Tag: Bureau of Indian Affairs

• Via PBS.org: How safe are Bureau of Indian Education Schools?

  An excerpt: Thousands of children attend schools operated by the federal Bureau of Indian Education, and for years, no one has known for sure if the buildings where they learn, eat and sleep are safe. That’s one finding from a recent report issued by the Government Accountability Office that has shaken the bureau, which oversees…

  April 18, 2016

  Article

  Ann Marie Bledsoe Downes, BIE, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education, Charles Roessel, Department of Interior, Failed Inspections, GAO, Government Accountability Office, Lawrence Roberts, Missed Annual Inspections, Office of the Inspector General, Senate Subcommittee Hearing on Indian Affairs

• 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

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• 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

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• Via IndianCountryToday: Looking Ahead: 2016 Loaded With Big Changes for Indian Country

  Important developments are expected in Indian country in 2016. Here are some of them: Kevin Washburn Leaving BIA; Lawrence Roberts to Take Over Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Kevin K. Washburn, Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, will be leaving his post in January to return to teaching at the University of New Mexico School of Law.…

  January 5, 2016

  Article

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• INTERIOR SECRETARY JEWELL & ASSISTANT SEC. WASHBURN TO VISIT LAGUNA PUEBLO

  The article is here from Native News Online.  An excerpt: On Wednesday, December 11, as part of the Obama Administration’s commitment to strengthen education for Native youth, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Kevin Washburn will visit New Mexico to tour a Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) tribally controlled grant school…

  Matthew Campbell

  December 11, 2013

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