National/Federal Education Organizations and Support:
American Indian College Fund
The American Indian College Fund's mission is to raise scholarship funds for American Indian students at qualified tribal colleges and universities and to generate broad awareness of those institutions and the Fund itself.
American Indian Education Foundation (AIEF)
Since 1997, the American Indian Education Foundation (AIEF) programs have supported Native American children's dreams of education, by providing the tools they need at every age to succeed in the classroom.
American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC)
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.
American Indian Library Association
The American Indian Library Association, an affiliate of the American Library Association, is a membership action group that addresses the library-related needs of American Indians and Alaska Natives.
American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES)
The AISES mission is "To substantially increase the representation of American Indian and Alaskan Natives in engineering, science and other related technology disciplines."
Bureau of Indian Affairs
The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) is a service organization devoted to providing quality education opportunities for American Indian people.
Digital Teacher Workshops for Teachers of Native American students
The U.S. Department of Education's Teacher-to-Teacher Initiative, in collaboration with Office of Indian Education, has launched the Digital Teacher Workshops for Teachers of Native American students. The workshops are designed to provide professional development opportunities for teachers of American Indians and Alaska Natives in all grade levels and content areas. The workshops support mastery of academic content and application by modeling strong teaching methods that have been successful in the classroom and providing a classroom application component, and additional resources. The workshops are available FREE online. The first workshops focus on literature, community outreach, and reading.
Good Minds.com
Educational Resources for Native American Studies, First Nations Studies, Indigenous Studies, and Aboriginal Studies.
Laguna Education Foundation
The Laguna Education Foundation actively explores the unique educational needs of native people and seeks to provide the necessary resources to support life long learning opportunities for tribal members of Laguna Pueblo.
National Congress of American Indians (NCAI)
The NCAI was founded in 1944 in response to termination and assimilation policies that the United States forced upon the tribal governments in contradiction of their treaty rights and status as sovereigns. NCAI stressed the need for unity and cooperation among tribal governments for the protection of their treaty and sovereign rights. Since 1944, the National Congress of American Indians has been working to inform the public and Congress on the governmental rights of American Indians and Alaska Natives.
Native American Journalists Association
The Native American Journalists Association serves and empowers Native journalists through programs and actions designed to enrich journalism and promote Native cultures.
NAJA recognizes Native Americans as distinct peoples based on tradition and culture. In this spirit, NAJA educates and unifies its membership through journalism programs that promote diversity and defends challenges to free press, speech and expression. NAJA is committed to increase the representation of Native journalists in mainstream media. NAJA encourages both mainstream and tribal media to attain the highest standards of professionalism, ethics and responsibility.
National Indian Education Association
The National Indian Education Association, a 501(c)(3) organization, was
founded in 1969 to support traditional Native cultures and values, to
enable Native learners to become contributing members of their
communities, to promote Native control of educational institutions, and
to improve educational opportunities and resources for American Indians,
Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians throughout the United States.
Society of American Indian Government Employees (SAIGE)
SAIGE was formed to promote recruitment, hiring, retention, development and advancement of American Indians and Alaska Natives in the Government workforce, and assist our respective agency/organization in fulfilling the Federal Trust Responsibility.
Te R�pū Whakahuau
Welcome to the website of Te R�pū Whakahau. We are an organization which unites Maori librarians and information specialists in Aotearoa New Zealand. We aim to teach, strengthen and unite us all no matter where we are, and to advocate for the improved management of M�ori workers, M�ori materials and M�ori clients.
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