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Below
you will find resources regarding:
- Educational
laws including NCLB and funding
- Culturally
appropriate educational materials
- Programs
to remove discrimination
- How
to raise the standards in schools that serve Native American students.
American Indian Library
Association
An affiliate of the American Library Association (ALA), the American Indian
Library Association is a membership action group that addresses the library-related
needs of American Indians and Alaska Natives. Members are individuals
and institutions interested in the development of programs to improve
Indian library, cultural, and informational services in school, public,
and research libraries on reservations. AILA is also committed to disseminating
information about Indian cultures, languages, values, and information
needs to the library community.
http://aila.library.sd.gov/other/index.htm
Center For Indian Education
The purpose of the Center is to serve as a major research and resource
center in the field of Indian Education and related fields at the local,
state and national levels; and to provide various services to Indian communities
and the Arizona State University community of students, staff and faculty.
Be sure to check out their selected Dissertations regarding all aspects
of Indian Country.
http://coe.asu.edu/cie/
Bureau
of Indian Education
BIE has transformed from an organization whose primary goal was to implement
the assimilation policies of the Federal Government to one that recognizes
its unique commitment to serve the needs of American Indians. BIE is a
dynamic organization focused on the needs of the spiritual, physical,
emotional, and cognitive needs of the whole person. We honor the government-to-government
relationship between the Federal Government and American Indian nations
and fulfill our mission through this relationship.
Also contact for the BIE for JOM funding questions
http://www.oiep.bia.edu/bie/about_bie/index.cfm
2005
Fingertip Facts
http://www.oiep.bia.edu/bie/docs/2005%20Fingertip%20Facts%201.pdf
Interwest Equity Assistance
Center
To achieve equity in education by implementing a comprehensive program
that calls for the ultimate development of a school environment, including
parental and community participation, that models equitable treatment
of all citizens, respect and inclusion of diverse populations, and a commitment
to the premise that all students are capable of achieving high academic
standards.
Recommended by STAR for the successful removal of discrimination.
http://www.colostate.edu/programs/EAC/
National
Indian Education Association
"Keeping the Commitment to American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native
Hawaiians"
Welcome to the National Indian Education Association, the oldest and largest
Indian education representing American Indian, Alaska Natives, and Native
Hawaiian educators and students.
http://niea.org/history/educationhistory.php
Office of Indian
Education,
US Department of Education
The mission of the Office of Indian Education is to support the efforts
of local educational agencies, Indian tribes and organizations, postsecondary
institutions, and other entities to meet the unique educational and culturally
related academic needs of American Indians and Alaska Natives so that
these students can achieve to the same challenging state standards as
all students.
Be
sure to visit the button Materials
which includes: Culturally
Relevant Materials
http://www.indianeducation.org/index.cfm?c=15
Contact
the OIE for questions about the use, and misuse, of funding
http://www.indianeducation.org/
For
laws and contacts at the US Dept of Ed , Office of Indian Education
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oese/oie/index.html
To
report discrimination, The US Dept of Ed, Office of Civil Rights
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/faqs.html
OIE
National Indian Education Study/ The Nation's Report Card
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nies/
Impact
Aid Laws
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oese/impactaid/index.html
The
Tribal Education Departments National Assembly, Co.
(TEDNA),
is a new, non-profit organization. Its certificate of incorporation was
filed in Delaware on October 27, 2003.
TEDNA is a membership organization for the Education Departments of American
Indian and Alaska Native Tribes. The founding of TEDNA has been supported
by the Native American Rights Fund and the U.S. Department of Education's
Office of Indian Education.
http://tedna.org/
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