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Arizona Mirror: President Biden apologizes for Indian boarding school era (November 1, 2024)

“It was long overdue,” said Crystalyne Curley, Speaker of the Navajo Nation Council.

NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (September 9, 2024)

There’s still time to register for the #NAFOAFall24 conference!

NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (September 3, 2024)

Get all the latest news on tribal finance and economic development from NAFOA.

Native America Calling: South Dakota faces criticism for stereotypes, disparities, and disrespect (June 20, 2024)

Is South Dakota peculiar, or is the state driving a trend in anti-Indian policies, sentiments and behaviors?

Cronkite News: Native students among those affected by financial aid snafus (May 31, 2024)

Defects with the federal application for financial aid have left countless students still unsure if they can afford college in the fall.

Native America Calling:Drive to dismantle college inclusion adds another barrier for Native students (May 14, 2024)

Following a U.S. Supreme Court decision ending affirmative action, several states are rushing to rid their higher education institutions of recruitment and inclusion programs that benefit Native students.

Native America Calling: Confronting persistent racism in North Dakota high school sports (March 27, 2024)

The Department of Education has opened a civil rights investigation into the treatment of Native athletes at public schools in North Dakota.

VIDEO: Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona at National Congress of American Indians (February 20, 2024)

Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona addresses the National Congress of American Indians on February 14, 2024.

Department of Education awards more than $10 million in Native education grants (October 17, 2023)

The Department of Education has awarded more than $10 million in grants to support Native languages, Native teachers and Native students.

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Congress set to help schools with Impact Aid funding amid COVID-19 (January 17, 2022)

A bipartisan bill that will help school districts with Indian Country students preserve their Impact Aid funding is set to clear the 117th Congress.

Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation works to preserve our language (December 13, 2021)

In our mission to save the Cherokee language, we cannot and we will not fail.

White House Tribal Nations Summit – Day One – November 15, 2021 (November 15, 2021)

The Joe Biden administration opens the White House Tribal Nations Summit on November 15, 2021.

Biden administration announces Native language initiative (November 15, 2021)

The U.S. Departments of the Interior, Education and Health and Human Services launched a new initiative to preserve, protect, and promote the rights and freedom of Native Americans to use, practice, and develop Native languages.

White House Fact Sheet: Building A New Era of Nation-to-Nation Engagement (November 15, 2021)

From the missing and murdered crisis to sacred sites, the Biden administration is touting its Indian Country agenda as it hosts the White House Tribal Nations Summit.

Aaron Payment: Biden administration updates Indian education initiative (October 15, 2021)

This past week was significant with the first presidential proclamation for Indigenous Peoples’ Day but the news unfortunately eclipsed another major policy announcement from President Joe Biden.