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21st
Century Community Learning Centers
U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige announced the award of nearly $206
million in new 21st Century Community Learning Center grants. The new
grants will go to 308 school districts, working in partnership with community-based
organizations, to establish centers in 1,420 rural and inner-city public
schools.
http://www.ed.gov/21stcclc/
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AACTE
Education Policy Clearinghouse
This site is designed to help users access information on education policy
at the national, regional, or state level.
http://www.edpolicy.org/
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Accredited
Online Colleges
Attending college online may seem risky, and online degree accreditation
can be confusing when you're just starting to pursue a degree. AccreditedOnlineColleges.org
aims to offer the web's best resource for finding online educational
opportunities. We are proud to host a searchable directory that will
help you find the colleges that fit your educational needs.
http://www.accreditedonlinecolleges.org
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Alfonso
Ortiz Research Center
Welcome to
the HomePage of the University of New Mexico Anthropology Department and
the Maxwell Museum’s National Endowment for the Humanities grant proposal
requesting funding for the Alfonso Ortiz Center for Intercultural Studies.
http://www.unm.edu/~rleonard/neh.htm
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America's
First Nations: American Indians in Social Studies Curricula
Featuring classroom-tested curricula on Native
Americans with reproducible copies of primary source documents from Marquette
University and elsewhere. These materials were created by select teacher-scholars
who participated in America's First Nations: American Indians in Social
Studies Curricula, a summer 2000 teacher institute hosted by Marquette
University and funded by National Endowment for the Humanities.
http://www.marquette.edu/library/neh/general/index.htm
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American
Indian Learning Styles Survey
This study is an exploratory effort to determine
current thinking about learning styles from the perspective of those groups
closely associated with American Indian students, i.e., teachers and administrators
of the schools attended by American Indian students. The study assumes
that there is a pervasive, but not clearly defined, understanding by practitioners
of learning styles relating to American Indian people. The purpose of
this study was to determine the extent of teacher knowledge about learning
styles and to determine the extent to which this knowledge is applied
in classrooms attended by American Indian students.
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/miscpubs/jeilms/vol13/americ13.htm
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American
Indian Math and Science Summer Camp
Students will interact with Native role models
and peers who share common interests in mathematics and science. They
will stay in Residence Halls on the Minneapolis campus. Classes, science
and computer labs will be available in Appleby Hall. In addition to classroom
activities, students will go on several field trips, learn about the connections
of their culture and the sciences and experience life on a major research
campus. Live-in camp counselors will be on duty 24 hours a day. All meals
will be provided.
http://www.gen.umn.edu/nativecamp
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American
Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES)
http://www.aises.org
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Blackfeet
Youth Initiative
BYI strives to break down stereotypes and inequalities
between Native Americans and non-Native Americans by building up youth
leaders in service to the Blackfeet Indian Reservation.
http://pubweb.nwu.edu/~oaj108/byinew/byihome
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Bureau
of Indian Affairs Educational Employment Board
http://www.biaeducationjobs.com
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Bureau
of Indian Affairs, Office Of Indian Education
The mission of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Office
of Indian Education Programs, is to provide quality education opportunities
from early childhood through life in accordance with 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. The Bureau shall manifest consideration of the whole person,
taking into account the spiritual, mental, physical and cultural aspects
of the person within family and Tribal or Alaska Native village contexts.
http://www.oiep.bia.edu/
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Burns
Telecommunications Center
The mission of the Burns Telecommunications Center
is to mobilize resources to acquire, integrate, demonstrate, and teach
applications for telecommunications and multi-media technologies that
will enhance education, business and personal growth.
http://btc.montana.edu/about/
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Camas
Institute
The Camas Institute, a chartered entity of the Kalispel
Tribe, provides educational and employment opportunities to Kalispel tribal
members, and other Native American people living on or near the Kalispel
lands and the general public. The institute provides vocational and occupational
training, community services, Indian culture and history education including
GED preparation and testing. Other activities and services will be expanding
into chemical dependency treatment and cultural exchanges.
http://www.camasinstitute.com/camasframe.htm
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Center
for Multilingual Multicultural Research
The Center is an organized research unit at the University of Southern
California, facilitating the research collaboration, dissemination and
professional development activities of faculty, students, and others across
School of Education, university and outside organizational lines. Faculty
in the Rossier School of Education developed the USC Center for Multilingual,
Multicultural Research in the Spring of 1983, as a result of deliberations
of the Dean's Task Force for Bilingual Crosscultural Education. The Center
provides a base for those interested in multilingual education, English-as-a
second language, and foreign language instruction, multicultural education
and related areas; and the opportunity to cometogether for research and
program collaboration.
http://www.usc.edu/dept/education/CMMR
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Changes
in American Indian Education: A Historical Retrospective for Educators
in the United States. ERIC Digest
THE BRIEF
RETROSPECTIVE in this Digest should interest all American educators concerned
with such enduring issues as equity and equality of educational opportunity,
local autonomy, community involvement, curriculum development, and the
relationship of cultural values to the way schooling is conducted in general.
http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed314228.html
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Characteristics
of American Indian and Alaska Native Education
American Indian and Alaska Native students comprise
approximately 1 percent of the total student population in the United
States. Consequently, these students, and the schools and staff that serve
them, are rarely represented in sufficient numbers in national education
studies to permit reliable and valid generalizations about their characteristics.
Additionally, because of tribal and linguistic diversity, geographic dispersion,
and preponderence in remote rural areas, researchers have found it too
costly to add supplemental samples of Indian schools and students to other
data collection programs.
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs97/97451.html
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Discover
Data Science
Our mission is to serve students by delivering accurate, high quality
information presented in a simple, clean format. We believe we have
assembled the most thorough listing of data science programs available.
https://www.discoverdatascience.org
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Drop-Out
Rates among American Indian and Alaska Native Students:
Although the transition to high
school poses difficulties for all students, American Indian/Alaska Native
(AI/AN) students regularly face additional obstacles that can impede their
progress in school. Indeed, according to a recent study, 25.4 percent
of AI/AN students who should have graduated in 1992 dropped out of school--the
highest percentage of all racial/ethnic groups in the U.S.
http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed388492.html
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EdTechNot.com
This site contains articles from leaders
in the field of educational technology on the merits and pitfalls of using
the technology in schools.
http://www.edtechnot.com
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Education
to Careers
We are going to provide you information and knowledge
on how to take advantage of Education and Career opportunities for fulfilling
Your Dreams.
http://www.education-to-careers.com/
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En'owkin Centre
A native controlled spiritually based cultural
educational resources organization and charity committed to reinstating
vital Native philosophy and practise into human living in all its aspects.
Our staff is qualified and skilled especially in developing and implementing
native mechanisms to achieve our objectives and goals. We are committed
to working with all peoples to achieve harmony and health within our communities.
The word En'owkin is a commitment to creating a new paradigm.
http://www.enowkincentre.ca/
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Exercise
for Teaching Diversity
We often think that teaching our children
about diversity is a long and difficult task. However as the following
exercise shows, it can be as simple as peeling a lemon:
http://www.adl.org/issue_education/hateprejudice/Prejudice7.html
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First
Americans for Grade Schoolers
About the site. This site was produced by Karen Martin, MA in Education
and member of the Muscogee Nation. Many people have offered ideas and
feedback including Ms. Casey, a 3rd grade Teacher at Cabello Elementary
School, Stephanie Fryberg, a Phd. student in sociology.
http://www.u.arizona.edu/ic/kmartin/School/
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Four
Directions
4Directions is a project administered by the Laguna
Department of Education which focuses on integrating Native American culture
and technology into education in a way that enables students to maintain
and learn their heritage while taking full advantage of their future
http://www.4directions.org/
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GEAR UP
The mission of GEAR UP is to significantly increase the number of low-income
students who are prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education
http://www.ed.gov/gearup/index.html
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Guide
to Online MBA Programs
For many people, the master's in business administration has become
synonymous with career advancement. Although the MBA may not be a guaranteed
ticket to success, it is an important tool that helps students and professionals
better understand and navigate the business world. For this reason,
the MBA – both online and traditional – is among the most
popular and accessible degrees in today’s colleges. This guide
to earning an MBA online lists the online master's degree programs in
the nation. It includes information about careers, education requirements,
and online degree specialties.
http://www.gograd.org/online-masters-programs/mba-degree/
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The
Institute of Ethnic Studies • College of Arts and Sciences
Ethnic
Studies refers to the investigation, exploration, and involvement with
those factors and areas that bear on the lives and experiences, both past
and present, of ethnically distinct minority groups in the U.S. The Institute
for Ethnic Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is composed of
three separate programs: Latino and Latin American Studies, African American
and African Studies, and Native American Studies. Although they operate
together under the leadership of a single Director, each program has its
own coordinator and plans its own curriculum and activities.
http://www.unl.edu/unlies/
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Interesting Things
for ESL Students
This site is a collection of activities, games,
and puzzles for students who study English as a second language.
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~itesls/
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Journal of American Indian
Education
The Journal of American Indian Education is a peer
reviewed scholarly journal, which publishes papers specifically related
to the education of American Indians and Alaska Natives.
http://jaie.asu.edu/
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Kidlink
Native Americans are invited to join Kidlink's Who-Am-I? educational program
in their languages. Out of 176 living languages listed, most are endangered,
and spoken by less than 2 million American Indians, Eskimos, and Aleuts.
http://www.kidlink.org
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Knife
River Indian Villages - Teachers Guide
The purpose of this Teacher's Guide is to provide history and social science
teachers, at all grade levels, with information and activities about the
American Indians of the Northern Plains, who lived in the area of the
Knife River where it enters the Missouri. This area is now Knife River
Indian Villages National Historic Site.
http://www.nps.gov/knri/teach/intro.htm
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Learning
from the Dakota
This guide for a Fifth Grade Social Studies Unit
is based on the book Painting the Dakota: Seth Eastman at Fort Snelling,
published by Afton Historical Society Press. The unit can be used as a
two week unit, but resources and activities are provided to expand the
unit. Teachers are encouraged to use this guide not as a fixed script,
but rather as a foundation from which to build.
http://www.ccsmdc.org/crp/edu.html
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Library
of Congress American Memory Project:
Each Learn More About It focuses on an individual
American Memory collection. Educators and historians from across the country
reviewed American Memory and generated ideas for these collections according
to their relevance to U.S. history, social studies, and language arts.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html
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Lifeskills Center
for Leadership
The LifeSkills Center for Leadership is comprised
of Native American Trainers dedicated to the growth and learning of Native
Youth. Educated in the field of Leadership Development and the Power of
Communication. Our team facilitates proven processes needed to empower
and encourage youth to reach their full potential.
http://www.lifeskills-center.org/
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Lit Site-Alaska
LitSite promotes literacy and reading in Alaska by displaying the writing
of Alaskans. Teachers or anyone interested in promoting literacy in a
community can use the instructional materials here.
http://litsite.alaska.edu/uaa
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Looking
At Ourselves and Others
Looking at Ourselves and Others, a revision of an
earlier World Wise Schools publication of the same title, introduces students
to the concepts of perspective, culture, and cross-cultural relations.
Specifically, the readings and activities in this guide are designed to
help students: Recognize and appreciate differences in perception among
individuals and cultures; Define culture and recognize its role in developing
perceptions of ourselves and others; Challenge assumptions, promote cross-cultural
awareness, and provide opportunities to practice the behaviors that make
cross-cultural communication possible.
http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/guides/looking/index.html
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The
Mexi'cayotl Indio Cultural Center
Danza Mexi'cayotl is composed of 25 dancers, musicians
and craft persons. The focus of Mexi'cayotl is the family. The majority
of dancers belong to families that comprise the dance circle. The young
unmarried dancers are for the most part college students interested in
entering the traditional Mexican Native American community. The ages of
the dancers range from 2 to 55 years.
http://www.mexicayotl.org/
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Milken Family Foundation
The purpose of the Milken Family Foundation
is to discover and advance inventive and effective ways of helping people
help themselves and those around them lead productive and satisfying lives.
http://www.mff.org/index.taf
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Museum of the Cherokee
We have a series of Cherokee language lessons available
for review and direct email.
http://www.cherokeemuseum.org/
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Nahuatl
Gateway
Over the years that Nahuat-l has been in existence
many subscribers have shared the fruits of their research. Most of these
are important resources for the study of Nahuatl.
http://www.mrs.umn.edu/academic/history/Nahuatl/gateway.html
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NAMES
NAMES is an innovative adult education project that
nurtures a reclaiming of individual power through the education process.
Thereby it provides opportunities for employment, job advancement, vocational
or college education, career-building, increased self-esteem, improved
leadership potential and cultural understanding.
http://www.alphacdc.com/names/
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Nizipuhwahsin
(Original Language) Center
Nizipuhwahsin (Original Language) Center is a
nationally recognized as a successful and effective model for Native language
immersion with a multi-generational approach. Nizipuhwahsin Center's mission
is to use the Blackfeet language as the tool (not object) of instruction
within a local context to produce fluent speakers of the Blackfeet language.
In operation since 1995, Nizipuhwahsin offers full day programming for
children age 5-12. Our objective is to develop highly skilled learners
who are knowledgeable in both Blackfeet and world academia.
http://www.pieganinstitute.org/nizipuh.htm
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National Aboriginal Achievement
Foundation
The National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation is a nationally registered
charitable organization created in 1985 by Mohawk conductor and composer
John Kim Bell. Now entering its 16th year, the Foundation has fulfilled
educational dreams for Aboriginal youth, placed the importance of education
and the abilities of Aboriginal people into the forefront, and built an
organization that is financially sound.
http://www.naaf.ca/
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National Indian Education
Association
The mission of the National Indian Education
Association 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 and Alaska Natives throughout
the United States.
http://www.niea.org/
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National
Indian Telecommunications Institute
The National Indian Telecommunications Institute is a dynamic, Native-founded
and run organization dedicated to using the power of electronic technologies
to provide American Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaskan Native communities
with extensive educational tools, equal opportunity and a strong voice
in self- determination.
http://numa.niti.org/
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Native Access
to Engineering
We envisage a world where the representation
of Aboriginal People among doctors, engineers, carpenters, entrepreneurs,
biotechnologists, scientists, computer specialists, artists, professors,
archaeologists and individuals in other careers is comparable to that
of any other segment of the population. Aboriginal leaders who signed
treaties earlier in our history sought education that would give their
children the knowledge and skills to participate as equals in the Canadian
economy that was emerging. We are still far from realizing this goal.
http://www.nativeaccess.com/start.htm
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Native
American Homeschool Association Web Site
For everyone wanting to know more...
http://www.expage.com/page/nahomeschool
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Native
Child
Develops Curriculum Material for Preschools
with a Focus on Native American Tribes; Resources for the Classroom PreK-3
http://www.nativechild.com/indextest.html
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Native Journal
A unique conference designed to excite
Native American high school and college students about journalism as a
career attracted 73 students and 24 student advisers to South Dakota’s
Black Hills April 27 and 28, 2000, and 112 students the second year, April
25 and 26, 2001.
http://www.nativejournal.com/
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Nunavut
Sivuniksavut
Nunavut Sivuniksavut is a unique eight-month college
program based in Ottawa. It is for Inuit youth from Nunavut who want to
get ready for the educational, training, and career opportunities that
are being created by the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement (NLCA) and the
new Government of Nunavut.
http://www.nstraining.ca/
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The
Nunavut Youth Abroad Program
The
Nunavut Youth Abroad Program (NYAP) helps to develop leadership, cross-cultural
awareness, career ideas, and international citizenship. The NYAP will
improve your ability to succeed in High School and life by providing a
life-changing and life-directing experience relevant to your needs and
aspirations. The program enables Nunavut youth to acquire concrete skills
in the areas of journalism, communications, environmental conservation,
office administration and management through work placements for credit
during placements in communities across Canada and around the world. These
skills are crucial if youth are to play a greater role in the decision-making
process of the new Nunavut territory.
http://www.web.net/~nyap/english.htm
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Principals
for conducting research
The following principles have been formulated to
provide guidance for researchers in the physical, biological and social
sciences and the humanities
http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/html/ethics.html
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Project
Willow
Understanding Native American Culture through
Enviromental Education
http://www.unr.edu/nnap/PW/pw_main.htm
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ProTeacher!
Native Americans lesson plans for elementary school teachers
Teachers, here's a site for you-lesson
plans, links, and activities for the elementary teacher
http://www.proteacher.com/090018.shtml
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Rethinking Schools
Fifteen years ago, a group of Milwaukee-area teachers had a vision. They
wanted not only to improve education in their own classrooms and schools,
but to help shape reform throughout the public school system in the United
States. Today that vision is embodied in Rethinking Schools.
http://www.rethinkingschools.org
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San Joaquin
River Intertribal Heritage Educational Corporation
The San Joaquin River Intertribal Heritage
Educational Corporation is dedicated to working with youth and adults
in the preservation of Native American philosophy, and has made a commitment
to preserving the ecology through hands on experience. The school offers
tours for schools and institutions as well as individuals.
http://www.bearvisions.com/SJRIHEC/
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Seventh
Generation Club
In schools across the province, First
Nations students are getting involved in a fast-growing phenomenon called
the Seventh Generation Club. Over 4000 students, ages 6 to 16 years, are
club members, and they get to take part in contests, pen-pal programs,
and reading programs.
http://www.seventhgenerationclub.com/
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Some
Rare and Radical Ideas for Keeping Indigenous Languages Alive
Dr. Littlebear's paper and poem are adapted from
a speech delivered at the Fourth Annual Stabilizing Indigenous Languages
Symposium at Flagstaff, Arizona, on May 2, 1997
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jar/RIL_1.html
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Sovereign Nations Preservation
Project
Non-profit Provider of Educational Media Benefiting
Native Americans
http://www.snppi.org/
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Students on Ice
STUDENTS ON ICE organizes unique learning expeditions
to the Antarctic and the Arctic. Our mandate is to provide students from
around the world with inspiring educational opportunities at the ends
of our earth, and in doing so, help them foster a new understanding and
respect for our planet.
http://www.studentsonice.com
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Surrounded
By Beauty - Arts of Native America
There is no equivalent in the many Native American
languages for the word art. Yet the objects here suggest that Native Americans
are a highly spiritual people who create objects of extraordinary beauty.
In Native American thought there is also no distinction between what is
beautiful or functional, and what is sacred or secular. Design goes far
beyond concerns of function, and beauty is much more than simple appearances.
http://www.artsmia.org/surrounded-by-beauty/
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Taking the Bully
by the Horns
In a recent study, 76.8% of the students said they had been bullied. And
14% of those who were bullied said they experienced severe (bad) reactions
to the abuse. It's time to take those bullies by the horns!
http://hometown.aol.com/kthynoll
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Teach
Tomorrow
Teach Tomorrow is a comprehensive site for those thinking about a career
in teaching, students looking for a teaching degree program, and teachers
who are relocating or looking to continue their education. Our staff
is passionate about education, and many of us are former teachers or
journalists who write regularly about education topics. No matter where
you are in your teaching career journey, we are here to help you succeed.
http://www.teachtomorrow.org
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Teaching
Diversity: A Place to Begin
We all want children to grow up in a world
free from bias and discrimination, to reach for their dreams and feel
that whatever they want to accomplish in life is possible. We want them
to feel loved and included and never to experience the pain of rejection
or exclusion. But the reality is that we do live in a world in which racism
and other forms of bias continue to affect us. Discrimination hurts and
leaves scars that can last a lifetime, affecting goals, ambitions, life
choices, and feelings of self-worth.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/teachdive/placetobegin.htm
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Tim Rollins
and K.O.S.
Tim Rollins and K.O.S. (Kids of Survival) have
worked together collaboratively since the early 1980s when Rollins, a
special ed teacher assigned to public school 52 in the South Bronx, established
the Art and Knowledge workshop for students with learning disabilities.
http://www.diacenter.org/kos/home.html
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TITLE
I -- NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGES ACT
The Congress finds that--the status of the
cultures and languages of native Americans is unique and the United States
has the responsibility to act together with Native Americans to ensure
the survival of these unique cultures and languages;
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/miscpubs/stabilize/ii-policy/nala1990.htm
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Tribal Library
Census and Needs Assessment Study
Why a Census of Tribal Libraries? In the
late 1990s, after fifteen years of planning, the state of California passed
the Library of California Act to establish a statewide multi-type library
resource sharing network.
http://www.csusm.edu/bbiggs/loc/
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Welcome to
Oyate
Oyate is not a bookstore. Oyate is a Native organization working to see
that our lives and histories are portrayed honestly, and so that all people
will know our stories belong to us.
http://www.oyate.org
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Welcome to The CRADLEBOARD
Teaching Project
The Cradleboard Teaching Project turns on the lights in public education
about Native American culture - past, present, and most important for
the children - the Future. It comes out of Indian country, and reaches
far beyond, into the mainstream classroom and into the future of education.
http://www.cradleboard.org/main.html
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Wisconsin Indian Education
Association
Promoting education and educationally
related opportunities for American Indian people in Wisconsin.
http://www.wiea.org/
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YET
SUN HEYWA
The University of Victoria's Maltwood Museum and
Art Gallery is proud to present its collection of Northwest Coast First
Nations prints. Having 2000 prints in their collection, this website was
established to make a small sample of this art globally accessible. The
goal is to present these images in a stimulating and informative manner
through SchoolNet. The user will encounter the art in the form of a game:
It is an educational art game. It will test the user's learning of the
Northwest Coast First Nations peoples and their art.
http://kafka.uvic.ca/~maltwood/nwcp/central/about.html
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Young
Native Scholars
http://sea.ucsd.edu/eaop/amind/application.htm
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