Native Education News Today

Students accuse private college of taking tuition without coming through with the courses

The Second Annual Elected Tribal Official Academy Training took place February 27-29, 2024, at the gorgeous ilani Casino Resort in Ridgefield, Washington, and hosted by the Cowlitz Tribe.

The overall fall-to-spring retention rate at MSUB was 78.5%; Native retention, however, was 72.1%.

Students in Aberdeen, Hoquiam, Native Ed programs get lessons on the first language

On Friday morning, in a classroom flanking the administrative office at Aberdeen High School, Cosette Terry-itewaste wrote five Quinault language phrases on a white board in black dry erase marker. …

A bill would name the Native history program after the late advocate, longtime state Sen. John McCoy (lulilaš), who inspired its creation.

Miranda Lopez remembers when she first learned about local Indigenous activist and athlete Rosalie Fish. Fish, a University of Washington runner from the Cowlitz Tribe, is nationally known for dedicating her races to Indigenous women who are missing or murdered, including her aunt. Lopez is from the same part of eastern Washington where Fish’s aunt […]

Miranda Lopez remembers when she first learned about local Indigenous activist and athlete Rosalie Fish. Fish, a University of Washington runner from the Cowlitz Tribe, is nationally known for dedicating

Although the Legislature mandated the curriculum in 2015, no deadline has been set for implementation. And while some districts are partnering with tribes to implement the curriculum, other tribal leaders

The National Indian Education Association (NIEA) announced the launch of the It Begins with Us campaign, a groundbreaking Education Sovereignty initiative, at the organization’s 54th Annual Convention and Tradeshow Opening Assembly in Albuquerque, New Mexico. NIEA is leading national movements to address the United States education crisis for all students. The organization recognizes that Native education is American education and that leading from Indigenous va...