Acting Director-Indian Health Service MS. KANA ENOMOTO, Principal Deputy Administrator-Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Panel 1 MR. RICK VAN DEN POL Director and Principal Investigator-Institute of Educational Research and Service, The…