President's Proposed 2014 Budget Better for Natives

Mark Trahant
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President Barack Obama’s budget request for 2014 does not roll back austerity...

Sequestration Grounds Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs

Gale Courey Toensing
March 27, 2013
Kevin Washburn, the Interior Department’s Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, could not attend the National Indian Gaming Association’s 28 th Annual Tradeshow and Convention in...

National Indian Education Association Names Cherokee Executive Director

Tanya Lee
September 19, 2012
The National Indian Education Association (NIEA) has selected Ahniwake Rose, Cherokee , as its new executive director. She will replace Dr...

National Indian Education Study Highlights Need for Changes

Tanya Lee
July 16, 2012
The National Indian Education Study 2011, published July 3, holds no surprises, but it does clearly indicate that more attention needs to be given to the education of elementary an...
David Beaulieu

The Obama Administration’s Blaming of American Indians as Policy

At February's National Indian Education Association (NIEA) Legislative Summit in Washington D.C., William Mendoza was asked about the administration’s proposal to move the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) to the Department of Education that had been floated at consultations with tribal l...

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