Tag: Miccosukee
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Via Indian Country Today: A Lesson From the Miccosukee Tribe: Importance of Putting the ‘Native’ Back Into Native Education
An excerpt: “This language (English), which is good enough for a white man and a black man, ought to be good enough for the red man. It is also believed that teaching an Indian youth in his own barbarous dialect is a positive detriment to him. The first step to be taken toward civilization, toward…
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Tribal School Wins Its Own Waiver From No Child Left Behind
An excerpt: A tribal school in Florida has been granted relief from the most onerous provisions of No Child Left Behind, making it the first tribal school in the nation to win its own waiver from the nation’s main federal education law. The Miccosukee Indian School joins more than 40 states that have already won…