Over 43 Years of Progress
Please share far and wide in your locale and network: An Honoring and Celebration of the life of “Grampa” Joe Smith will be held at: Three Rivers Lodge 13505 South Union Road Manteca, CA 95336 3:00 PM, Sunday, October 21, 2012 There will be a Potlach meal (just bring your favorite dish), ceremony, prayer, song, and [...]
Obituary JOSEPH SMITH (Muskogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma/Rosebud Lakota Sioux) Honored Elder Joseph Smith passed in Marysville California on October 9, 2012 on his 82nd birthday. Honored Elder Joseph Smith was born in Claremore, Oklahoma, in 1930. Son of Stanley Smith (Lakota), and Josephine Jacobs (Muscogee), and grandson of Joseph (Muscogee) and Nancy Jacobs (Muscogee), he lived [...]
Our Dear Friends of appropriate, valid, valuable, and relevant Indian Education; thank you for visiting our official site! Happy Holidays! As the year ends, so do our annual memberships. CIEA is nearly forty-five years young, so we’re here to stay. If your membership dues are up or you have friends and loved ones who would [...]
The Flexibility Act could potentially destroy Title VII funding for Indian education grants in that it could allow the Local Education Agencies to move that funding to the general coffers, no longer exclusively for Indian Education. –Clyde Hodge [...]
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Jeanna Spirou <jeannars@yahoo.com> wrote: Dear Executive Board, As of Saturday October 22, 2011, the preliminary findings are as follows: Northern Vice President: Donna Stapp Central Vice President: Willie Carrillo, Sr. Southern Vice President: Mary Levi The ballot count was conducted at the Manteca Title VII office. I, Jeanna Spirou chaired theelections committee meeting with President Clyde Hodge and [...]
h Election results for the CIEA 2011 General Membership Vote-by-mail Vice-Presidential Election are as follows: Northern Vice-President: Donna Stapp Central Vice-President: Willie Carrillo Southern Vice-President: Mary Levi If there are no challenges, the election will be certified on Thursday, October 27, 2011. Thank you to all who made this possible!
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Honored Elder CIEA Northern VP, CIEA Co-founder UC Davis Professor Emeritus Dr. Jack Forbes, UNA Founder Dr. Lehman Brightman
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