Tag: Indian Education

• Washington SB 5433 – Requiring Washington’s tribal history, culture, and government to be taught in the common schools.

  This Bill can be seen here, with the Senate’s amendment.  The Bill can be monitored here.  An excerpt: The legislature recognizes the need to reaffirm the state’s commitment to educating the citizens of our state, particularly the youth who are our future leaders, about tribal history, culture, treaty rights, contemporary tribal and state government institutions…

  Matthew Campbell

  February 6, 2015

  Announcement, Article, Curriculum, Discussion, Politics

  Indian Education, Washington

• Utah Indian Education Bill – HB 0033

  This Bill will be moving forward this session in the Utah Legislature.  The Bill can be seen here, and can be monitored here. It appears the Bill has already passed the Utah House and is now in front of the Utah Senate, already receiving a positive vote from the Senate Education Committee.  An excerpt: Highlighted…

  Matthew Campbell

  February 6, 2015

  Announcement, Article, Discussion, Legal, Politics

  Indian Education, Utah

• TEDNA Priorities for the ESEA Re-Authorization and Indian Education

  As you are probably aware, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee introduced their draft discussion language for reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) last week. As the single best opportunity for comprehensively including tribes and their education agencies within federal education law, it is critical that we coordinate our advocacy…

  Matthew Campbell

  January 29, 2015

  Announcement, Culture, Discussion, Legal, Politics

  ESEA, Indian Education, TEA

• Alaska Native News: Native Americans Work to Save Language

  An excerpt: FORT YATES, NORTH DAKOTA—One evening a week, young and old gather in Michael Moore’s classroom in Fort Yates, North Dakota, to learn Lakota — the language of their Sioux tribal ancestors. For many of the students here at Sitting Bull College, it’s a tongue their great grandparents spoke fluently at home. But that…

  December 15, 2014

  Article, Language

  Barack Obama, Education, Indian Education, Lakota, Language, Native Americans, Native Americans in the United States, Sioux

• DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION |Requests Comments on Proposed Rulemaking for Professional Development Program and Demonstration Grants for Indian Children – Deadline: January 2, 2015

  The Department of Education (ED) invites stakeholders to provide comments on proposed priorities, requirements, definitions, and selection criteria for the Indian Demonstration and Indian Professional Development programs. Last week, ED published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the Professional Development program and the Demonstration Grants for Indian Children (Demonstration Grants program). Both grant programs are…

  December 10, 2014

  Announcement, Discussion, Save the Date

  Department of Education, Education, Indian Education, Native Youth Community Projects, Requests Comments, Washington DC

• NIEA Webinar Series: BIE Blueprint for Reform Understanding the Implementation, Part II

  Due to consistent demand from our membership for more information, NIEA will hold a second Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) informational webinar on Tuesday, September 16, 2014 at 4:00 pm (eastern). For those who missed the initial session, we are providing this opportunity for additional dialogue and new information so our stakeholders can decide the…

  September 9, 2014

  Announcement, Discussion, Events, Save the Date

  BIE, Bureau of Indian Education, Education, Indian Education, National Congress of American Indians, National Indian Education Association, Native American, NCAI, NIEA, Reform, webinar