Publications and Resources
Strengthening Partnerships for Native American Student Education
Reports/Studies
Statement of Darla Marburger, Hearing on the Status of Indian Education, May 25, 2006
Report to the National INdian Education Association Regarding Recommendations for Tribal Education Department Provisions in the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, also known as the No Child Left Behind Act, TEDNA, February 12, 2006
High School Redesign and Native American Students Issue Paper, CCSSO, 2006.
An Overview of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) as an Impediment to Closing the Achievement Gap for Native American Students Under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, TEDNA, June 2005
National Indian Education Study, 2005, NAEP Charts
Strengthening Partnerships for American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Student Education Conference Proceedings, CCSSO, 2005.
A Quiet Crisis - Federal Funding and Unmet Needs in Indian Country, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, July 2003 (PDF format - use bookmarks to navigate to applicable sections of the document)
Effective Standards-Based Practices for Native American Students, Research Review, June 2003
Research on the Effects of Including Native Language and Culture in the Schools, Jerry Lipka, 2002
BIA and DOD [Department of Defense] Schools: Student Achievement and Other Characteristics Often Differ From Public Schools' (U.S. GAO), Sept. 2001
Family, Community, and School Impacts on American Indian and Alaska Native Students' Success, 2001 Research Review
Indian Nations at Risk: An Educational Strategy for Action, U.S. Dept. of Ed., 1991
Organizations and Assistance Centers
American Indian Higher Education Consortium
The American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC), founded in 1972 by the presidents of the nation’s first six Tribal Colleges, represents 34 colleges in the United States and one Canadian institution. Its mission is to support the work of these colleges and the national movement for tribal self-determination.
Bureau of Indian Affairs' Office of Indian Education Programs
The Office of Indian Education Programs (OIEP) is a service organization within the Department of the Interior that is devoted to providing quality education opportunities for American Indian people. Established in the latter part of the nineteenth century to carry out the federal government’s education commitment to Indian tribes, it has become the only national education system for American Indian children and adults. OIEP’s vision is to create a preeminent education school system by fulfilling its mission of serving children and their families from birth through life, working in partnership with Indian tribes, families, communities and American Indian education organizations.
Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning
Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) is a nationally recognized, private, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving education for all through applied research, product development, and service. McREL’s staff of educators and researchers focuses on providing the highest quality, field-tested, research-based products and services available in PreK-16 education today.
National Congress of American Indians
The National Congress of American Indians was founded in 1944 and is the oldest and largest tribal government organization in the United States. NCAI serves as a forum for consensus-based policy development among its membership of over 250 tribal governments from every region of the country. NCAI's mission is to inform the public and the federal government on tribal self-government, treaty rights, and a broad range of federal policy issues affecting tribal governments.
National Indian Education Association
National Indian Education Association (NIEA) was founded in 1969 to give Alaska Natives and Native Americans a national voice in their struggle to improve access to educational opportunities. NIEA desires to place control of Indian education in the hands of Indian people. The mission of NIEA is to support traditional Native cultures and values, to enable Native learners to become contributing members of their communities, to promote Native control of educational institutions, and to improve educational opportunities and resources for American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians throughout the United States.
National Indian School Board Association
The National Indian School Board Association’s mission is to support the mission of the Office of Indian Education Programs to provide quality education opportunities from early childhood through life in accordance with the Tribe's needs for cultural and economic well-being in keeping with the wide diversity of Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages as distinct cultural and governmental entities.
Native American Rights Fund
The Native American Rights Fund (NARF) is a non-profit 501c(3) organization that provides legal representation and technical assistance to Indian tribes, organizations and individuals nationwide - a constituency that often lacks access to the justice system. NARF focuses on applying existing laws and treaties to guarantee that national and state governments live up to their legal obligations.
Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL)
Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL) is an independent, nonprofit 501corporation that serves schools across the U.S. and its affiliates from Rhode Island to Palau. PREL seeks to bridge the gap between research, theory, and practice in education and works collaboratively with schools and school systems to provide services that range from curriculum development to assessment and evaluation.
Tribal Education Departments National Assembly (TEDNA)
The Tribal Education Departments National Assembly, Co. (TEDNA), is a new, non-profit organization. TEDNA is a membership organization for the Education Departments of American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Indian Education
The mission of the Office of Indian Education is to support the efforts of local educational agencies, Indian tribes and organizations, postsecondary institutions, and other entities to meet the unique educational and culturally related academic needs of American Indians and Alaska Natives so that these students can achieve to the same challenging state standards as all students.
Tools for Educators
Curriculum Sites
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Project Willow, Understanding Native American Culture through Environmental Education, Washoe Tribe
Instructional Practice
