Category: Throwback Thursday
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Throwback Thursday
NARF’s Indian Education Legal Support Project created the Draft Materials for Tribal Governance in Education in 1994. These materials were provided to assist tribes in developing their own Tribal Education Department.
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Throwback Thursday
The Indian Nations at Risk: An Educational Strategy for Action report was from the Department of Education in 1991. An excerpt: American Indian tribes and Alaska Native Communities are nations at risk. Our schools have failed to nurture the intellectual development and academic performance of many Native children, as is evident from their high dropoutrates and negative attitudes…
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Throwback Thursday
The “Tribal-State Partnerships: Cooperating to Improve Indian Education” Paper was prepared for NCAI’s Mid-Year Session in 2000. An excerpt: Tribes are increasingly exercising their sovereignty over education, including over public schools that serve tribal children. The exercise of tribal sovereignty over schools and education can improve learning and teaching for tribal students. Cooperative agreements and…
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Throwback Thursday
The Kennedy Report from 1969 was dedicated to Indian education, and it can be seen on NARF’s website. An excerpt: The development of effective educational programs for Indian children must become a high priority objective of the federal government. Although direct federal action can most readily take place in the federally-operated schools, special efforts should be…
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Throwback Thursday
This one goes back 85 years. Part 1 and Part 2 of the Meriam Report from 1928 deal with Indian Education. You can read the whole report on NARF’s website here. A quote: It is true in all education, but especially in the education of people situated as are the American Indians, that methods must be adapted to…
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Throwback Thursday
This Report is not that old of a throwback, but TEDNA’s Report on Tribal Education Departments (“TEDs”) highlights what TEDs can do and what some great ones are doing.