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Education witnesses urge expanded tribal control, stable funding for BIE and tribal schools
Summary
Curry Bird, president of the National Indian Education Association, told the committee that “sovereignty is the foundation of effective education in Indian Country,” and pressed for expanded tribal control and stable funding for tribal schools.
Curry Bird, president of the National Indian Education Association, told the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs that “sovereignty is the foundation of effective education in Indian Country,” and urged Congress to affirm tribal authority over education and to provide stable, advanced appropriations.
Bird said tribal children in Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) schools and in public schools face chronic…
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