{"id":19581,"date":"2022-01-06T12:00:04","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T17:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=19581"},"modified":"2022-01-06T12:00:05","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T17:00:05","slug":"bureau-of-indian-education-unveils-first-official-logo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/01\/06\/bureau-of-indian-education-unveils-first-official-logo\/","title":{"rendered":"Bureau of Indian Education unveils first official logo"},"content":{"rendered":" \"Bureau<\/a>\r\n
The official logo of the Bureau of Indian Education. Image courtesy BIE<\/figcaption>\r\n
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<\/p>\r\nThe Bureau of Indian Education<\/a> has unveiled its first official logo, based on a design from a student.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nThe logo [PNG<\/a>] is the BIE’s first since becoming a bureau in 2006. It features a shawl-wearing student on top of an open book, surrounded by the words \u201cCulture,\u201d \u201cKnowledge,\u201d and \u201cLeadership.\u201d \r\n

<\/P>\r\n\u201cThe Bureau of Indian Education is working to lay the foundation for the next generation of Native children to succeed,\u201d said Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland said in a news release<\/a> on Thursday. \u201cI\u2019m proud the BIE will have an official logo as it carries out its mission moving forward, and I\u2019m even more proud that it was designed by a BIE student — Kayla Jackson.\u201d \r\n

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Kayla Jackson, a graduate of Haskell Indian Nations University, submitted the initial design for the Bureau of Indian Education logo. Photo courtesy Kayla Jackson<\/figcaption><\/div><\/div>\r\n

<\/P>\r\n Jackson is a citizen of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe<\/a> who graduated from Haskell Indian Nations University<\/a>, a post-secondary institution that is part of the BIE system. Her design was selected following a competition that was open to students.\r\n

<\/p>\r\n\u201cThis design captures culture, knowledge, and leadership,\u201d Jackson said in the news release. \u201cThe open book represents lifelong learning. The Indigenous student is wearing a fancy shawl regalia including moccasins, ribbon skirt, shawl, yoke, beaded headband, and eagle feather with hair long and braids. The student embodies the spirit of their ancestors by dancing with honor and carrying out prayers with every step.\u201d \r\n

<\/p>\r\n\u201cThe eagles that are emblazoned on the shawl represent acknowledgement, strength, and determination. Finally, in the background there is the sun which gives us growth, abundance and hope,\u201d Jackson said. \r\n

<\/P>\r\nThe BIE was previously known as the Office of Indian Education Programs, which had been housed within the Bureau of Indian Affairs<\/a>. Both the BIE and the BIA are part of the Department of the Interior<\/a>, the federal agency with the most trust and treaty responsibilities to tribes and their citizens.\r\n

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