Category: Events
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Making the Connection: Sharing Information and Data While Protecting Privacy of Youth Webinar- Register TODAY!
When: 5/27/14 Time: 3PM-4PM EST Location: Online Register: By clicking here! Description: Vulnerable youth populations, such as youth transitioning out of the child welfare system and youth who have become disconnected from school and work, can find it challenging to navigate the systems that can connect (or reconnect) them to postsecondary education, training, or a…
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Cherokee Immersion Charter School Graduates More Cherokee Language Speakers
Here from Native News Online.net. An excerpt from the article: TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA— The Cherokee Immersion Charter School graduated its third group of Cherokee speakers Tuesday. The school, which is operated by the Cherokee Nation, held its sixth-grade graduation Tuesday night in the Sequoyah High School gym. The graduating students have been taught the importance of preserving…
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Senate Indian Affairs Committee to Host Listening Session on Native Languages
MISSOULA, MONTANA – The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs will be hosting a public listening session on Native language revitalization in Indian country at the University of Montana on Thursday, April 17, 2014. Senior staff from the Committee will be present to listen and discuss how Native language instruction is helping children in tribal communities. The hearing…
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Interior Secretary Jewell to Deliver Commencement Address at Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute
Secretary Jewell to Deliver Commencement Address at Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute ALBUQUERQUE, NM – On Thursday, April 17, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will address the 2014 graduating class of the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute(SIPI), a National Indian Community College and Land Grant Institution located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. “We are honored to have…
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Save the Date – TEDNA & First Alaskans Institute Education Forum on June 8, 2014 in Anchorage, Alaska
At the NCAI Mid-Year Meeting, TEDNA & the First Alaskans Institute will host an education roundtable/think tank session on June 8 from 2:00pm-4:00pm in Anchorage, Alaska at room Tikahtnu AC in the Dena’ina Convention Center. The education session will focus on self-determination in American Indian/Alaska Native education generally, with an emphasis on what direction self-determination in Alaska Native education may take…
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Montana School District to Redraw District Lines after Losing Voting Rights Act Case to Native Voters
Here, from Turtle Talk. Here are the materials in Jackson v. Wolf Point School District (D. Mont.) (from the ALCU site): Final Order Judge Strong’s Recommendations Consent Decree Complaint Press Release From the ACLU site: In January 2014, Wolf Point School District officials conceded voting districts challenged in August 2013 violate the equal protection clause of the…