Category: Legal
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NIEA Call for Action to Support Native Education
CALLS NEEDED TODAY TO SUPPORT NATIVE EDUCATION Native students need your support! Below is a brief summary of two amendments that need support to pass. Please call your Senators today and urge them to support each. If you have any questions, please contact NIEA’s Federal Policy Associate, Dimple Patel at dpatel@niea.org. Study of Native Language…
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NIEA: ESEA Update, More Action Needed!
Excellent update from NIEA, below. Native Education Advocates See Major Wins in ESEA Reauthorization Bills It has been a busy week for Native education advocates on the Hill! As Congress debated and negotiated the reauthorization of the largest civil rights education bill, the Elementary and Secondary School Act (ESEA), NIEA and it’s members advocated…
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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies Appropriation Bill, 2016
The Senate Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriation Bill calls for grants to Tribal Education Departments to be continued on page 167. An excerpt: National Activities The Committee recommends $5,565,000 for national activities. Funds are used to expand efforts to improve research, evaluation, and data collection on the status and effectiveness of Indian education programs, and to…
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Job Opportunity: Title VII Indian Education – Native American Intervention Coordinator, Denver Public Schools Closing
Title VII Indian Education – Native American Intervention Coordinator, Denver Public Schools Closing Date/Time: Fri. 07/10/15 5:00 PM Pacific Time Salary: $44,372.00 – $84,367.00 Annually Job Type: Full-Time Responsible for coordination of Title VII Indian Education Grant funded programming. Enhances effectiveness of school academic supports with information, consultation and assistance with professional development. Maintains quality…
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Eagle Feather at Graduation Flyers
TEDNA and NARF are proud to distribute two flyers that were created to assist students and families in their quest to wear an eagle feather at their graduation ceremony. The first trifold flyer is for students and families and serves to provide guidance on working with School Districts to make the request. The second trifold flyer is an…
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Teaching Tribal History Is Finally Required in Washington Public Schools
Here, from the Stranger. An excerpt: When Shana Brown was in 11th grade, her US history teacher took a metal wastebasket, flipped it upside down, and started banging on it like a drum. “Go, my son, get an education! Go, my son, get off the reservation,” he sang. Brown had grown up on the Yakama…