Tag: BIA

• Indian Affairs: Key Actions Needed to Ensure Safety and Health at Indian School Facilities

  GAO-16-313, March 10 The Department of the Interior’s (Interior) Office of the Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs (Indian Affairs) lacks sound information on safety and health conditions of all Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) school facilities. Specifically, GAO found that Indian Affairs’ national information on safety and health deficiencies at schools is not complete and accurate because…

  March 10, 2016

  Reports

  BIA, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education, Department of the Interior, GAO, General Accounting Office, health condition, Safety, school safety

• 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

• Federal Register Notice on BIA/BIE TED Grants

  Here. An excerpt: SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) announces the availability of grants to tribes and their tribal education departments for projects identified at 25 U.S.C. 2020. This notice invites tribes with BIE funded schools on or near Indian lands to submit grant proposals. DATES: Grant proposals must be received by June 15, 2015, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.…

  Matthew Campbell

  May 19, 2015

  Announcement, Article, Consultation, Discussion, Events, Grants, Legal, Politics, Save the Date

  BIA, BIE, grants, TEDs

• Troubled school construction project moves forward

  Here, from Indianz.com.  An excerpt: LAME DEER, Mont. –– If all goes as planned under new approach to a Lame Deer Elementary School expansion project funded by Impact Aid, students at Northern Cheyenne will start next school year in new classrooms, dine in a new cafeteria and their parents will be assured that their children…

  Matthew Campbell

  April 14, 2015

  Article, Budget, Events, Politics

  BIA, BIE, Budget, Construction, Lame Deer

• SCIA Presidential Budget Oversight Hearing

  Yesterday, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs held an Oversight Hearing on the President’s FY2016 Budget Request for Indian Programs. The witnesses were: The Honorable Kevin Washburn Assistant Secretary- Indian Affairs-U.S. Department of the Interior View Testimony The Honorable Yvette Roubideaux Senior Advisor to the Secretary on Native Americans and Alaskan Natives-U.S. Department of Health…

  Matthew Campbell

  February 26, 2015

  Announcement, Budget, Discussion, Legal, Politics

  BIA, BIE, Budget, Bureau of Indian Education, FY2016

• FY2016 Bureau of Indian Affairs Budget

  To view the BIA’s 2016 budget in detail, click here.  An excerpt: Tribal Education Departments (TEDs) [$2,000,000]: Tribal Education Departments (TEDs) provide a multitude of services to promoting tribal educational priorities. The goal of these funds is to build the capacity of TEDs so they can coordinate educational services within reservations to better serve all…

  February 19, 2015

  Budget, Politics

  2016 BIA Budget, BIA, Budget, FY2016