Are you new to TEDNA and wondering what we're all about? Maybe you've been around for a while and need a refresher on TEDNA's history. Take a look at the presentation compiled by NARF attorney Melody McCoy and presented at the 2023 TEDNA Annual Meeting in Albuquerque, which highlights key moments from TEDNA's past. 2023.10.18-TEDNA-History-FINAL
Throwback Thursday: 2010 TEDNA Forum in Rapid City, SD
From left to right: Amy Bowers, Quinton Roman Nose, Donald Yu, Advisor USDOE, Keith Moore, BIE Director, Mary Jane Oatman-Wak Wak, Nez Perce-President Elect for NIEA, David Beaulieu, longtime Indian Educator From left to right: Amy Bowers, NARF Attorney who worked with TEDNA, Patricia Whitefoot, Yakima, 2010 President of NIEA, Kevin Shendo, Jemez Pueblo TED … Continue reading Throwback Thursday: 2010 TEDNA Forum in Rapid City, SD
Throwback Thursday: TEDNA Founders at the White House, 2004
Vickie Vasquez, Assistant Deputy Secretary of the Office of Indian Education in 2004 who awarded NARF a grant to start TEDNA. Quinton Roman Nose, Marilyn Cuch (In 2004, President George W. Bush acknowledged Mrs. Cuch’s work in preparing American Indian/Alaska Native teachers at Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence, Kansas.) , Joyce Silverthorne, Jerome Jainga (except … Continue reading Throwback Thursday: TEDNA Founders at the White House, 2004
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 … Continue reading Throwback – Power and Place: Indian Education in America
Throwback Thursday: Executive Order 13592 — Improving American Indian and Alaska Native Educational Opportunities and Strengthening Tribal Colleges and Universities
It has been a while, so I thought I would do a throwback to 2011. An excerpt from Executive Order 13592: The United States has a unique political and legal relationship with the federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribes across the country, as set forth in the Constitution of the United States, … Continue reading Throwback Thursday: Executive Order 13592 — Improving American Indian and Alaska Native Educational Opportunities and Strengthening Tribal Colleges and Universities
Throwback Thursday: McRel – American Indian Education: The Role of Tribal Education Departments
The Report can be seen here. From the Summary: This study describes the roles and responsibilities, organization, and funding of Tribal Education Departments (TEDs) in the Central Region states. Tribal education departments are departments within tribes responsible for supporting the education of tribal members, created by the sovereign governments of federally recognized American Indian tribes.