Here is the opinion in Yellow Kidney v. Montana Office of Public Instruction:
Briefs here.
american indian education
Montana State Court Allows Suit Seeking Enforcement of State Law Requiring Native History and Culture to be Taught in State Schools
Here are the available materials in Yellow Kidney v. Montana State Office of Public Instruction (Mont. Dist. Ct.):
YK First Amended Complaint FINAL
034-Defendants’ Brief in Support of Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint
038-Brief in Opposition to MTD FINAL
039-Ds’ Joint Reply in Support of MTD
The district court denied the motion in court.
Claremont Graduate University American Indian Education Program
Claremont Native American Fellowship Program – School of Educational Studies
Applications being accepted now for a cohort starting in August 2022
Full funding & living support for Native Americans to earn their California K-12 teaching credential & MA in Education in as little as 12 months.
Post-graduation mentorship while CNA Fellow is meeting payback obligation by teaching in a school that serves a high population of Indian students.
Core online program works in conjunction with hands-on learning while CNA Fellow works in a school under guidance of a mentor teacher. Program can be completed from one’s home community.
See CNA Fellowship Program’s website or contact Melanie.Kerr@cgu.edu for more information.
NNO: ‘State of Michigan Fully Funds Michigan Indian Tuition Waiver with $12.7 Million’
“The MITW is a program enacted by Public Act 174 of 1976, which waives the tuition costs for eligible Native Americans in public community colleges or universities within Michigan. Up until 1995, the MITW was fully funded so that public state institutions will be reimbursed by the State of Michigan for tuition for Native American students who fulfilled the requirements. In 1995, then Michigan Governor John Engler sought to eliminate the program, but the state legislature overrode the governor’s decision with inadquate funding.
Tribal leaders have fought since the mid-1990s to have the program fully funded. After her election last November, Governor Whitmer made a commitment to tribal leaders she would put the MITW in her budget. She did so when she submitted her budget in February and the state legislature kept the line item to fund MITW in the budget.”
The Nation: “How America Is Failing Native American Students”
Here.
HuffPo: “America Spent Centuries Mistreating Native American Children. Trump Is Making It Worse.”
Here.
Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz: “The Miseducation of Native American Students”
In Education Week, here.
An excerpt:
While distortions and myths of Native American culture plague many schools, textbooks often fail to mention Native history after the 19th century. In a 2015 study, scholars Antonio Castro, Ryan Knowles, Sarah Shear, and Gregory Soden examined the state standards for teaching Native American history and culture in all 50 states and found that 87 percent of references to American Indians are in a pre-1900s context.
Five Red Cloud Indian School Students Earn Gates Millennium Scholarships
Who Won American Indian Law and Policy, 2014, Second Round, Bracket 2 of 4
Now we move on to the Category 2 quarterfinals.
#1 Indian Child Welfare Act v. #9 Indian country voting rights
The litigation and public policy juggernaut that is ICWA defeated federal Indian preemption(the previous generation’s juggernaut) with 64 percent of the vote. Indian country voting rights prevailed over Rule 19 with 62 percent of the vote. Where my Rule 19 peeps?
This one is an old-fashioned clash of civil rights.
#4 Indian gaming v. #5 Intra-tribal disputes
Indian gaming beat out internet gaming, barely, with only 90 percent of the vote. In a battle of bad news, intra-tribal disputes knocked out human trafficking with 2/3 of the vote.
Great match-up here. Can we have one without the other? Well, looking back at the ICRA cases of the 1970s, I’d say we don’t need much to generate intra-tribal disputes, heh heh.
#2 Tribal sovereign immunity v. #7 American Indian education
Sovereign immunity beat out alternative energy with 92 percent of the vote. Did it use a sword or a shield? Education, we all need, won with 63 percent; climate change, we don’t need it, was a no-show.
Which came first, immunity or the knowledge that sovereigns are immune? Bill Wood knows, I bet.
#3 VAWA v. #6 Tribal court exhaustion
VAWA took three-quarters of the vote from criminal sentencing. Can’t sentence without convicting first, right?Tribal court exhaustion won almost as easily, with 72 percent of the vote over the new general welfare legislation. Ironically, tribal court exhaustion is all about adjudicating even without jurisdiction. Now I’m confused.
Who Won Indian Law and Policy in 2014? First Round Bracket — 4 of 8
Whew, losing steam. Maybe finish round 1 tomorrow.
Here’s the second half of the Category 2 bracket.
# 2 Tribal sovereign immunity
Big winner in the Supreme Court.And perhaps SCOTUS has had its fill by denying some petitions, here, here (filed out of time), and here, and here.
Some other good cases for tribes: no waiver in gaming compact (California), and Minnesota, immunity from state tax foreclosures, immunity from third party subpoenas in federal court litigation, immunity of tribally owned payday lenders, and immunity from simple contract claims.
Some where tribal interests lost: waiver through removal to federal court, waiver by virtue of not being sufficiently governmental, waiver by Congress in Bankruptcy Act, waiver by purchase of insurance, no immunity of tribal governmental organizations, and no immunity from tribal court exhaustion.
And no, Western Sky is not immune from suit.
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# 15 Alternative energy
Solar power is controversial at Colorado River Indian Tribes, and wind energy at Osage. So quit messing with mineral estates and sacred sites, please!
# 7 American Indian education
2014 was the 60th year since Brown v. Board, and so Indian law programs are hosting conferences on Indian education (MSU, Kansas, and now Arizona State but that’s 2015). Dept. of Education did a listening tour. Cobell money. BIE reorganizing.
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# 10 Climate Change
Seems odd to seed this so low, but there’s no significant litigation out there pending (unless the Court grants cert in this), no administrative or legislative action. Depressing. There’s this:
Guidelines for Considering Traditional Knowledges in Climate Change Initiatives
UPDATE: Also, there’s this:
2014-12-24 FR CEQ NEPA draft climate effects guidance
# 3 Violence against Women Act
Good news in Alaska. Pascua going ahead full steam. Even Harvard paid attention. 2015 is when others can move ahead.
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# 14 Indian criminal sentencing
Sentencing disparities are prevalent. USSG is paying attention. CA8 Judge Bright believes this issue to be the biggest issue he faces.
# 6 Tribal court exhaustion
A solid year for tribal court exhaustion. Penobscot. Thlopthlocco Tribal Town. Caddo. Rosebud Sioux, twice.
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# 11 Tribal General Welfare Exclusion Act
Here.
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