Education

Public School Won’t Display Grand Ronde Flag Without Payment

Kate Fort1 Comment

And meanwhile, over near Grand Ronde:

Leaders of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde have pressed the Willamina School Board for a decision on their request, calling it a positive gesture in a district where about a quarter of the students are Native American.

It was greeted in April by a counterproposal from the board’s chair, Craig Johnson: The tribe should pay the district $25,000 over five years to display the flag. Another board member, Ken Onstot, said displaying the tribal flag could be “semi-divisive” because only a quarter of the enrollment is Native American.

Videos Available from Indigenous Peacemaking Training

Victoria Sweet

The NARF Indigenous Peacemaking Initiative held a training in Catoosa, Oklahoma on October 6-7, 2014. NARF partnered with NAICJA and Columbia Law School for this training and is working on organizing future Peacemaking events.

Videos of the training are now available here.

Anishinaabe nibi inaakonigewin (water law) gathering

Victoria Sweet1 Comment

Announcement from Professor Aimée Craft:

I hope that you will consider joining us for the Anishinaabe nibi (water) gathering taking place in the Whiteshell this June. After a few years of gathering with Elders on a project relating to Anishinaabe nibi inaakonigewin (water law), we are inviting people to come and learn about water teachings in an outdoor teaching lodge format.  We want to focus on youth participation and attendance.

Please share with your networks and people you think would be interested in attending.  All are welcome. 

To RSVP and for questions: watergathering2015@gmail.com

*Also, please consider bringing a young person to accompany you or assist us with travel funding for youth.*

 Agenda – Nibi Gathering – June 2015

Map – Nibi Gathering

Poster Nibi Gathering

Washington State bill requiring tribal history, culture & government to be taught in public schools to be signed tomorrow

Ann Tweedy1 Comment

The bill will be signed tomorrow at 9:30. It should be one of the first bills on the list to be signed, so arrive early. Here’s the list: Bill Action May 8th

Op-Ed on Racist Attack on American Horse School Kids

Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment

Here is “Racism: An Open Wound for Native Students.”

WaPo News Profile Critical of Federally-Operated Indian Schools

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is “Federally-run Indian schools are in rough shape because of a broken bureaucracy.“

AIGC Now Accepting Cobell Scholarship Applications

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Press release here:

2015_04 AIGC Cobell Scholarship Fund

” Tribal Colleges Give Remarkable Return on Investment” – Indian Country Today

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Ryan Winn is the Humanities Department Chair at the College of Menominee Nation, and in an article published in Indian Country Today, he eloquently gives Ms. Sarah Butrymowicz of The Hechinger Report, the “what for” after she published a not-too-accurate article about success rates at tribal colleges. Mr. Winn’s response article can be found here, http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2015/03/23/tribal-colleges-give-remarkable-return-investment

 

Michigan Indian Education Critical Issues Conference

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Frank and Rochelle Ettawageshik



The “Indigi-Sisters”, including Eva Petoskey, Linda Woods, and Arlene Kashata



Owen and Emmett advertising for their mom and dad’s talks



Yup’ik Translation/Access to Justice Panel, Rural and Safety Justice Conference

Victoria Sweet

This panel explained the difficulties in finding accurate words in the Yup’ik language for court terminology, particularly in cases of sexual assault and domestic violence.

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Pictured above: Sophie Alexie, Instructor of Yup’ik Eskimo, University of Fairbanks, Kuskokwim Campus; Oscar Alexie, Assistant Professor Yup’ik Eskimo, University of Fairbanks, Kuskokwim Campus; Mary Beaver, Elder Advocate, Irniamta Ikayurviat-Children’s Advocacy Center at Tundra Women’s Coalition in Bethel; Kari Robinson, Language Access & Rural Domestic Violence Attorney with the Alaska Institute for Justice

Previous coverage here.