Category: Events

  • NIEA Advocacy Guide

    If you have not seen it, NIEA’s Advocacy Action Guide is an excellent summary for advocating to Congress to advance Indian Education.  The Guide can be seen here.  TEDNA and NIEA share many of the same concerns and have worked together well in the past to advance Indian Education policy and will continue to do…

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  • Nation to Nation: Treaties Between the United States and American Indian Nations

    An interesting exhibit from the National Museum of the American Indian, here. An explanation: From a young age, most Americans learn about the Founding Fathers, but are told very little about equally important and influential Native diplomats and leaders of Indian Nations. Treaties lie at the heart of the relationship between Indian Nations and the…

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  • Performance Partnership Pilots Tribal Leader Outreach Webinar

    Please join the Department of Education, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Labor, the Corporation for National and Community Services, and the Office of Management and Budget in partnership with the White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education for a national outreach call and dialogue on Performance Partnership…

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  • LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER – NIEA Webinar on BIE Reform TODAY

    TODAY: Webinar Series – BIE Blueprint for Reform Understanding the Implementation  President Obama and the Department of the Interior (DOI) recently announced their plan to reform the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE).  As the implementation process moves forward, join NIEA TODAY- Tuesday, August 19, at 4:00 pm (eastern) as we bring our membership top BIE leadership…

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  • U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs: Business Meeting to Consider Legislation

    THIS WILL NOT BE WEBCAST Date: 07/30/2014 02:30 PM Location: 628 Dirksen Senate Office Building Type: Business Meeting S. 1948, A bill to promote the academic achievement of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian children with the establishment of a Native American language grant program; S. 2299, A bill to amend the Native American…

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