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Native American Education

Traci Jameson
AIS 1413
Sunny Hegwood
February 21, 2016

Education for Native Americans

The Indian Self Determination Act and Education Assistance Act of 1975. This act allowed the government to enter into contracts with, and makes grants directly to, federally recognized Indian tribes. This gave tribes the authority to now be able to operate their own schools. Currently, the Bureau of Indian Education reports that it oversees a total of 183 elementary, secondary, residential and peripheral dormitories across 23 states. 129 schools are tribally controlled under P.L. 93-638 Indian Self Determination Contracts or P.L. 100-297 Tribally Controlled Grant Schools Act. 54 schools are ...

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facilities is a major problem they are facing. Dilapidated buildings that are being used as education facilities on reservations have a major impact not only on the students but also the teachers there to help them. Teachers do not have the proper tools to teach such as books and computers. The teachers often have low morale when it comes to teaching the students. This in turn affects the ability of the student to learn.
The boarding School era has a lasting effect on Native American students today. The children were forbidden to speak their native language, they were brutalized emotionally, psychologically, physically and spiritually. The trauma of shame, fear and anger that Native American students faced in the boarding school era has passed from one generation to the next. The troubled history of Indian education and the negative effects entrenched poverty combined with the systematic challenges have effected Indian education. These things combined have resulted in lower ...

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