Set forth below are links to websites for major Indian organizations involved in education issues, as well as to resources on Native languages. [THIS SECTION IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION; MORE RESOURCES WILL BE ADDED IN THE NEAR FUTURE.]
National Indian Education Association (www.niea.org). The National Indian Education Association is the oldest and largest Indian organization dedicated to education issues. The NIEA played a central role in passage of the Esther B. Martinez Language Act of 2006 and remains the single most effective national entity on Native education issues. The NIEA website provides valuable information on its activities.
National Congress of American Indian (www.ncai.org). Founded in 1944, NCAI is the oldest, largest, and most representative tribal organization in the United States. NCAI advocates on behalf of more that 250 member tribal governments and thousands of individual members, calling for honorable fulfillment of US commitments to tribes and promoting a better understanding of American Indian and Alaska Native government, rights, and myriad lifeways. NCAI has strongly supported Indian country education initiatives. The NCAI website provides a wealth of resources on a broad range of issues affecting Native Americans.
American Indian Higher Education Consortium (
www.aihec.org). Founded in 1972 by the presidents of the nation’s first six Tribal Colleges, as an informal collaboration among member colleges, AIHEC has grown to represent 34 colleges in the United States and one Canadian institution. AIHEC’s mission is to support the work of these colleges and the national movement for tribal self-determination. Its mission statement, adopted in 1973, identifies four objectives: maintain commonly held standards of quality in American Indian education; support the development of new tribally controlled colleges; promote and assist in the development of legislation to support American Indian higher education; and encourage greater participation by American Indians in the development of higher education policy.
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