Category: Research
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Throwback – Power and Place: Indian Education in America
Power and Place: Indian Education in America by Vine Deloria Jr. and Daniel Wildcat is today’s Throwback Thursday. Deloria and Wildcat offer this as a “declaration of American Indian intellectual sovereignty and self-determination.” An excerpt from a review by Jason Schreiner: With such a revolutionary agenda at stake, they dispense with reformist proposals aimed at “sensitizing” educators and administrators…
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NIEA Webinar Series: Tribally Controlled Schools – Sept. 30
Webinar Series – Tribally Controlled Schools Best Practices and Tools for Success With the signing of the Tribally Controlled Schools Act in 1988, tribes, directly or via tribal organizations, gained the authority to administer educational systems through contracting with the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). Under the recently announced BIE reform, the Bureau is requesting…
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Saving Native Languages and Culture in Mexico With Computer Games
Here is yet another opportunity to enhance culture through modern technology. We posted about a similar example with Alaska Native culture, here. An excerpt from Indian Country Today: Indigenous children in Mexico can now learn their mother tongues with specialized computer games, helping to prevent the further loss of those languages across the country. “Three years…
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NNN – How to Write a College Essay
Here. An excerpt from Native News Network: This manual is intended to help college students write history papers. It briefly introduces some ideas about how to go about organizing papers and how to avoid some of the most common spelling and syntax errors. It covers three main subjects:1. How to structure a paper 2. How to write a thesis and conclusion 3. Some…
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Wash Po: Mapping the counties where public-school children still remain segregated
A very interesting Mapping project, here. An excerpt: A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned a jarring pair of demographic facts about public schools in America: Their enrollment is growing more diverse than ever — this fall marks the first school year where minorities now make up the majority of students — yet black and…
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Federal Officials Say Native American School in Minnesota Needs Help
Federal officials got a firsthand look at one deteriorating Native American school in Minnesota Tuesday–they said it’s one of many suffering similarly throughout the country. After touring Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School in Bena, Minnesota, Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell said it’s just one example of how the country is letting down it’s Native American students. Employees said…