Tag: National Congress of American Indians
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FY 2015 Omnibus Budget Bill – Exciting News for Tribal Education Agencies and Departments
On Tuesday evening, House and Senate appropriators released the FY 2015 Omnibus Appropriations bill (HR 83), which will fund TEAs through Department of Interior for the first time. Here is the BIA section of the Interior explanatory statement. On page 24, it provides that: Education.- The agreement includes $2,000,000 for the development and operation of tribal departments or…
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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…
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Sens. Heitkamp and Murkowski Introduce Bill to Improve Lives of Indian Children
Here is the text of the press release (bill summary here): U.S. Senators Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) today introduced a comprehensive plan to find solutions to the complex challenges facing Native American children throughout Indian Country. The bipartisan legislation, Heitkamp’s first bill as a U.S. Senator, would create a national Commission on Native…
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TEDNA at TEN Photos
TEDNA at TEN in Tulsa, Oklahoma on October 13, 2013
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Quinton Roman Nose, TEDNA Executive Director; John Echohawk, NARF Executive Director
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TEDNA, NARF, & NCAI Presents:
2013 Decision Making Guide This Guide was developed in collaboration with the National Congress of American Indians through a grant provided by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. One of the key purposes of the Grant was to help strengthen the role of tribal governments in Native education. This Guide is intended to help accomplish…