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Testimony of Patricia Whitefoot, President National Indian Education Association before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on the President's FY 2011 Budget Request
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Whitefoot, Patricia – National Indian Education Association, 2010
In this testimony, Patricia Whitefoot talks on behalf of the National Indian Education Association (NIEA) with regard to President Obama's Fiscal Year 2011 budget request. She describes how Native education still faces enormous challenges, including severe underfunding. Far too many students and schools continue to experience abject failure. NIEA…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Budgets, Federal Aid, Educational Finance
Testimony of Dr. Willard Sakiestewa Gilbert, President National Indian Education Association before the Education and Labor Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education on Challenges Facing Bureau of Indian Education Schools in Improving Student Achievement
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Gilbert, Willard Sakiestewa – National Indian Education Association, 2008
In this testimony, Dr. Willard Sakiestewa Gilbert talks on behalf of the National Indian Education Association with regard to the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) and challenges facing BIE schools in improving student achievement. Founded in 1969, the National Indian Education Association (NIEA) is the largest organization in the nation dedicated…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Public Schools, Academic Achievement, Public Agencies