An excerpt: A U.S. Senate report from 1969 describes the federal government's failure to provide an effective education for Native American children as a "national tragedy and a national disgrace" that has "condemned the [American Indian] to a life of poverty and despair." Nearly 50 years later, little has changed, in the view of advocates, … Continue reading Via Edweek.org: Stakes High for Bureau of Indian Education’s Overhaul