National Conferences

Third National Meeting on Strengthening Partnerships for the Education of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Students, October 16-18, 2005, Rapid City, SD

• Agenda
• Conference Summary

Second National Meeting on Strengthening Partnerships for American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Student Education, August 8-11, 2004, Blaine, WA 

• Agenda

Planning Meetings

These meetings were designed to identify and build partnerships in an effort to improve Native American student performance. Planning meetings were used to obtain input from interested stakeholders regarding pertinent topic areas to be discussed at the national meeting.

May 2006 

• Agenda
• Meeting Summary
• Statement of Darla Marburger, Hearing on the Status of Indian Education, May 25, 2006
• National Indian Education Study, 2005, NAEP Charts
• American Indian Student Achievement in Western States: Patterns & Prescriptions (PowerPoint), Christopher D. Lohse, Montana OPI

May 2004 

• Agenda

April 2004 

• Agenda

February 2004 

• Agenda

April 2003 Brain Trust

At this meeting several stakeholders, including chief state school officers, academicians, and Native community leaders discussed a range of No Child Left Behind implementation challenges. Of equal importance was the range of best practice solutions presented by various practitioners and Native American presenters.

• Agenda
• Summary of Issues  
• PowerPoint Presentations
  • Best Practices for Teacher Development: Cultural Foundations of Indian Education, Iris Heavy Runner
  • Teacher Training Issues for American Indian Students, Joseph Martin
  • Teaching Language and Literacy to Native American Children, Jon Reyhner
• Research Bibliography