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All posts tagged "Native American"
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913NewsTribal college campuses are falling apart. The U.S. hasn’t fulfilled its promise to fund the schools.
The 37 tribal colleges across 14 states can't afford basic repairs and upgrades.
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1.8KNewsNative Americans turn to charter schools to reclaim their kids’ education
The Native American Community Academy network has big plans but faces growing pains.
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1.4KNewsAt graduations, Native American students seek acceptance of tribal regalia
Whether she could was up to her Oklahoma high school. Administrators told her no.
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1.5KOpinionSouth Dakota afterschool program shows the power of authentically responding to community needs
The Cheyenne River Youth Project has managed to access public funding bottlenecked in school budgets.
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621GrantsNative youth leadership development program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Native/Tribal Youth, Native/Tribal Communities, Youth Leadership/Development | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Apr. 30, 2023
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589GrantsNative community food system improvement grants
GRANT FOCUS: Native/Tribal Communities, Native/Tribal Youth, Food Access, Health, Rural Communities | Amount: Up to $32,000 | Deadline: Feb. 26, 2023
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2.1KNewsWind River Reservation schools lead the way in teaching new social studies standards in Wyoming
The new standards include the “cultural heritage, history and contemporary contributions of American Indians.”
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675GrantsNative youth aftercare support services grants
GRANT FOCUS: Native/Tribal Youth, Behavioral Health, Child/Youth Welfare, Sobriety, Aftercare | Amount: $600,000 | Deadline: Sept. 19, 2022
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3.5KNews‘Without language, we are nothing’: New Mexico to pay Native-language teachers equally
Today, students in New Mexico schools can study many of the eight indigenous languages of New Mexico’s 23 tribal entities. It’s an...
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1.3KNewsFirst pope, now US churches face boarding-school reckoning
As Native Americans cautiously welcome Pope Francis' historic apology for abuses at Catholic-run boarding schools for Indigenous children in Canada, U.S. churches...
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1.5KNewsNew Mexico to offer equal pay to Native American teachers
New Mexico will begin to offer equal pay to dozens of Indigenous language teachers as part of a new law aimed at...
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2.4KNewsNative activists hail passage of New Mexico Indian Family Protection Act
New Mexico lawmakers have passed a bill that strengthens protections for Native American children in state care. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is...
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3.2KOpinionNative American Children Protected in Groundbreaking Foster Care Settlement
For decades, we have repeated and recapitulated: Our nation’s foster care system is broken. New Mexico, which receives the lowest markers of...
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2.1KNewsNew Mexico Foster Care Intends to Become ‘Trauma Responsive’ in Lawsuit Settlement
New Mexico’s already low performance in child welfare hit rock bottom on Sept. 22, 2018: Thirteen foster youth, represented by Disability Rights...
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3.4KNewsCYFD Forging Ahead With Native American Court, Kinship Care
It’s nearing the close of normal business hours on a Wednesday afternoon at the Albuquerque, N.M., offices of the Children, Youth and...
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3.8KNewsNative American Court to Run Under Bigger Concept of Family
It’s already tough sledding for New Mexico children and families in the state’s fractured foster care and child welfare systems. Those challenges...
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3.9KOpinionIndian Child Welfare Act Needs to Be Supported to Help Foster Kids, Tribes
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals put on hold on Dec. 5 a ruling that would declare the Indian Child Welfare Act...
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7.8KNewsConcerns About Job Corps Safety Continue in Congress
Roughly two years after the homicides of two students prompted a congressional review of Job Corps, federal lawmakers continue to probe for...
