Category: Press Release

• Phoenix Regional Conference 2019

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  January 25, 2019

  Announcement, Consultation, Culture, Curriculum, Education, Events, Press Release, Save the Date

• DOE Releases Civil Rights Data Collection Report

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                       June 9, 2016 Washington, D.C.– Earlier this week, the Department of Education (ED) released a first look…

  Scott Jacket

  June 9, 2016

  Announcement, Culture, Discussion, Native American Student Program, Politics, Press Release, Reports, Research, Youth

• Congress Passes the Native American Children’s Safety Act

  WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, praised Congress’ passage of S. 184, the Native American Children’s Safety Act. The bill was sponsored by Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND), with bipartisan support. S. 184 amends the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act to require background…

  Scott Jacket

  May 26, 2016

  Congressional Briefing, Legal, Native American Student Program, Politics, Press Release, Youth

• Gov. Hickenlooper, Commission release report on the Study of American Indian Representations in Public Schools

  DENVER — Monday, April 18, 2016 — Gov. John Hickenlooper and the Governor’s Commission to Study American Indian Representation in Public Schools today released their final report on the use of mascots and imagery in Colorado public schools. The group was joined by William (Bill) Mendoza, the executive director of White House Initiative on American…

  April 18, 2016

  Press Release

  American Indian Mascots, Bill Mendoza, Chairman Clement Frost, Chairman Manuel Heart, Colorado Governor’s Commission on Indian Representation, Governor John Hickenlooper, Native American Mascots, Principal Jeff Rasp, Southern Ute Tribe, tribal sovereignty, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education

• Department of Education Press Release: Historic Investment: $17.4 Million in Grants Available to Help Native Youth

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                               Feb. 29,2016 Contact: Press Office (202) 401-1576 or press@ed.gov Support Aimed at Helping Native Students Become College-, Career-Ready The U.S. Department of Education today announced it is more than tripling – from $5.3 million to $17.4 million – the availability of funding for grants to help Native American youth become college- and career-ready. The…

  March 2, 2016

  Press Release

  Department of Education, DOE, Gen-I, Generation I, Generation Indigenous, John B King, Native Youth Community Projects, NYCP, President Obama

• NIEA Press Release: Senator Barrasso Announces Introduction of RAISE Act at NIEA’s Head to the Hill Day

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                      February 25, 2016 Washington, D.C. – At the National Indian Education Association’s (NIEA) annual legislative summit, Senator Barrasso (R-WY), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, announced he was introducing a bill to Congress that would have ramifications for the future of Native education. The Reforming American…

  February 26, 2016

  Press Release

  2013 White House Report on Native American Youth, Ahnkiwake Rose, BIA, BIE, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education, National Indian Education Association, NIEA, RAISE, Reforming American Indian Standards of Education, S.2580, Senator Barrasso