Tag: Native Americans

• Colorado In-State Tuition Bill

  Yesterday, the Colorado In-State Tuition Bill was heard in front of the Colorado House Education Committee.  You can learn more about the bill by following the above link.  Matt Campbell with the Native American Rights Fund testified in favor of the bill.  His testimony can be seen here.

  Matthew Campbell

  January 27, 2015

  Announcement, Discussion, Legal, Politics

  Budget, College, Colorado, In-State Tuition, Native Americans

• Alaska Native News: Native Americans Work to Save Language

  An excerpt: FORT YATES, NORTH DAKOTA—One evening a week, young and old gather in Michael Moore’s classroom in Fort Yates, North Dakota, to learn Lakota — the language of their Sioux tribal ancestors. For many of the students here at Sitting Bull College, it’s a tongue their great grandparents spoke fluently at home. But that…

  December 15, 2014

  Article, Language

  Barack Obama, Education, Indian Education, Lakota, Language, Native Americans, Native Americans in the United States, Sioux

• Call for Comment: Proposed Priorities, Requirements, Definitions, and Selection Criteria-State Tribal Education Partnership Program

  The Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education proposes priorities, requirements, definitions, and selection criteria for the State Tribal Education Partnership (STEP) program. The Assistant Secretary may use one or more of these priorities, requirements, definitions, and selection criteria for competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2015 and later years. We propose this action to enable…

  November 4, 2014

  Announcement, Discussion

  Education, Native American, Native Americans, Native Americans in the United States, STEP, STEP Program, tribal education, Washington DC

• Huff Post: Native American Child Reportedly Sent Home From School Because Of Long Hair

  A Native American child was reportedly sent home early from his first day of Kindergarten last week because officials said his long hair conflicted with the school’s dress code. Malachi Wilson, 5, does not receive haircuts because it is against his religion as a member of the Navajo Nation, the child’s mother told a local…

  September 3, 2014

  Article

  Culture, Early childhood education, Education, Hair Cutting, Native American, Native Americans

• DOI Announces $2.5 Million to Promote Tribal Control and Operation of BIE-Funded Schools

  Interior Department Announces $2.5 million to Promote Tribal Control and Operation of BIE-Funded Schools Funding Opportunity Part of Bureau of Indian Education’s implementation of American Indian Education Study Group’s “Blueprint for Reform;” Sovereignty in Indian Education grants will promote tribal self-determination in education through tribal control of BIE-funded schools WASHINGTON, D.C.–As part of the Obama…

  August 21, 2014

  Announcement, Budget

  BIE, Budget, Bureau of Indian Education, Education, Native Americans, United States Secretary of the Interior, Washington DC

• American Indian Student Readiness: The ACT 2013 Study

  Here. Each year, ACT provides an analysis of the college and career readiness of US high school graduates based on ACT® college readiness assessment results from the high school graduating class.  ACT is pleased to expand on this important research with an in-depth look at the academic readiness of American Indian students. Key report findings…

  March 14, 2014

  Announcement, Article, Discussion, Uncategorized

  ACT, Native Americans