Category: Legal
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Native American child sent home by Utah school for wearing traditional Mohawk hairstyle
From Raw Story, here. An excerpt: A Native American child was sent home from school for wearing a traditional Mohawk hairstyle because the school said it was against dress code, WFAA reports. The Utah second grader is of Seneca and Paiute heritage and chose the hairstyle because it is commonly worn by Seneca Nation members. But…
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Notice Of Request For Comments – Renewal of Agency Information Collection for the Bureau of Indian Education Tribal Education Department Grant Program; Request for Comments
Here is the notice, and the entire PDF copy is here. Deadline to respond is November 2, 2015. From the abstract: The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) is seeking renewal of the approval for information collection conducted under 25 U.S.C. 2020, for the solicitation of grant proposals from Federally-recognized tribes and their Tribal Education Departments (TEDs)…
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Indigenous Educational Policy Development with Tribal Governments: A Case Study
Nicole R. Bowman-Farrell (Mohican/Munsee) did her PHD dissertation on Indigenous Educational Policy Development with Tribal Governments and specifically focused on the Stockbridge-Munsee. The abstract from her dissertation is here. The poster she used to present her research at NCAI’s mid-year conference is here. Her actual PHD dissertation can be seen here. From the abstract: This study had three…
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New FERPA Bill in House – the Student Privacy Protection Act
The Student Privacy Protection Act can be seen here, and the Senate’s version that dropped earlier this year is here. Regrettably, there is no amendment for Tribes or Tribal Education Departments. The amendment passed a few years ago that permits disclosure of student records to a tribal organization that has the right to access a student’s case plan when…
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Dr. Sherry Johnson on the Impact Aid Consultation
I was on the Tribal Consultation webinar and my take on it was: There are no plans to change the Impact Aid law itself but merely the wording within the guidelines. We need to push for stronger clearer language within the law itself. What were minimum requirements of past no longer meet today’s needs for…
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Impact Aid Tribal Consultation
The Impact Aid Program is considering whether to propose changes to its regulations at 34 CFR Part 222. The Department of Education (ED) is seeking input on whether there should be changes made to the regulations governing Indian Policies and Procedures, and if so, what changes should be made. ED is offering to online consultation…