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Endings and Beginnings, Reuppings and Joinings

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 [...]

NIEA Supports the Opposition to the Flexibility Act (H.R. 2445)

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                                       [...]

Impressed

From Vaughn Vigiano, Harrill5774@gmail.com  I was actually just using some time browsing through the net for a bit of news and stumble’d upon your website. I am so impressed by the things that you have written on this blog. It tells me how well you understand this subject. Bookmarked this website, and will come back for more. [...]

CIEA Election Certified by Elections Chair

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 [...]

CIEA 2011 General Membership Vote-by-mail Vice-Presidential Election

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!

CIEA Member Receives 2011 CTA Jim Clark American Indian/Alaska Native Human Rights Award

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CIEA Cofounder, Prolific Writer, and NDN Education Activist UC Davis Professor Emeritus Dr. Jack E. Forbes Crosses Over

                              Honored Elder CIEA Northern VP, CIEA Co-founder UC Davis Professor Emeritus Dr. Jack Forbes, UNA Founder Dr. Lehman Brightman

Department of Interior upholds Sovereignty for the California Valley Miwok Tribe

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At AIM West: PRESIDENT BARAK OBAMA LENDS SUPPORT OF U.N. DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

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CIEA’s Newly Elected Executive Board

Dear Indian Country and Friends, It is my humbling joy to announce the names of the new CIEA Executive Board for the 2011-2012 term: President: Clyde Hodge Southern Vice-President: Marty Meeden Central Vice-President: Jeanna Spirou Northern Vice-President: Elder Joseph Smith Treasurer/Past President: Linda Billey-Sevedge Secretary: George Melendez Welcome, Local Indians for Education (LIFE) as our [...]