Tag: Lawrence Roberts

• 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

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  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

• 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

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  Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education, Carcieri, Dollar General, Elementary and Secondary School Act, ESSA, ICWA, Indian Child Welfare Act, John Barrasso, Kevin Washburn, Lawrence Roberts, National Indian Education Association, NIEA, No Child Left Behind, Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Supreme Court, Violence Against Women Act