Direction for Native American education

"In 1998, President Clinton held a two-day conference on building economic self-determination in Indian communities. During the conference the Executive Order on American Indian and Alaskan Native Education was signed. The six goals of the order are to:

1. improve reading and mathematics
2. increase high school completion and post secondary attendance rate
3. reduce the influence of long standing factors that impede educational performance, such as poverty and substance abuse
4. create strong, safe, and drug-free school environments
5. improve science education
6. expand the use of educational technology"

Just an interesting tidbit of information. Since 1998, their really hasn't been too much controversy in the world of education.

Thorpe Award

Each year the top defensive back in college football is rewarded the Jim Thorpe award because he is considered one of the best there ever was

Hampton University

Some historical facts about Hampton University and its foundation.
http://www.hamptonu.edu/about/heritage.cfm

This is a story that Carol Hodgson wrote about her experience in the boarding schools. It talks about how horrible the school was.

http://www.twofrog.com/hodgson.html

Today in the lagniappe section of the newspaper there is an article about a new game based off of dantes inferno..yall should check it out!! Have a good weekend and dont forget about the boys bball game tonight at 7!

The Carlisle School

I found everything that we have been learning on the Carlisle School really interesting, so i thought i would post a link to their website with a picture of their students and the school here if any one wanted to get any more information on it:


http://home.epix.net/~landis/histry.html

Into the West

There was a miniseries in 2005 called "Into the West" which was produced by Steven Spielberg and Dreamworks, and follows the stories of two families, one White American and one Native American. The story intertwines real and fictional characters and events spanning the period of expansion of the United States in the American West, from 1825 to 1890. Richard Henry Pratt is a character in it, and he is

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played by Keith Carradine.

Wheaties

In "Our Spirits Don't Speak English," there is a Wheaties box in the background of the woman who is speaking. The Wheaties box does in fact have Jim Thorpe on the cover, and here is a closer view of it.

Jim Thorpe

Jim Thorpe is one of the greatest atheletes of all time. He went to the Olympics and also played football for the Carlisle Indian School. This is his official website.

This image shows the transformation Native Americans were forced to go through when they were attending boarding schools. Whites expected them to look and act more like them. Their hair had to be cut and they couldn't wear their traditional clothing.