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00 CIS H 3416
TITLE: Examining
Education Programs Benefiting Native American Children
CIS-NO:
2000-H341-6
SOURCE: Committee on Education and the Workforce. House
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DATE: July 20, 1999
LENGTH:
iii+157 p.
CONG-SESS: 106-1
ITEM-NO: 1015-A; 1015-B
SUDOC: Y4.ED8/1:106-60
CIS DOCUMENT ON DEMAND: 1-800-227-2477
(Full Text Reproductions)
GPO-STOCK-NO: 552-070-24963-0.
SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No. 106-60. Hearing
before the Subcom on Early Childhood, Youth, and Families to examine BIA Indian
education programs and Department of Education assistance to State and local
agencies for elementary and secondary education programs for
Indian students, in connection with upcoming reauthorization of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965.
Supplementary material (p. 31-157) includes witnesses' written
statements.
CONTENT-NOTATION: Elem and secondary Indian
programs, extension and revision
DESCRIPTORS:
SUBCOM ON EARLY CHILDHOOD, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES.
HOUSE; ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION; INDIANS;
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS; FEDERAL AID TO STATES-EDUCATION; FEDERAL AID TO LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS-EDUCATION; DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY
EDUCATION ACT
00-H341-6 TESTIMONY NO: 1 July
20, 1999 p. 5-29, 43-156
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
CHRISTIE, JOE (Acting Director, Office of Indian Education
Programs, BIA)
POTVIN, ROSE E. (Coordinator, Family and
Child Education (FACE) Program, Hannahville Indian School, Wilson, Mich)
BLUEEYES, FAY (Director, Facilities, Shiprock Alternative
Schools, Shiprock, N.Mex)
SIMS, DONALD L. (Superintendent,
Riverside Indian School, Anadarko, Okla)
CHEEK, JOHN W.
(Executive Director, National Indian Education Association)
MURIE, SANDRA M. (Superintendent, Rocky Boy Public
Schools, Rocky Boy Indian Reservation, Box Elder, Mont)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Overview of BIA Indian
education programs; merits of FACE program, which provides family literacy
services in home and center-based settings (related materials, p. 63-70);
perspectives on BIA school system operations, with recommendations; experiences
of Riverside Indian School in Anadarko, Okla. with BIA education programs.
Concerns regarding Administration proposal to reauthorize
ESEA Indian education programs, with recommendations; issues related to Indian
education program funding.
INSERTION:
--
Navajo Nation, recommended changes regarding BIA Indian education programs, 1999
(p. 86-116).
CONTENT NOTATION:
Elem and
secondary Indian programs, extension and revision
TESTIMONY
DESCRIPTORS:
NATIONAL INDIAN EDUCATION ASSOCIATION;
FAMILIES; READING; OKLAHOMA; ANADARKO, OKLA.
LOAD-DATE:
May 11, 2000 
