Tag: South Dakota
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“Know Before ‘U’ Go”
Know Before “U” Go is a college preparation program designed by the American Indian Graduate Center (AIGC). The program teaches about post-secondary education, financial aid, and scholarships for the upcoming fall of 2016. They will have two locations set up. The first location is in Seattle, Washington in October and the second location in Rapid…
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Via Indian Country Today: Couple in Murder-Suicide Linked to Alleged Scam Embezzling Native Education Money
An excerpt: Six months after a South Dakota couple died in a murder-suicide, Attorney General Marty Jackley said they stole money meant to improve college readiness among Native American students. “There has been a loss or a theft of over $1 million,” Jackley said during a March 16 press conference. Scott Westerhuis allegedly killed his…
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From The Rapid City Journal: Adding Native American Education Part of State Ed Plan
PIERRE | For the first time in South Dakota, courses about Native Americans will be among the required subjects schools must teach. The state Board of Education adjusted the schedule for reviewing teaching standards Thursday and added Native American education for all as a subject for the first time. The revised schedule still calls for…
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Throwback Thursday
Today’s throwback is about a discrimination lawsuit against a South Dakota School District that was settled in 2007. The case was Antoine v. Winner School District, which the ACLU and Rosebud Sioux Tribe prosecuted. A snippet from the ACLU website: In March of 2006, the ACLU’s Racial Justice Program, ACLU of the Dakotas and Attorney General…
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ED Week – Education in Indian Country: Obstacles and Opportunity
Here is an in depth series on Native Education. An excerpt: On most measures of educational success, Native American students trail every other racial and ethnic subgroup of students. To explore the reasons why, Education Week sent a writer, a photographer, and a videographer to American Indian reservations in South Dakota and California earlier this fall. Their work…