Category: Grants
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Indian Affairs Budget Chapters
Here, h/t Turtle Talk: 2016_Indian Affairs Budget Request An excerpt: Advancing Indian Education – The Interior budget proposes a $1.0 billion investment in Indian education to support a comprehensive transformation of BIE. The multi-year process will transform BIE into an organization that serves as a capacity builder and service provider to support Tribes in educating…
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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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Statement by Assistant Secretary Washburn on FY15 Omnibus Bill Increased Funding for Bureau of Indian Education Reforms
Here, and an excerpt: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Kevin K. Washburn today issued the following statement regarding the $40 million in additional Bureau of Indian Education (BIE)-related funding in the recently enacted Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2015. . . . . The Consolidated Appropriations Act includes an additional $19,211,000 for school…
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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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White House Fact Sheet: Sixth annual Tribal Nations Conference
From Indianz.com, here. An excerpt: SUPPORTING THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF ALL NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS Promoting Educational Self-Determination for Tribal Nations through Sovereignty in Indian Education Enhancements. In October 2014, DOI took a critical step towards furthering tribal control over BIE-funded schools when it issued $1.2M to six tribes to research, assess and develop implementation plans…
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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…