Tag: Education
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ED Week – Education in Indian Country: Obstacles and Opportunity
Here is an in depth series on Native Education. An excerpt: On most measures of educational success, Native American students trail every other racial and ethnic subgroup of students. To explore the reasons why, Education Week sent a writer, a photographer, and a videographer to American Indian reservations in South Dakota and California earlier this fall. Their work…
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Yakama Nation and state reach sensible accord on fuel taxes
From the Yakima Herald Republic, here. For tribes that don’t already incorporate an education tax, they should consider an education code that incorporates a tax where the revenues are earmarked for education purposes. While this is not practical for all tribes, many could utilize such a code as a way to fund their Tribal Education…
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Honoring our Children: Culturally Appropriate Approaches for Teaching Indigenous Students (Dedicated to the Memory of Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley, 1934-2011)
Here. An excerpt from the introduction: This is the second monograph published by Northern Arizona University emphasizing culture-based education, which seeks to accomplish the melding of Indigenous and Western knowledge and pedagogy to improve school experiences for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous students. The first book, Honoring Our Heritage: Culturally Appropriate Approaches for Teaching Indigenous Students…
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DOEd Proposed Regs on priorities and requirements for national leadership grants for charter schools
Here, and the summary: SUMMARY: The Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and Improvement proposes priorities, requirements, and definitions for CSP Grants for National Leadership Activities and may use these priorities, requirements, and definitions for a competition in fiscal year (FY) 2013 and later years. The Assistant Deputy Secretary is taking this action to ensure that…
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SF New Mexican – New app explores New Mexico’s Native American culture
Here. An excerpt: Curious about New Mexico’s tribes? Now there’s an app to help you learn more about the state’s diverse American Indian culture. The free iPad application, created by the New Mexico State University, offers interesting facts in a fun format about the state’s 22 pueblos, tribes and nations. The goal is to educate…
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Darrell Robes Kipp Walks On
Darrell Robes Kipp, educator, author, historian, filmmaker and one of the co-founder of the Piegan Institute in Browning, died Thursday evening, according to friend Rosalyn LaPier. He was 69. Kipp, whose Pikuni name was Apiniokio Peta, or Morning Eagle, co-founded the institute dedicated to archiving and preserving the Blackfoot language in 1987. The institute’s Cuts…