Tag: Language Immersion

  • Via ICTMN.com: Learn Your Language: Lakota Summer Institute Coming Up

    The 10thannual Lakota Summer Institute will be held June 6 to 24 at Sitting Bull College in Fort Yates, North Dakota. “For me, this was a spiritual journey which I will never forget,” Rick Williams, a 2015 LSI participant, told the Tribal College Journal. Hundreds of Lakota learners and educators have attended LSI in the…

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  • Via Indian Country Today: New School, New Vision for Isleta Pueblo

    Isleta Pueblo has taken over the Isleta Elementary School, which since its founding in the 1890s had been under the control of the federal government. The difference in school morale and the children’s behavior, say school officials, is already evident. And it was certainly easy to see the day ICTMN visited—bubbly, friendly, well-behaved children, smiling…

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  • Via Indian Country Today: Native American Education Goes to Congress: 7 Bills to Watch

    Congress has before it several pieces of legislation that could have major impacts on the education of American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian children. To participate in the process, let your state’s Congressional delegation know whether you want them to support these bills. Exemption From Budget Cuts On June 4, Sens. Jon Tester, D-Mont.,…

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