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EDUCATION
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Office of Elementary and Secondary Education-
Office of Indian Education
Ensuring No American Indian and Alaska Native Child Is Left Behind: The No Child Left Behind Act amends the Indian education programs as Title VII, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. This landmark in education reform embodies four key principles: stronger accountability for results; greater flexibility in the use of federal funds; more choices for parents of children from disadvantaged backgrounds; and an emphasis on research-based instruction that works.
White House Initiative on American Indians and Alaska Native Education
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Report on progress in Indian Country "Continuing the Progress in Tribal Communities"
National Congress of American IndiansUnited States Congress
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Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
The Committee has jurisdiction to study the unique problems of American Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native peoples and to propose legislation to alleviate these difficulties. These issues include, but are not limited to, Indian education, economic development, land management, trust responsibilities, health care, and claims against the United States. - House Committee on Natural Resources
The House Committee on Natural Resources, chaired by Doc Hastings of Washington, considers legislation about American energy production, mineral lands and mining, fisheries and wildlife, public lands, oceans, Native Americans, irrigation and reclamation.
U.S. Department of the Interior- Bureau of Indian Affairs
The United States has a unique legal and political relationship with Indian tribes and Alaska Native entities as provided by the Constitution of the United States, treaties, court decisions and Federal statutes. While the role of Indian Affairs has changed significantly in the last three decades in response to a greater emphasis on Indian self-governance and self-determination, Tribes still look to Indian Affairs for a broad spectrum of services. - Bureau of Indian Education
As stated in Title 25 CFR Part 32.3, BIE’s mission is to provide quality education opportunities from early childhood through life in accordance with a tribe’s needs for cultural and economic well-being, in keeping with the wide diversity of Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages as distinct cultural and governmental entities. Further, the BIE is to manifest consideration of the whole person by taking into account the spiritual, mental, physical, and cultural aspects of the individual within his or her family and tribal or village context.
Lets Move! in Indian CountryThroughout our country's history, Native communities have provided some of the best examples of healthy food and sustainable community-based practices. Many groups in Indian Country are continuing to lead by example by following traditional paths that have existed for thousands of years.
STATE
Arizona Commission of Indian Affairs-
Arizona Tribal Liaison List (Economic Development and Infrastructure; Environmental Resources; Human Services; Public Safety)
Arizona Tribal Nations DemographicsNative American reservations comprise more than one-quarter of the land in Arizona. This is an interactive map to learn more about the tribal nations in our state.
Arizona GovernmentLOCAL
Pima County
City of Tucson
University of Arizona-
Center for American Indian Resilience
The Center for American Indian Resilience (CAIR) is an Exploratory Center for Excellence. Northern Arizona University (NAU), University of Arizona (UA) and Diné College come together with community partners to understand, teach, and share stories of resilience in American Indian communities. - UANativeNet
NativeNet is designed to share the knowledge and expertise of the University of Arizona's work with Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples, and to deliver professional development and continuing legal education courses.
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