EDUCATION NEWS 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