EDUCATION NEWS 08.06.10 WASHINGTON, DC Summer Issue 2010 Online now. 06.22.10 NORTH DAKOTA University of North Dakota recruiting American Indian nursing students 06.20.10 WASHINGTON Washington educators, leaders aim for progress with new tribal curriculum 06.15.10 ILLINOIS Tribal internship students energize alternative fuel science 06.05.10 WASHINGTON STATE Northwest Indian College receives First Nations' grant toward preserving Lummi cultural knowledge The Northwest Indian College recently received a $19,000 grant from the First Na 05.12.10 JOB ANNOUNCEMENT President, Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology - Okmulgee 05.12.10 HAWAI'I Native Hawaiian scholars awarded Mellon-Hawaii Fellowships 05.08.10 MONTANA Denise Juneau to Receive Honorary Doctorate Degree from Carroll Colleg 05.07.10 WISCONSIN Graduation celebrates culture, achievement 05.06.10 WYOMING UW American Indian Student Receives Major Science Fellowship Award 04.28.10 NORTH CAROLINA Area colleges announce graduation speakers 04.28.10 NEW MEXICO Gallup High teacher designs solar hogan 04.28.10 COLORADO AICF gives Tribal College President Award to Dr. Robert Martin 04.28.10 CALIFORNIA American Indian class emphasizes community service projects at reserves 03.22.10 WASHINGTON STATE Native American students and dropouts 03.18.10 WASHINGTON, DC Native Languages Proposal Delivered to Obama Administration 03.18.10 WASHINGTON, DC Dorgan Looks to Reform Native American Schools 03.16.10 NIEA JOB ANNOUNCEMENT National Indian Education Association Executive Director 03.15.10 JOB ANNOUNCEMENT American Indian Students of Promise Director 03.15.10 WISCONSIN Assembly cracks down on Indian mascots 03.15.10 KANSAS Haskell Indian Nations University hosting 2nd Annual BIE Youth Leadership Challenge 03.12.10 ALASKA UAF student filmmakers showcase village life in documentaries 03.11.10 HIRING Federal Hiring Event for People with Disabilities on April 26 03.10.10 JOB ANNOUNCEMENT Associate Research Professional 03.09.10 MONTANA Full circle: UM's Payne Family Native American Center nears completion 03.09.10 USA U.S. Announces $42 Million In Grants For Native Americans 03.08.10 NEW YORK Women of Influence series to welcome Seneca Nation member 03.04.10 WASHINGTON, DC S.D. woman named Commissioner of the Administration for Native Americans 02.25.10 FELLOWSHIPS 2010-2011 National Head Start Fellowship Applications Now Being Accepted 02.23.10 JOB ANNOUNCEMENT Assistant Professor of First Nations Studies UW Green Bay 02.23.10 INTERNSHIP Summer internship in Minnesota 02.16.10 ALASKA Longtime UAF dean Gerald Mohatt dies at 69 01.27.10 USA Winter NIEA Membership Magazine Available Online Now! 01.19.10 JOB ANNOUNCEMENT NIEA Research and Policy Associate 01.19.10 USA NIEA Founder Dr. William G. Demmert (1934-2010) 01.13.10 USA Native High School Students! Please apply to the Young Native Writers Essay Contest 01.06.10 ALASKA Tribe welcomes youth education manager 01.05.10 Washington, DC NMAI Gets Upgrade in Lelawi Theatre 12.22.09 HAWAII National Indian Education Association conference bolsters lessons in indigenous learning 12.22.09 OKLAHOMA Cherokee Nation gives to Angel Tree 12.11.09 Echo Hawk Names Former NIEA President and current Member, SIPI President 12.07.09 NORTH DAKOTA tribal groups getting grants 12.04.09 ALASKA Web helps Alaskan youths avoid STDs 12.04.09 ALASKA Speakers of Dena'ina race to save their language 12.03.09 JOB ANNOUNCEMENT University of New Mexico, Assistant Or Associate Professor, American Indian Education 12.01.09 PROGRAM Americans for Indian Opportunity, Applications due January 8, 2010 12.01.09 SCHOLARHIP For Native American/Alaskan Natural Resource Students, Applications Due January 10, 2010 11.29.09 ILLINOIS Bank of America Awards Chicago American Indian Local Hero Award 11.28.09 HAWAI`I Kamehameha increases grants 11.27.09 USA Tribal violence continues to capture Senate attention 11.19.09 ALASKA Superintendent stresses attendance as way to boost Native graduation rates 11.19.09 USA Campaign for High School Equity Outlines Need to Extend Expanded Learning Opportunities to All High School Students 11.19.09 USA $10 Million in Grants Aimed at Enrolling American Indian, Alaska Native Kids in Health Care to be Awarded 11.18.09 HAWAI'I Professor provides language books to Hawaiian immersion schools 11.16.09 JOB ANNOUNCEMENT Assistant Dean of Yale College / Director of the Native American Cultural Center at Yale 11.10.09 USA White House Tribal Nations Conference: the Videos 11.09.09 NEW MEXICO Governor hosts Indian education summit 11.08.09 HAWAI`i George Na'ope dies at 81; guardian of native Hawaiian culture 11.08.09 CALIFORNIA Native American students seek recognition and test-score reporting 11.07.09 WISCONSIN Tomow's influence extends beyond football field 11.05.09 ALASKA ANSEP aims to raise retention rates 11.05.09 ANNOUCEMENT U.S. President Barack Obama's remarks, question and answer at the Morning Session of the Tribal Nations Conference. 11.04.09 COLORADO American Indian College Fund 2009 Flame of Hope Gala Raises More than $400,000 for American Indian Scholarships 11.03.09 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA White House summit could turn new leaf for tribes 11.02.09 JOB ANNOUNCEMENT Chancellor, THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT PEMBROKE 11.02.09 ANNOUNCEMENT Census Bureau Launches 2010 Census Campaign With New Web Site 11.01.09 MONTANA Montana Leads Region in Indian Education Policies 11.01.09 MINNESOTA The University had the first American Indian Studies and the second African American and African Studies departments. 11.01.09 NORTH DAKOTA Goetz, tribal leader discuss Fighting Sioux nickname 11.01.09 KANSAS Education rights for American Indian children need protecting 11.01.09 PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, 2009 10.30.09 WASHINGTON,DC President Obama to Host White House Tribal Nations Conference 10.30.09 NAVAJO NATION librarian Nelson receives national awards 10.30.09 NORTH CAROLINA North Carolina Cherokee Take Steps to Preserve Language 10.30.09 CALIFORNIA Mayor honors American Indian Studies Center 10.30.09 INTERNATIONAL Turkish Coalition of America Sponsors Native American Lecture Tour in Turkey 10.30.09 USA Holder: DOJ helping tribes reduce violence 10.28.09 ANNOUNCEMENT Beyond The Mesas DVD 10.27.09 USA Some States Include Native American History in the Curriculum 10.26.09 ALASKA Students capture rural Alaska on film 10.26.09 ANNOUNCEMENT College Horizons 2010 - Student Applications Available for Download! 10.25.09 WISCONSIN Native American student achievement gap closing in Wisconsin 10.25.09 WISCONSIN UW-Milwaukee to create American Indian institute 10.23.09 ALASKA Alutiiq Language Program receives Governor’s Awards 10.22.09 President Obama Annouces Key Administration Post: 10.16.09 WISCONSIN 2009-2012 NIEA Board of Directors Nominees 10.14.09 OKLAHOMA SHS students inducted into honor society 10.02.09 NEVADA School Board OKs agreement with Yerington tribe to improve education services 10.01.09 UTAH American Indians focus of new Utah curriculum 09.27.09 ARIZONA In Arizona, Push for Indian Law on State Bar Exam 09.27.09 MISSISSIPPI USM adds American Indian studies 09.27.09 OKLAHOMA OU Native American Studies Program to host annual symposium 09.21.09 ARIZONA Heard Museum in Phoenix appoints new director 09.21.09 EVENT American Indian Conference to Focus on Health, Sustainability 09.20.09 Conference targets tribal violence, gangs 09.19.09 MONTANA Recruiting on the rez: UM appeals directly to American Indian students 09.17.09 PENNSLYVANIA Letter found that led to Indians' 'Trail of Tears' 09.11.09 ARIZONA Navajo County Education Service receives Science Foundation Arizona grant 09.10.09 NIEA Releases their 2009 Honors List 09.08.09 OKLAHOMA Profile: The University of Tulsa’s College of Law 09.08.09 ALASKA Barrow kids explore indigenous cultures in Mexico 09.08.09 ARIZONA Federal grant helps ASU groom educators for rural schools 09.07.09 USA Its 2009: Do You Know Where Our American Indian Children Are? 09.07.09 HAWAI`I Hundreds gather to honor a queen 09.06.09 CALIFORNIA Young families breathe new life into American Indian languages 09.06.09 SCHOLARHIP Southeastern Oklahoma State University 08.31.09 USA Update on Recovery Act funds for education 08.31.09 JOB POSTING Occupational Therapy Services for the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), Navajo Region Schools 08.31.09 JOB ANNOUCEMENT School Speech Language Therapy Services for the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), T'siya Pueblo, New Mexico South Region Schools. 08.31.09 HAWAI`I Federal grants awarded for Native Hawaiians 08.27.09 WYOMING Northern Arapahoes hold handgame tournament 08.27.09 WASHINGTON,DC Smithsonian's Museum of the American Indian Honored by Big Shot Project 08.27.09 WISCONSIN Center for First Nations Studies will address education about American Indians 08.26.09 USA 2009 College-Bound Seniors Are Most Diverse Group Ever to Take SAT As More Minority Students Prepare for Higher Education 08.26.09 ALASKA Native Charter School begins 2nd year 08.25.09 SCHOLARHIP University of Colorado at Boulder 08.24.09 HAWAI`I Akiona Honored With Advocate Award 08.23.09 NEW MEXICO More than 1,100 Native youth attend UNITY conference 08.21.09 MINNESOTA Leo Brisboi (White Earth) is first American Indian to lead Minnesota Bar Association 08.21.09 ARIZONA Secretary Salazar, Top Interior Policymakers Visit Navajo Nation, Confer with President Shirley & Other Nation Officials 08.19.09 HAWAI`I 8th Annual Native Hawaiian Convention 08.19.09 HAWAI`I New UH Mānoa Native Hawaiian law fellowship program funded 08.19.09 CALIFORNIA UCLA American Indian Studies Celebrates 40 Years of Success 08.19.09 USA CHSE Release Recommendations to Equalize Education Standards 08.18.09 JOB POSTING: North Dakota, Early Reading First Literacy Coach 08.18.09 USA Jim Thorpe Documentary Released Soon. 08.18.09 COLORADO An AICF transformation 08.18.09 USA Thinking Indian at tribal colleges 08.17.09 USA Energy Department announces village clean energy projects 08.17.09 USA Aid to 20,000 American Indian Students 08.17.09 WASHINGTON, DC Native Scholars Explore Education Policy, Leadership and Research 08.16.09 NORTH CAROLINA Dream Catchers Camp teaches Indian students to dream 08.14.09 JOB POSTING: Program Instructor for the Close Up Foundation 08.13.09 HAWAII $1.4 Million for Native Hawaiian Education 08.12.09 MINNESOTA St. Scholastica receives four-year language grant 08.12.09 MINNESOTA UMD plans American Indian Center 08.12.09 ALASKA Schools having difficulty 08.12.09 HAWAI`I Kamehameha Schools makes the right move 08.11.09 SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls folds Lakota language into other classes 08.10.09 ALASKA AK Native Heritage Center celebrates 10 years 08.10.09 MONTANA GFPS Indian Education department event 'connects' everyone before school starts 08.08.09 NEW YORK American Indian Art and Fashion Alliance launches 08.07.09 MONTANA Tackling tribal dropouts 08.07.09 USA Hawaiian language added to Google 08.06.09 CALIFORNIA American Indian Chamber of Commerce of California Continues Entrepreneurial Education... 08.06.09 USA Obama taps Professor Gloria Valencia-Weber, UNM Indian Law Professor for Legal Service Corporation Board 08.06.09 ARIZONA Diné Ed leaders push cultural schooling 08.04.09 USA Education department awards young creative spirits 08.04.09 MICHIGAN Eight public bodies in Charlevoix County receive $136,975 in gaming revenue 08.04.09 SOUTH DAKOTA First Nations Oweesta Corp. in South Dakota has new chief executive 08.04.09 OKLAHOMA JOM students start to get supplies 08.04.09 SCHOLARSHIP Bahçesehir University in Istanbul is offering 4 Native American students (2 in Spring 2010 and 2 in Fall 2010) scholarships covering all tuition expenses 08.04.09 USA ICF wins $47M Head Start contract 08.04.09 USA US Senate panel backs formal apology to Indians 08.03.09 OREGON Every two weeks a language dies 08.02.09 COLORADO Colorado tribes to be schooled about diabetes 07.28.09 WASHINGTON STATE Native teens learn power of rap 07.27.09 USA New federal BIA head faces a 'daunting task' 07.27.09 USA Study of Achievement Gaps Shows Native Gains 07.26.09 WASHINGTON The right to know: Another Deloria suggestion 07.25.09 HAWAI`I Feds give millions for Native Hawaiian education 07.24.09 MONTANA Battle guide gets surprise invite to D.C. 07.24.09 USA Summer Issue Now Online 07.21.09 ALABAMA Council explores options for old school 07.21.09 MONTANA Blackfeet cultural leader Clarence Wagner dies 07.21.09 IDAHO Read Across America takes unique form in Kamiah 07.19.09 OKLAHOMA National Native American student art exhibit to come to Oklahoma 07.19.09 USA New head of Indian affairs acknowledges big challenge 07.18.09 HAWAI`I Kane named Kamehameha trustee 07.18.09 IDAHO Law professor building Native American program 07.16.09 SOUTH DAKOTA “Drinking Indian” wine holder removed from store by NIEA President, Robert Cook 07.15.09 UTAH Shoshone Youth Revive Language 07.13.09 INDIANA Native American Heritage Day provides hands-on learning 07.11.09 USA American Indian Business Leaders Group Encourages Setting Bigger Goals 07.10.09 HAWAI`I Conference will educate Hawaiians on services 07.10.09 MONTANA Native Americans Strive to Retain Vanishing Heritage 07.06.09 OREGON Economy forces SOU to abandon Konaway 07.05.09 NEW MEXICO Native language summer schools growing 07.05.09 SOUTH DAKOTA State director of Indian Education departs 07.02.09 ARIZONA Grant to boost number of American Indian school principals 07.02.09 NEW MEXICO Native American youths to gather in NM 07.01.09 USA Treasury Awards $8 Million in Recovery Act Funding for Native Communities 06.25.09 SOUTH DAKOTA USD announces new chief diversity officer 06.25.09 ARIZONA Summit tackles education barriers for American Indians 06.25.09 WASHINGTON Native Education 06.22.09 NEBRASKA Grant to help Neb. college recruit, train 06.22.09 IDAHO Reaching a struggling demographic 06.21.09 CALIFORNIA A unique honor 06.18.09 USA States get $3.8M to improve Indian education 06.18.09 ALASKA Indigenous Leadership institute seeks applicants 06.18.09 COLORADO Los Angeles Lakers Coach Phil Jackson Donates Proceeds of Phil Jackson X Hat to American Indian College Fund 06.17.09 NORTH CAROLINA N.C. Indian Youth conference fuses fun, education and culture 06.17.09 USA Nissan North America Shells Out $85,000 for American Indian College Fund 06.15.09 CALIFORNIA Tribes reclaim languages once spoken in California 06.15.09 KANSAS Haskell to feature youth leadership event 06.15.09 HAWAI`I Locals, visitors pay respects on King Kamehameha Day 06.15.09 ALASKA Tlingit language survey under way 06.14.09 OHIO Fourth-graders sponsor visit from American Indian leader 06.10.09 WASHINGTON STATE Education Spotlight Focuses on Native Achievement Gap Study 06.09.09 NORTH CAROLINA Lillian Sparks Presents at 15th Annual Summer Public Health Research Institute and Videoconference on Minority Health 06.05.09 USA Asst. Sec.-Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk Moves Quickly to Begin Addressing Indian Country’s Needs 06.05.09 CALIFORNIA Native peoples protest at S.F. Giants ballpark 06.04.09 WISCONSIN Grant will help American Indian students blast off in rocketry science 06.04.09 ALASKA Native (Alaskan) Education 06.03.09 NEW MEXICO Navajo Prep students to study careers in South Africa 06.03.09 NORTH CAROLINA HES Honors 2009 Distinguished Lumbee Alumni 06.02.09 CALIFORNIA Charter School Turns Ideas of Education Upside Down 06.01.09 USA Native essay contest asks for entries 06.01.09 WASHINGTON STATE Indian Education program holds graduation 05.30.09 HAWAI`I Sovereignty Through Food 05.29.09 MONTANA Record number of Native Americans graduate from Great Falls 05.26.09 OKLAHOMA Three-part series: Cherokee Nation health officials warn of child obesity 05.25.09 NEW YORK Let’s remember Native Americans’ role on Memorial Day 05.24.09 MINNESOTA American Indian leaders gather to focus on youth 05.24.09 NORTH CAROLINA UNC students to study Cherokee life in Oklahoma 05.19.09 ARIZONA Two Native American Members of the UA College of Medicine Class of 2009 Will Stay in Arizona 05.19.09 SOUTH DAKOTA District is meeting the challenges 05.18.09 ALASKA Students' films help capture Inupiaq history and culture 05.18.09 MASSACHUSETTES Student Receives Spencer Foundation Award to Work on Indigenous Studies 05.18.09 ARIZONA The UA is hosting the College Board's Native American Student Advocacy Institute this month. Many NIEA Members to speak! 05.18.09 MONTANA MSU helps improve American Indians' access to education via distance programs 05.18.09 WASHINGTON STATE Indian Law program expands at Seattle University School of Law 05.17.09 WASHINGTON STATE, Toppenish educator, NIEA Board Member, provides link to history 05.16.09 HAWAI`I Students Build DHHL Homes through Model Program 05.16.09 WASHINGTON,DC Navajo Elementary students visit capital 05.16.09 HAWAI`I Learning The Native Hawaiian Culture 05.16.09 ARIZONA Meaningful reform begins with lowering dropout rates 05.15.09 MONTANA Indian education takes shape 05.15.09 NORTH DAKOTA Board advocates dumping UND nickname, logo 05.12.09 WASHINGTON,DC Campaign for High School Equity Outlines Steps for Closing the Achievement Gap at Congressional Hearing on High School Reform 05.12.09 ALASKA Little tribal college is huge in changing lives 05.11.09 USA NIEA wants your graduation photos! 05.10.09 LOUISIANA Students gather for graduation 05.09.09 NORTH CAROLINA Pembroke native recognized for lifetime of advocacy 05.08.09 USA Administration Makes Smart Move by Investing in High Schools, but It's a Small Step, says Campaign for High School Equity 05.07.09 HAWAI`I Trio to be honored by Hawaiian community 05.05.09 USA U.S. Education Secretary Launches National Discussion on Education Reform 05.05.09 IDAHO LCSC Alumni Association awards celebration is Wednesday 05.04.09 ARIZONA Educational leadership professor selected as president’s adviser on Native issues 05.04.09 MINNESOTA Quest to save tribal languages 05.04.09 ARIZONA American Indians being recruited for medical field 05.04.09 OKLAHOMA Lifeline sought for imperiled languages 05.03.09 HAWAI`I Kapuniai promoted to community development manager 05.02.09 MONTANA Coalition pushes for early diagnosis in Native American women 05.01.09 NEW MEXICO Farmington students compete in first Navajo language spelling bee 05.01.09 ALASKA Inupiaq movies teach lessons, capture oral history 04.30.09 OREGON Tribal leader to lecture on native languages tonight at OSU 04.30.09 MONTANA Grad student traces Native American influence on America's literary lineage 04.29.09 TUCSON American Indian Student Films to be Broadcast at U of A 04.28.09 WASHINGTON STATE William Demmert was chosen as the 2009 recipient of the Mike Charleston Award 04.27.09 MONTANA Corri Smith is the 2009 Indian Educator of the Year award from the Montana Indian Education Association. 04.27.09 WASHINGTON, D.C. Neb. Senator wants more resources for tribal colleges 04.27.09 ALASKA Separate classes create comfort zone for Native students 04.27.09 NEW MEXICO NIEANEWS, National Indian Education Association's Magazine Named Best Magazine of the Year by North American Indigenous Image Awards 04.22.09 WASHINGTON, DC Everyday is Earth Day. 04.21.09 MONTANA At conference, Indian officials say sovereignty issue a challenge 04.20.09 NEW MEXICO Secretary Salazar, Navajo President Shirley Confer on Water, Education and Job-Creation Projects 04.20.09 NEW YORK Senecas plan to establish independent school 04.20.09 MASSACHUSETTS Gill-Montague School Committee to settle future of the 'tomahawk chop' 04.16.09 ALASKA Tutors work to boost Native students 04.16.09 OKLAHOMA Briggs: Desperate times for Native languages 04.14.09 USA Growing Up Bilingual May Make You Brainer: ABC NEWS 04.13.09 CALIFORNIA Layoffs raise national concerns at Sherman Indian High School 04.13.09 WASHINGTON,DC National Native Language Revitalization Summit in May 04.13.09 SOUTH DAKOTA Race forum brings apology, calls for change, respect 04.13.09 ARIZONA Legendary Diné broadcaster dies at age 57 04.10.09 ALASKA UA Regents approve indigenous studies Ph.D., improvement projects 04.10.09 ALASKA $1 million paves way to study Native teen successes 04.09.09 OKLAHOMA NSU: A century of Cherokee education 04.09.09 WISCONSIN Ho-Chunk Librarian receives Woman of Color Award 04.07.09 NEW MEXICO Wingate kids learn ins, outs of making blue corn mush 04.07.09 CALIFORNIA Feds deny school layoff grievance 04.07.09 NEW MEXICO Tribe’s education department targets stimulus money 04.07.09 USA Obesity Highest Among American Indian Preschoolers 04.06.09 OKLAHOMA Native languages to be showcased at seventh annual Oklahoma Native American Youth Language Fair 04.06.09 COLORADO Fort Lewis College gets $1M gift 04.03.09 MAINE Encouraging Tribal Youth To Consider Higher Education 04.02.09 NORTH DAKOTA Founding leader of American Indian programs at UND dies 04.01.09 WASHINGTON, DC $44 Billion in Stimulus Funds Available to Drive Education Reforms and Save Teaching Jobs 03.31.09 ARIZONA Family's 1st Graduate Plans to Give Back 03.31.09 CALIFORNIA San Manuel Band of Mission Indians Grants $100,000 to American Indian College Fund 03.31.09 ARIZONA Distance Learning Comes to Navajo Nation 03.30.09 NEW MEXICO Nation's first Native American female judge dies 03.30.09 OKLAHOMA Cherokee cultural arts school moves to larger digs 03.30.09 MINNESOTA Science fair fosters new interests 03.30.09 TEXAS School counselor looking for information on American Indians 03.30.09 IDAHO Native Waters; a Sacred Learning Place 03.29.09 KANSAS Haskell to conduct empowerment summit 03.29.09 HAWAI`I Native Hawaiian Language 101 03.29.09 MONTANA Tribal colleges meet to plan students' future 03.27.09 WASHINGTON, DC NIEA Meets with Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education 03.25.09 COLORADO Fort Lewis college studies retention, success of American Indian women 03.25.09 WISCONSIN Clif Morton writes in the Green Bay Press Gazette: Schools ignore data on mascots 03.25.09 OKLAHOMA Muskogee to get more Cherokee education funding 03.25.09 MONTANA American Indian education highlighted in Helena Montana 03.25.09 OKLAHOMA OU to host free annual American Indian summit 03.25.09 ARIZONA Lawmakers Say: Exempt Native youth from Arizona's English Language Learner program 03.25.09 NEW MEXICO March 31, 2009: Strategies for Native American Success at UNM Focus of Panel Discussion 03.25.09 ALASKA Grant extends Tlingit language project 03.24.09 WISCONSIN Poynette School District Votes To Drop Native American Mascot 03.24.09 OKLAHOMA The Cherokee Nation is distributing more than $3 million among 107 schools in northeastern Oklahoma from tribal car tag sales over the past year 03.24.09 ALASKA Katherine Wade, matriarch of Chickaloon tribe, dies 03.23.09 NEW YORK Ties that bind: Native American students come together, share struggle to fit in 03.22.09 CALIFORNIA Yurok Tribe sponsors gathering to fight methamphetamine 03.19.09 OKLAHOMA Youth and family summit for American Indians scheduled at OU 03.18.09 MONTANA Schools offer strong education 03.17.09 ARIZONA Havasupai tribe hit by flooding to reopen to visitors 03.17.09 HAWAI`I INPEACE’S P-3 Cross Collaboration Conference to Bring Together Champions for Education 03.12.09 CALIFORNIA Kids Get Premier Education at CA Charter Schools 03.10.09 CALIFORNIA Sherman Indian School asked help from Riverside Unified 03.10.09 MONTANA State May Increase Tribes' Cultural Control 03.10.09 NORTH DAKOTA The family of Ralph Engelstad says they're backing a $1 million scholarship endowment for American Indian students at the University of North Dakota. 03.10.09 NEW MEXICO Closing the gap: Heritage helping raise Native American students' self-esteem 03.10.09 ARIZONA Diné College hosts 18th Navajo Studies Conference 03.10.09 USA Online Classes Help Preserve the Navajo Language A virtual high school lets students study a tongue that has a dwindling pool of teachers -- and speakers. 03.09.09 OKLAHOMA State organizations support anti-mascot bill 03.09.09 NEW MEXICO Washburn (Chickasaw) first American Indian UNM Law dean 03.09.09 NEW MEXICO Indigenous Language Institute wins Verizon award 03.05.09 CALIFORNIA Del Norte Schools Title VII Amer­ican Indian Edu­cation Honor Roll Luncheon 03.04.09 NEVADA College offers many options for American Indian students 03.03.09 OKLAHOMA A team from the University of Georgia is taking the lead in designing and constructing an entirely new model of the Cherokee Ancient Village in Tahlequah, Okla. 03.02.09 ALASKA Chugach program boasts 98 percent graduation 03.02.09 WASHINGON D.C. Internship program aimed at training generation of Native Americans in energy, economic development 03.02.09 WASHINGTON Washington State University report measures Native students progress, offers solutions 03.02.09 WASHINGTON D.C. IHS Scholarships 03.01.09 WASHINGTON D.C. Campaign for High School Equity calls on federal government to prioritize high school education reform 02.26.09 WISCONSIN: Doyle of Wisonsin budget includes money to preserve dwindling tribal languages 02.26.09 NORTH DAKOTA: UND department heads: Faculty leaders protest board’s logo actions 02.24.09 Sequoyah High School senior, Anna Walker and SHS College Prep Teacher Augusta Smith, recently returned to Tahlequah after spending a week in Washington, D.C., with the National Indian Education Association at the Close Up Foundation Academy. 02.24.09 Wisconsin schools may have to drop their American Indian logos or face hundreds of dollars in fines under a bill a Democratic lawmaker has proposed. 02.24.09 Indian Mascot Logo Debate in Wisconsin 02.23.09 MT superintendent Juneau reports on 02.20.09 Alaska Native Cultural Charter School teachers moved their classrooms from the Muldoon Community Assembly Church to an old furniture store where they've been meeting since the school opened last August. 02.18.09 The Penobscot community has lost a beloved elder and educator with the death of Dr. Theodore N. Mitchell Feb. 8. 02.16.09 The University of Alaska Board of Regents signed a resolution Wednesday to partner with Alaska Native corporations in developing curriculum, training and research. 02.12.09 Secretary Salazar Pledges to Restore Trust, Strengthen Tribal Sovereignty, Promote Sustainable Economic Development 02.11.09 C-SPAN2 program to feature NIEA Close-Up Students 02.05.09 Congress to revisit Akaka Bill 02.05.09 Diné pushes for education accountability 02.05.09 NIEA President Cook to Address Native Nations and United States February 9th 02.05.09 Campaign for High School Equity Event February 12th; Accountability, Achievement, and Action: High School Education Reform in the New Era 02.04.09 National Museum of the American Indian Launches Its Collections Online 02.04.09 Scholarship information for the Native American Community Development Training Program. 02.04.09 Natives Apply! Application Opened October 15th for the United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corporation’s Institute for International Public Policy Fellowship Program 02.04.09 Solomon Trimble Keeps His Possibilities Open 02.04.09 Montana educators push for $113 million boost 02.02.09 Teacher pay increases on Juneau's checklist 02.02.09 FBI hate crime report shows Indians remain most often assaulted 02.01.09 Campaign for High School Equity Statement on the Role of Education Reform in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 02.01.09 New Mexico Boarding High School's New Building 01.29.09 Dr. Dennis L. Nelson, who served on Indian Education boards in Minnesota, 79, died Jan. 25, 2009 01.26.09 Financial aid helps open Native Hawaiian education door 01.26.09 Sen. Sharon Stewart Peregoy, D-Crow Agency, stood among fellow members of the Montana Senate during swearing-in ceremonies, she spoke in her Crow language 01.26.09 Meskwaki school recognized for yearly progress with award 01.25.09 Needville kindergartner wins battle to keep hair long 01.23.09 Indian Education--Professional Development Grants 01.23.09 Independent Movie: American Outrage 01.22.09 Heritage High School gym named for Francis Sheldon 01.16.09 Cloquet School Board responds to school bus complaints 01.15.09 NIEA President meets with President-elect Obama’s staff 01.15.09 Oklahoma lawmakers try for official English law 01.12.09 The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribal College says it plans to offer its first degree in tribal administration. 01.12.09 Helen Cedar Tree, at the time the oldest member of the Northern Arapaho Tribe and a longtime supporter of tribal community and cultural preservation efforts, has died. She was 96. 01.10.09 NIEA and CHSE aims to boost Native American graduation rate 01.10.09 OPINION: It’s time to drop UND nickname and logo 01.09.09 Kahalu'u preservation, education programs continue 01.02.09 Spanish-immersion programs gain fans in Scottsdale 01.02.09 Alaska float claims Rose parade prize 12.29.08 Defining tribal nations a challenge, Montana is the only state in the nation with a constitution commanding respect for its American Indian heritage in its public schools. 12.29.08 Planning, meeting goals boost higher education 12.28.08 Schools should focus on kids' strengths, not negatives 12.26.08 Ragsdale Confirms Ed Parisian as Regional Director of BIA Rocky Mountain Regional Office 12.23.08 College of Education at U of A Helps Meet Need for American Indian Educators 12.19.08 Putting Tribal Culture Into School Lessons 12.19.08 Edmond American Indian education takes price in winning top honor 12.16.08 A change in federal guidelines could cause the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District's Alaska Native Education program to lose federal funding. 12.16.08 American Indian storytellers Will Hill and Jehnean Washington return with a "A Song of Winter", a musical comedy based on Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" but set in Indian Country. 12.16.08 According to the linguistics organization, SIL (www.sil.org), there are currently 516 nearly-extinct languages throughout the world, 170 of which are native to North America and that fewer than 100 people speak. 12.15.08 Schools are keeping the Ojibwe language alive 12.12.08 In Washington State, Teaching Indian languages preserves heritage, too 12.11.08 Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Dictionary Released 12.10.08 More than 500 students in the Title VII Indian Education programs in Nebo and Alpine School Districts are participating in a food drive from December until February to benefit Navajo elders in southern Utah. 12.09.08 LuAnn Leonard honored at reception 12.08.08 Lane Community College to life Saturday during the annual powwow hosted by the LCC Native American Student Association. 12.08.08 Making connections for Indian education throught the National Science Foundation 12.08.08 How to save a school: T'iis Nazbas celebrates making AYP for first time in six years 12.07.08 Opinion: Alaska Village schools are in urgent need of radical reform 12.05.08 (The PAC parents ordered the shirts in time to have them ready for the first Native American Heritage Day.) The black, white, red and yellow “eagle” art is on the front and a list of 126 tribes Tacoma students represent is printed on the back. 12.05.08 Kaktovik man receives National Native Elder Hero Award 12.05.08 Montana State University grads preserve a native language, keep tribal philosophies alive 12.05.08 Students and community members converged on the University of Utah campus Thursday to protest policies and mascot 12.01.08 ASU's Engineering Department and Navajo Elementary School are executing a partnership through the STEM program 12.01.08 Endangered language doesn’t die away 11.26.08 Cherokee casinos launch coat drive 11.18.08 A former Dubliner strikes up tribal band 11.17.08 National Parks Service offers grants to tribes, other organizations 11.17.08 SAN MARCOS: University to host events showcasing American Indians 11.17.08 American Indian reservations see record voter turnout 11.17.08 NIEA Board Member, Shirley Tuzroyluke, says, "Native Students Schools that Acknowledge Culture." 11.17.08 40th Anniversary Reunion of the American Indian Movement 11.14.08 Esther Martinez: 'A way to honor her spirit' 11.14.08 Red Heart, Red Land, Red People at Oklahoma Capitol 11.14.08 Big Brothers Big Sisters, Kamehameha Schools and the Honolulu Academy of Arts 11.14.08 Protecting ancient Native Hawaiian gravesites from rail 11.14.08 Native American Heritage Month: Arlinda Locklear 11.12.08 This year's Southeast Alaska Native summit kicks off Wednesday in Juneau. 11.12.08 Cherokee Nation sponsors educational trip 11.12.08 Diabetes curriculum launched 11.12.08 Indigenous humanities conference set 11.08.08 Fourth annual Native American Cultural Festival planned at library in Norman, Oklahoma 11.08.08 Utah athletics: Drum and feather logo may not last 11.07.08 Indian ed program in Michigan to host local fall gathering 11.07.08 Nebraska panel on Indian affairs honoring veterans 11.07.08 Indian Talent: The Unique Blend 11.07.08 The Oklahoma City Museum of Art’s 2008 Film Preservation Festival is focusing on movies depicting American Indians today-Sunday. 11.07.08 Students celebrate American Indian culture in Washington State 11.07.08 Tuxedo Press Celebrates American Indian Heritage Month 11.07.08 Renowned American Indian ballerina Rosella Hightower, 88, dies 11.07.08 Penn State’s American Indian Leadership Program Awarded New Four-Year Grant to Prepare Principals 11.06.08 CSU San Marcos Celebrates Native American Month 11.06.08 Alaska Native Corporations 101 11.06.08 Southwestern Community College’s fine arts instructor Rickie Wesbrooks works with Cherokee arts at the Oconaluftee Institute for Cultural Arts. 11.05.08 Denise Juneau, NIEA member is Montana's new Superintendent of Public Instruction! 11.05.08 Obama's Address to NIEA 11.04.08 Irma Amaro, executive director of the Local Indians for Education (LIFE) center in Shasta Lake, will receive SCCAR's Civil Rights and Social Justice Award at the group's banquet Nov. 7 in Redding. 11.04.08 In preparation for the 2010 Census, the Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) adopts the following American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) policy statement. This final policy outlines the principles to be followed in all Census Bureau interactions with fe 11.04.08 Rapid City awarded National Indian Education Association convention in 2013 11.04.08 Texas Tech University's College of Education Takes Action Against Special Education Personnel Shortages; Efforts to recruit potential teachers will focus on Mississippi, Wyoming, New Mexico, the Navajo Nation, the Bureau of Indian Education 11.04.08 National JOM Indian Education Conference in Tulsa on November 10 and 11. 11.04.08 BEYOND THE MESAS, video 11.04.08 The state Department of Hawaiian Homelands has agreed to lease 15.5 acres of commercial property in Hilo to boost the local economy with a partnership between Safeway Inc. and Target Brands Inc. 11.04.08 The American Indian Film Institute (AIFI) proudly announces the 33rd annual American Indian Film Festival, November 7-15. 11.04.08 Utah minorities at top of class as student enrollment shoots up 10.30.08 The Alaska Native Brotherhood and Alaska Native Sisterhood Grand Camp honored Walter Soboleff for his decades of service and elected new officers at its 96th annual convention, held Oct. 7-11 in Ketchikan. 10.28.08 National Museum of the American Indian Presents Third Annual Classical Native Series 10.28.08 New Book Explores Relationship Between American Indians At Pine Ridge 10.28.08 Southeastern Indian Heritage Festival at Chucalissa revives traditions 10.28.08 New Hawaiian Charter School Inspires Students to Achieve With Rewards & Recognition Program From uBoost 10.28.08 Speaker Morgan congratulates Rough Rock Community School, recieves 2008 NIEA Cultural Freedom Award 10.21.08 Examining American Indian perspectives in the Central Region on parent involvement in children’s education August 2008 Prepared by Dawn M. Mackety Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning 10.21.08 American Indians in Minnesota create alliance to encourage entrepreneurs 10.21.08 Code talkers finally commended for aid 10.12.08 Powwow dancers retrace the steps of their ancestors 10.12.08 Status and Trends in the Education of American Indians and Alaska Natives: 2008 10.10.08 A University of Montana professor has received a $10,000 teacher development grant from the McCarthey Dressman Education Foundation 10.10.08 Minnesota Indian Education Association: Bagley women honored for service to children 10.10.08 The Cherokee National Youth Choir, under the direction of Mary Kay Henderson of Fort Gibson, continues to receive recognition for their harmonic sound and dedication to the Cherokee language. 10.09.08 Support sought for technology and Indian education in North Carolina schools 10.06.08 Bailout bill aids rural schools and counties 10.06.08 Charter school for O'odham succeeds 10.02.08 Nooksack Valley's Oliver Bear Don't Walk is the 18th-fastest 5,000 meter cross country time in Class 1A so far this year and the third-best by a sophomore 10.02.08 Cherokee Nation offer loans to young entrepreneurs 10.02.08 “The American Indian Perspective on the Minnesota Sesquicentennial” will be examined at a community forum from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at First Lutheran Church, 615 W. Fifth St. in Red Wing, Minnesota 10.02.08 National Museum of the American Indian Presents Major Retrospective of Fritz Scholder's Art 10.02.08 Toyota Announces $75,000 Grant to American Indian College Fund for Scholarships 10.02.08 College Fair for American Indian Students Today at Tulsa, Oklahoma 10.02.08 The 20th Annual Consider the Century conference on Friday, Oct. 10 at South Dakota State University will feature four speakers sharing “Tribal College Presidents’ Perspectives on the Last 100 Years.” 10.02.08 Wilma Mankiller speak tonight in Arizona, “Challenges Facing 21st Century Indigenous People” at 7 p.m., Oct. 2 at the Heard Museum, Steele Auditorium. 10.02.08 The California Indian Museum & Cultural Center gives William Madrigal Jr., a statewide (California) award for his dedication and service in documenting American Indian cultural knowledge and teaching it to others 10.02.08 UC Riverside Hosting Indian Conference this Friday and Saturday 10.02.08 Heavily Impacted Indian Land Districts and AYP A Study by the National Association of Federally Impacted Schools 10.02.08 Level Up, the comic book launches new issue 10.01.08 Cherokees take charge of W.W. Hastings Indian Clinic 09.29.08 Cape Fear Profile: Oxendine finds career in family roots 09.29.08 The annual Native Hawaiian Convention will conduct a session entirely in the Hawaiian language for the first time this year. 09.29.08 Indian tribal elders, environmentalists share views 09.23.08 Indian Expo Kicks Off University of Central Oklahoma's Outreach Program 09.23.08 Great Falls schools offer myriad activities during American Indian Heritage Week 09.22.08 Naquin. Tribal Chief of the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Indians in Louisiana, says it is time for the island’s remaining residents to move farther inland, surrendering their way of life to the twin threats of storm surge and coastal erosion. 09.22.08 The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) today announced the award of eight grants totaling more than $6 million over three years to fund infrastructure development for children's mental health systems in American Indian/Alas 09.21.08 Salem-area museumgoers are in for a first this fall as Willamette University opens "The Art of Ceremony: Regalia of Native Oregon" next weekend. 09.21.08 Trail Of Tears Motorcycle Riders Stop In Arkansas 09.21.08 The Alaska Native Culture Charter School is close to reaching its enrollment quota. Pre-enrollment numbers showed 200 students registered, but just before the school year, enrollment was down by half. 09.20.08 Representatives from several Native American tribes will gather at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian on Tuesday, Sept. 23 to announce the launch of the first-ever Native American economic consortium. 09.20.08 Cancer and Navajo language: No longer lost in translation 09.20.08 Rosebud Sioux put stock in health, healing center 09.20.08 Dr. Evangeline Parsons Yazzie’s textbook includes many aspects of the Navajo culture in each chapter with an explanation of how it is related to the language. Parsons-Yazzie said the cultural information is absent from all other textbooks. 09.19.08 5th annual Indian Education Summit for South Dakota, hosted by the South Dakota Department of Education 09.19.08 Chief Gregory Pyle of the Choctaw Nation is in Washington D.C. to accept the 2008 Freedom Award on behalf of the tribe and those who serve in the National Guard. 09.19.08 Kenneth Dollarhide, dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Kean University, will be the presenter at the next Intertribal Indians of New Jersey meeting in Thompson Park, Jamesburg, at 2 p.m. Sept. 20. 09.19.08 Critical reform bill promises new help give American Indian tribes the same access to federal child welfare funding that states currently receive 09.19.08 Native American Days at UC San Diego, Sept 26-Nov 7 09.15.08 Dan Wildcat of Haskell, spoke about Indian boarding schools Friday at the Midwest Trail States Symposia at the Dole Institute of Politics, topics inlude Boarding Schools 09.15.08 Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, Seminole and Choctaw — are coming to the Cherokee Indian Fairgrounds for a cultural arts celebration Friday and Saturday. Along with dance, crafts, art, sports, and living history, there’s literature. 09.15.08 University of Minnesota Stadium plaza to honor all 11 state tribes 09.13.08 Global Networking Technology and Computer Training and Associates Ordered to Repay Twin Buttes School District on North Dakota's Fort Berthold reservation 09.13.08 The Coquille Indian Tribe Renews Connections at the Mill-Luck Salmon Celebration canoe race 09.13.08 Discussion Group in Maine Host, "Crossing Over: Mediating Between Cultures in Contemporary American Indian Literature." 09.13.08 Former boarding school in Nevada offers first-person stories of students, employees 09.13.08 The number of U.S. residents who identify themselves as partially American Indian has steadily increased during recent years, U.S. Census Bureau data shows. 09.12.08 Renowned Alaska artist Fran Reed dies 09.12.08 Dr. Willard Sakiestewa Gilbert testifies 09.12.08 Symposium showcases American Indian culture,The Dole Institute of Politics will hold the event, which focuses on American Indian education and assimilation. 09.11.08 The Tulsa Indian Coalition Against Racism and the Society to Preserve Indigenous Rights and Indigenous Traditions Hold a Protest 09.11.08 Bush Administration awards $2 million to Native Hawaiian and Alaska Native colleges 09.10.08 (PHOTOS) Tribes and Organizations Voice Concern Over Lack of Leeway on NCLB 09.10.08 GAO Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education, Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives 09.10.08 New! The U.S. Department of Education's Teacher-to-Teacher Initiative, in collaboration with the Office of Indian Education, is pleased to announce another digital workshop in our series for the teachers of Native American and Alaska Native students 09.10.08 EPA announces approval of Shoshone Bannock Tribes’ application for “Treatment-as-a-State” to administer water quality standards under the Federal Clean Water Act 09.09.08 Collaboration to prepare American Indian students for professional careers in environment in Texas 09.08.08 The American Indian Cultural Society will offer classes on speaking, reading and writing Cherokee 09.05.08 Carroll County, Indiana has obtained a grant to install flood warning sirens along the Tippecanoe River, thanks to the help of the Eel River Tribe of Indiana that applied to the federal government for the grant. 09.05.08 Leaders from tribal nations and communities are meeting right now along with government officials in Bismarck to begin developing a clear picture of important policy issues facing North Dakota`s American Indian population. 09.05.08 Todd Kleinhans settling into new role as Lakeland Union superintendent 09.04.08 Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College seeks to strengthen its Indian identity 09.04.08 Cecilia Fire Thunder, former president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe in Pine Ridge, S.D., discusses abuse of women and other issues during the United Tribes Tribal Leaders Summit at the Bismarck Civic Center on Wednesday. 09.03.08 Nearly 300 attend Tutu and Me Ho‘olaule‘a 2008 Fun Under the Sun 09.03.08 Those headed into the aftermath of Hurricane Gustav include employees of the Bureau of Indian Affairs 09.03.08 Clea Bradford, 67; Jazz Singer and Choctaw, Dies 09.03.08 DHS-Child Welfare, CASA office, Lincoln County Foster Parent Association, and the Siletz Indian Child Welfare program teamed up to host yearly picnic 09.02.08 The Klamath River Early College of the Redwoods has received a $100,000 grant to help graduates complete their college degree. 09.02.08 IU offers support for American Indian group 09.02.08 Ten juniors and seniors at Cushing Academy are using their artistic gifts to gain experience in the art world in New York City while enabling disadvantaged American Indian youths to pursue their creative talents. 09.02.08 The state Cultural Properties Review Committee has approved historic markers honoring Hispanic women healers known as curanderas, Navajo and pueblo women and an early Girl Scout leader in New Mexico. 08.31.08 NCLB closure of school that serves Utes leads to new beginning 08.26.08 Student with long hair can start school, mom says 08.26.08 Best Olympic moment: Bryan Clay winning the decathlon 08.25.08 Talking about uture mother earth at the IEN Conference 08.25.08 German museum tries to debunk stereotypes 08.21.08 New Dean for New School at the University of Hawaii 08.21.08 UH Manoa's New School, Hawaii'nuiakea 08.20.08 Indiana University affirms support for First Nations Educational and Cultural Center 08.18.08 STAYING TRUE TO ITS MISSION- Celebrating 40 years, the tribal college movement remains committed to sustaining native culture, language and community, officials say. 08.14.08 Kristi Collington, the Indian Education Director at Glenpool High School about a new course offered at the school (VIDEO) 08.14.08 Native American Indian ed parents open house, school supply 'give away' 08.14.08 Kahoolawe restoration continues 08.13.08 Traditional Games on display at Museum of Plains Indian 08.12.08 Choctaw Tribe Supports Troops, Families 08.12.08 VerlieAnn Malina Wright Receives NEA Human and Civil Rights Award 08.11.08 States urge 'cultural competency' in health care 08.11.08 Kamehameha Schools responds to new legal challenges 08.11.08 "Celebration of Spirit" Conference, Aug. 20-23, 2008 08.11.08 Traverse City Area Public Schools summer learning camp 08.11.08 Social Work Researcher Receives Grant for Native Hawaiian Breast Cancer Project 08.11.08 Sante Fe Indian Schools' Progressive Timeline 08.11.08 Language is Life Conference - the Review 08.08.08 Hawaii Has Largest Percentage Of Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders 08.08.08 Chipeta Elementary embraces tribal tradition shunned by 19th-century Indian school 08.08.08 Using bundles of tule reeds as teaching tools, educators hope to spark an appreciation of heritage among a new generation of American Indian students. 08.08.08 Edweek.org has pulled together a collection of articles exploring those efforts in Native language 08.06.08 Kapolei Will Be Home To A New Community Center 08.06.08 Maui Island Sustainable Living Expo 08.06.08 HU museum receives Governor's Award for the Arts 08.04.08 Saving Oneida language becomes a full time job 08.04.08 Back to school: Political-science major good for MSU 08.04.08 Election materials must include Yupik 08.04.08 Former NIEA student board member brings films to Native audiences 08.01.08 Bush signs bill to provide $2B for Indian programs 07.28.08 Indian teachers sought for the reservation 07.28.08 'Like family': Tribal colleges nurture American Indian students to success 07.28.08 11th-hour effort to save a Native tongue 07.28.08 Sitting Bull College looks to the future 07.28.08 American Indian languages dying 07.26.08 Sixth Native American Basketball Invitational Held 07.24.08 Utah Educators examine American Indian dropout rates 07.24.08 SD Governor urges action to fill teacher shortages 07.24.08 Toppenish School District Volunteer Will Receive GEAR UP Award Today in D.C. 07.24.08 NM to adopt first-in-nation Navajo-language school textbook 07.24.08 NIEA Attends Meeting Hosted by McCain and Obama’s Education Advisors (PHOTOS) 07.22.08 New charter school will focus attention on Native culture 07.22.08 Forrest Cuch, Director of the Utah Division of Indian Affairs says Education Issues are Cultural 07.20.08 Cowlitz tribe sends canoe to 'Paddle to Cowichan' 07.20.08 ASU’s School of Social Work has helped to graduate nearly 300 American Indian students in the past 31 years 07.20.08 Facing revocation of its charter over accusations of financial mismanagement, a school for students living on North County Indian reservations has decided to close and reopen under a different structure. 07.20.08 Federal fact-finders visit tribal college 07.20.08 Gilbert: Indian kids deserve a fair chance 07.15.08 Students representing tribes across the state will gain real-world business experience they can apply toward starting their own enterprises. 07.14.08 Michael Goze (Ho-Chunk) is New Director of AICDC 07.14.08 Andrew Okpeaha MacLean has made the first film in the Iñupiaq language 07.13.08 'Olelo partnership with Wai'anae helps at-risk youths 07.11.08 From NIEA Regional Meeting: Tribal schools struggling with gas prices, maintenance costs 07.11.08 Casino tribes still slow to help causes 07.11.08 CHSE call for Culture-based Educational Approach and Accountability To Stem Dropout Rate Among Minorities 07.11.08 Longest Walk 2 Arrives in DC at Meridian Park at 7:00am in DC 07.11.08 American Indian youth conference begins in Reno 07.10.08 South Dakota Governor Rounds focuses on Indian education during appearances 07.10.08 Native American students explore public policy at Wilson School in Princeton 07.10.08 Native American language classes aren't just talk 07.10.08 Southeastern OK State University Among Nation's Best in Producing Native American Graduates 07.08.08 Don Day Returns to Bemidji State University 07.08.08 Program preps South Dakota minorities to be ready for college 07.08.08 National Indian Education Association to Host Regional Meeting in Rapid City, July 10th 07.07.08 HTA offers cultural workshop 07.07.08 5-day college workshop prepares American Indian students 07.07.08 Running Strong For American Indian Youth hike Appalachian trail end to end 07.04.08 Have a Great Fourth of July! 07.02.08 $3.5 million in Native Hawaiian grants announced 07.02.08 3 Hawaii 'innovators' receive governor's award 07.02.08 UA Working to Boost American Indian Graduate Enrollments 07.01.08 ILI earns Honoring Nations 2008 grant award from Harvard 07.01.08 Ben Nighthorse Campbell to push Akaka bill 07.01.08 Senator Mary Olson of MN wants to preserve American Indian languages 06.30.08 Wisconsin Dells School District looks for more involvement by Native Americans 06.26.08 NIEA says Impact of CBE is the Way to Success (Video and Photos) 06.23.08 Kiowa and Omaha Woman weathers tough times to earn degree 06.20.08 2008 Ho'okahiko Award Recipient Jo-Ann Kahanamoku 06.19.08 Tlingit nation donates canoe to national museum 06.19.08 Tribe partners with Tacoma’s Indian Ed 06.18.08 Indian education program earns high marks 06.18.08 The Sioux City Indian Education Committee, Inc. (SCIEC) will be starting a new program to assist Native couples in the community. 06.18.08 Choctaw hopes school academy will reduce student dropout rate 06.18.08 Three Poems (LINK TAKES YOU TO AUDIO) 06.18.08 Native Hawaiian Cultural Workshops at Chaminade University (VIDEO) 06.18.08 American Indians work to preserve their languages 06.18.08 Reservation school destroyed in blaze 06.18.08 University seeks to create Native biologists 06.09.08 Trying to rescue Native youth 06.09.08 OHA awards grant for new community kitchen 06.02.08 Cherokee chief says he plans to oppose English only proposals 06.02.08 Rapid City's Central High School is celebrating a jump in the number of Native American students graduating this year compared to last. 06.02.08 Large Native American class to graduate from Great Falls high schools 06.02.08 Ha Kupuna offering help to Seniors 06.02.08 The American Indian Language Development Institute, now in its 29th year, is working to preserve American Indian languages by teaching educators and others how to preserve them. 05.29.08 Senate reauthorizes Native American housing program 05.28.08 Tribe Awards Nearly $30,000 to Nonprofit Groups 05.28.08 Student learns her roots 05.28.08 Skibine to Temporarily Assume Responsibilities of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs 05.27.08 Graduates have an eye on the future 05.19.08 Dallas Event Raises $60,000 for Student Scholarships 05.19.08 Students unite culture, education at the Northern California Indian Development Council 05.19.08 School board at Rio Rancho HS approves handbook changes and special education policies 05.19.08 Fund to restore island down to $20M 05.19.08 Udall Scholarship winner explores consequences of Indian Child Welfare Act 05.16.08 Program: To assist Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian institutions of higher education (AN/NHIs) expand their role and effectiveness in addressing community development needs in their localities. 05.16.08 INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN ARTS AND MAJOR TELEVISION NETWORKS LAUNCH AMERICAN INDIAN NATIONAL CENTER FOR TELEVISION AND FILM 05.16.08 State's Indians show superb scores through the National Indian Education Study, conducted by the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics 05.15.08 The UA program celebrates graduation by honoring outstanding graduates, up-and-comers and program supporters. 05.12.08 Festival aims to educate by celebrating American Indian peoples and cultures 05.12.08 Sitting Bull's biographer finds man behind legend 05.12.08 Salmon bake to feature camas 05.09.08 CEU-SJC/USU to honor 90 grads at commencement ceremonies 05.07.08 Red Cloud students take home six awards at Shannon County Reservation-wide banquet 05.06.08 N.J. Native American group receives grant 05.06.08 UCLA Pow Wow offers glimpse of native culture 05.06.08 Yup'ik voters want help at polls 05.06.08 Powwow heading to Fowlerville Fairgrounds this month 05.06.08 Bureau of Indian Affairs chief to visit Pine Ridge Reservation, speak at Red Cloud Indian School 05.05.08 Guilford Native American Association participates in Festival 05.05.08 Traditional Native American Powwows this Summer in Wyoming’s Wind River Country 05.05.08 UAS celebrates record number of Alaska Native graduates 05.05.08 United Tribes honors graduates 05.05.08 UH Hilo Receives $100G OHA Grant 05.05.08 Tribal health issues find champion in director of the Healthy Alaska Natives Foundation 05.05.08 ACLU lawsuit moving forward 05.02.08 University of Minnesota Graduation Day’s celebration will begin at 4 p.m. in Oyate Hall with the sixth annual Honoring Ceremony for American Indian graduates, sponsored by the American Indian Advisory Committee. 05.02.08 Class focuses on communication among family members 05.01.08 Oregon Senator Gordon Smith and Representative David Wu today introduced bipartisan legislation to boost educational opportunities and promote understanding between tribal and non-tribal governments. 05.01.08 Colorado resolution compares Indians' deaths to Holocaust 05.01.08 Traditional Food Guide for Alaska Native Cancer Survivors 05.01.08 Peabody awards $356,000 in scholarships to Navajo, Hopi 04.30.08 Nah Tah Wahsh students honored 04.30.08 Two Lake Roosevelt High School seniors can attend four years of higher education with their tuition and expenses fully paid by a scholarship. 04.28.08 SDSU spring commencement confers degrees on record number 04.28.08 Educators applauded for Indian curriculum at the Montana Indian Education Association conference 04.28.08 Tribal college president meets Dalai Lama 04.25.08 Kamehameha student wins National Merit Scholarship 04.25.08 Montana Senator Tester's Indian education legislation clears hurdle 04.25.08 Ambassadors of Indian Country 04.24.08 Members of the Inter-tribal Indian Club of Tulsa entertain guests during the Sand Springs Indian Education program's annual awards banquet. 04.24.08 Sealaska Heritage Institute awards scholarships 04.23.08 Cultural Survival, a global leader in the fight to protect Indigenous languages, lands and cultures around the world, this week takes the fight to save native languages to the United Nations. 04.23.08 The Oklahoma State Senate recently recognized Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chad Smith 04.23.08 The life and legacy of Indian educator Jim Egawa will be honored at a powwow Saturday at Tacoma Community College 04.22.08 Harvard Law dean named American Indian Empowerment Fund advisory board member 04.22.08 American Indian Higher Education Consortium Prepares for New Leadership 04.22.08 Oklahoma Indian Child Welfare Association Announces Launch of Web Site and 2008 Oklahoma ICW Conference 04.22.08 Poles can be early indicators of climate change. Sean Topkok also will present. He is an Alaskan native and an indigenous curriculum specialist with the Alaska Native Knowledge Network. 04.22.08 JOB OPPORTUNITY: Teacher Position in Messena, NY 04.22.08 Native American Language Teacher's Institute at UNM 04.21.08 Leadership Opportunity for Tribal College Students 04.21.08 Assistant professor Angela Jaime recently honored at the University of Wyoming’s annual College of Education spring award banquet 04.21.08 New Native American Center in Montana to be the first of its kind 04.21.08 Chumash language brought back from the brink 04.21.08 Simi High senior receives scholarship from Indian Education Consortium 04.21.08 NIEA President Willard Sakiestewa Gilbert will speak at Montana Indian Education Association's annual conference next week in Missoula 04.21.08 VIDEO: Native American educators are drumming to a new beat 04.18.08 Oklahoma Council for Indian Education sponsored the 2008 Oklahoma American Indian Challenge Bowl 04.18.08 Nisqually Tribe Canoe Family and Students dance, drum, learn American Indian culture 04.18.08 Indian River Community College has won recognition from a national education group for its successful efforts to enhance the college's culture to foster change. 04.18.08 Students from Princeton work and learn in Navajo Nation 04.18.08 Stanford reaches out to Native applicants with interview with NIEA Student Board Member, Desi Small Rodriguez 04.18.08 Bold young voices rise across America once again expressing the importance of reconnecting the circle with Native Americans. 04.18.08 PHOTO: Tyler Thurman, age 6, dances Monday during Indian Heritage Day at the new Shawnee Early Childhood Center 04.17.08 Indian outreach center in Sioux City relocates to West 7th 04.17.08 Dalton Henry was recently appointed Educational Services Officer for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians 04.17.08 1st Native American and NIEA Member, LuAnn Leonard, is selected for post on Board of Regents of Arizona 04.17.08 Pope laments U.S. 'injustices' against Indians and Blacks 04.17.08 PHOTO: American Indian Cultural Center & Museum (AICCM) Reception in DC 04.16.08 Shoshone instructor rekindles her roots 04.16.08 Nona Beamer, 84; helped preserve native Hawaiian culture 04.16.08 School Board honors retiring member Mary Marks 04.15.08 Native charter school nears enrollment deadline 04.15.08 5K ALBUQUERQUE and Youth Run. APRIL 27TH 04.15.08 Leading with her heart. Norma Renville changed her life at age 22. Today, she helps other women change theirs. 04.15.08 Indian Education for Hardin 2nd Graders 04.14.08 Saving dying languages 04.14.08 Hoopa Valley Tribe changes enrollment requirements 04.14.08 Guided by Hawaiian Iolani Palace has first-ever audio tour made in native language 04.14.08 Anchorage Native culture school still a possibility this year 04.14.08 American Indian College Fund to Celebrate 40 Years of Tribal Colleges and Honor Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma 04.14.08 Dr. Michael P. Doss of Pryor, former NIEA Educator of the Year, passed away on April 9, 2008 04.11.08 Project to help Natives over language barrier NEEDS: Many dialects, different mind-sets make interpreting a challenge. 04.11.08 Summit Team, Already Planning For 2009 Event, Believes Hawaii Can Become One of the World's First 100% Clean Energy Economies and a Model For Global Change 04.11.08 Squaw Peak in Phoenix officially renamed for slain Indian soldier 04.11.08 Tribe calls on residents for history 04.11.08 Native students shadow teachers 04.10.08 Lily Yasana is the Higher Education Student of the Year by the Oregon Indian Education Association 04.10.08 University of Utah in the process of recruiting two new American Indian faculty members and a director of American Indian Education after giving back almost $2 MIL in grants 04.10.08 Small Report from Alva School district 04.10.08 Dixie State College freshman student Charmayne Fowler was crowned Miss Indian Dixie 04.10.08 Sen. Kookesh, Rep. Thomas speak at season’s last Native Issues Forum 04.08.08 The Longest Walk is a cross-country march focused on protecting American Indian rights and heritage 04.08.08 1.7 Million Trees Planned for 9 Western States 04.08.08 Nebo District plans scholarship powwow 04.08.08 S.P.I.R.I.T. Announces Parade in Bricktown 04.08.08 Minnesota Indigenous Language Symposium 04.08.08 Greenville resident Lorena Gorbet was recently named Honored Elder at the annual California Indian Education Conference in Redding 04.08.08 PHOTO: America’s Promise Alliance Launches National Campaign to Address High School Dropout Crisis 04.07.08 Job Opportunities: Outreach Project Director, Educational Outreach Department 04.07.08 U. of Mich. program seeks to preserve endangered native language 04.07.08 1st Annual Native Public Radio Art Auction, April 19, 2008 04.07.08 Job Opportunity: Federal Regulations and Policy Analyst: Tribal Medicaid & Medicare Services 04.04.08 CNM Foundation wins challenge grant to serve American Indian students 04.04.08 Hawaiian Community Assets Launches Financial Education Program for Hawaii Youth 04.04.08 President of Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribal College inaugurated 04.02.08 Native American Expo set for April 24, Wyoming Indian HS, Ethete 04.02.08 UC Irvine American Indian Summer Academy, 7/5-12/08 04.02.08 Indigenous Women's Caucus April 18 in New York 04.02.08 WINS Resident Assistant/Mentor 04.02.08 Entries Invited for Young Native Writers Essay Contest 04.02.08 Native American Astronomy Immersion Experience (NAAIE) 04.02.08 Job Opportunities: Native American Bank 04.02.08 National Tribal Forum - Air Quality 04.02.08 School on Pine Ridge Reservation receives $1 million gift, largest single gift in school’s history 04.02.08 Will feds pick 'Piestewa Peak'? 03.28.08 By the Numbers: Using Data to Promote Civil Rights in High School Reform 03.25.08 Campaign for High School Equity 01.29.08 President Willard Gilbert will conduct a listening session/field hearing on the impact of the No Child Left Behind Act in Indian Country in Anchorage, Alaska 01.28.08 National Indian Education Association Remembers Carole Anne Heart, Former NIEA President as Tenacious and Vigilant for Education Equality 01.17.08 NIEA President to Give Annual Indian Education Address to the Nation During February’s Legislative Summit 01.11.08 NCLB is Top Topic for NIEA’s 11th Legislative Summit in February 01.10.08 Dr. Willard Sakiestewa Gilbert, Professor at NAU, Elected to Head the National Indian Education Association as 2007-2008 President 01.09.08 National High School Essay Contest 01.09.08 11th Annual Patty Iron Cloud National Native American Youth Initiative 12.05.07 NIEA Head Start Reauthorization Update 11.01.07 Three New Members Join NIEA Board of Directors 10.29.07 Robert Cook, of the Crazyhorse Memorial Foundation, will serve as NIEA President in October 2008. 10.28.07 Native Language Immersion Schools, Culture Preservation Programs and Unification of Indigenous Peoples of the United States are Main Points at 2007 NIEA Annual Convention 10.27.07 Washington State Representative John McCoy Receives National Indian Education Association’s 2007 Elder of the Year 10.27.07 Emma Unap of Oklahoma Receives National Indian Education Association’s 2007 Elder of the Year 10.27.07 Grayson Noley of Oklahoma, and a member of the Cherokee Nation Receives National Indian Education Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award for His Educational Efforts to Native Peoples 10.27.07 Eva Stokley, of Arizona and Member of the Navajo Nation Receives National Indian Education Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award for Her Educational Efforts to Native Peoples 10.27.07 Joyce Bahe, of the White Mountain Apache Reservation and the Navajo Nation Receives National Indian Education Association’s 2007 Teacher of the Year 10.27.07 Angie Carney, of the Chickasaw Nation, Receives National Indian Education Association’s 2007 Parent of the Year 10.27.07 `Aha Punana Leo Receives National Indian Education Association’s 2007 Cultural Freedom Award 10.27.07 Larry Kimura, of Hawai`i Receives National Indian Education Association’s 2007 Educator of the Year 10.27.07 National Indian Education Association Receives $50,000 from Wal-Mart Stores to Fund Organization’s Education Efforts at 2007 Convention 10.10.07 National Indian Education Association Hosts 38th Annual