A Plan for American Indian education in Montana : recommended goals

70 Pages·1991·3.4 MB·English

by  Montana Committee for American Indian Higher Education

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TRACKSTASKFORCE
Dr. CarrolKrause* Dr. WalterFleming*
formerCommissionerofHigherEducation Inter-Unit Committee
MontanaUniversitySystem MontanaState University
Mr. EdStamper,Director* Ms. MaryBearCloud*
RockyBoyTribal Education EducationSpecialist, CrowTribe
Ms. Beatrice McCarthy* Dr.John Hutchinson
formermemberBoard CommissionerofHigher Education
of Regents Montana UniversitySystem
Dr. DavidToppen Ms. EllenSwaney, Director
DeputyComm.forAcademicAffairs AmericanIndian/MinorityAchievement
Office ofthe Comm. ofHigherEd. Office ofthe Comm. ofHigherEd.
Ms. Rene' Dubay,Director Ms. NancyKeenan
EducationalTalentSearch Superintendent ofPublic
Officofthe Comm.ofHigherEd. Instruction
Ms. Dori Nielson, Sr. Educ.Analyst Mr. Bob Parsley, Ind. Educ.Specialist
Office ofPublic Instruction Office ofPublic Instruction
Mr.John Kinna Ms. DeborahLaCounte, Chairperson
BoardofPublicEducation MTComm. forAmerican Indian HigherEd.
Mr. Ernie BigHorn Mr. GaryFoster
Indian Dev. and Educ.Alliance Helena IndianAlliance
Dr. WayneStein Ms.Joyce Silverthorne
CenterforNativeAmerican Studies Tribal Education Committee
MontanaState University Confed.Salish & KootenaiTribes
Ms. Norma Bixby,Director Mr. DennisKimzey, Superintendent
No. Cheyenne CareerDev. Program Beaverhead CountyHigh School
(alsorepsMTAdvisoryCouncilfor (reps SchoolAdministratorsofMT)
Indian Education)
Mr. HaroldDustyBull,Administrator Ms. Sandra Murie,ActingSuperintendent
BlackfeetTribal Education Dept. RockyBoyPublicSchool
Ms. ElizabethWhite Man RunsHim Mr. DonovanArchambault, Chairman
Education Specialist,CrowTribe Fort Belknap CommunityCouncil
Mr. Loren "Bum" Stiffarm, Director Mr. DougSullivan,Superintendent
Fort BelknapEducation Dept. PoplarSchools
(alsoreps. MTIndian Educ.Assoc.) (represents ImpactAid Schools)
Dr. WilliamTietz,President Ms. Levon French
MontanaState University Educ. Dept., BureauofIndianAffairs
Dr. GarAmundson, DeanofInstruction Mr. LarryParker
Ft.PeckCommunityCollege Educ. Dept., Bureau ofIndianAffairs
(representsTribal Colleges)
Ms. BernadineWallace Ms. DarleneJohnson
MTUnited IndianAssociation Fort PeckTribal Education
Mr. Harold LaRoche,Exec. Director Mr. Kermit Schwanke
Little Shell ChippewaofMT Board ofRegents
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STATE OF MONTANA
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
BOARD OF REGENTS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION
OFFICE OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
OFFICE OFTHE COMMISSIONER OF HIGHER EDUCATION
The State Board of Education, consisting of the Board of Regents and the
Board of Public Education, together with the Office of Public Instruction and
the Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education, reaffirm our
constitutional commitment to equality of educational opportunity to each
person of the state and to preserving through educational goals the cultural
integrity ofAmerican Indians.
The respective boards, the Office of Public Instruction, and the Office of
the Commissioner of Higher Education intend to lead Montana into the 21s
century by taking action to increase graduation rates of all Montana students at
the public school and collegiate level, particularly American Indian and other
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American Indian Education in Montana: Recommended Goals and will
seriously consider recommendations made in this document as we work to
accomplish our goals.
We recognize the essential role played by Montana's tribal colleges and
express our Continued commitment to work closely with those institutions
toward our common goal ofeducational attainment for all people.
Signed this gjf day of VWtJn , 1991 by
Stan Stephens, Governor
President, State Boairrdd ooffEEdduuccaattiioonn
Thomas William L. Masters
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Chair
Chair
Board ofPublic Education Board of Regents
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John M. Hutchinson
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Commissioner ofHigher
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A PLAN FOR AMERICAN INDIAN
EDUCATION IN MONTANA
RECOMMENDED GOALS

MONTANA HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEMS
Office of Commissioner of Higher Education
33 South Last Chance Gulch
Helena, Montana 59620-3101
[phone]
FAX [phone]
MONTANAUNIVERSITYSYSTEM January 9, 1991
UniversityofMontana
Missoula
MontanaStateUniversity
Bozeman Dear Reader:
MontanaCollegeofMineral
ScienceandTechnology
Butte The Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education is pleased to
WesternMontanaCollege present this report on the status of American Indian education in the
oftheUniversityofMontana state of Montana. This document was initially funded by the Ford
Dillon SHEEO
Foundation via the (State Higher Education Executive Officers)
EasternMontanaCollege
Billings organization and completed under a grant from the Northwest Area
NorthernMontanaCollege Foundation. Without the financial support of the agencies this project
Havre would not have been possible.
MONTANAPOST-SECONDARY
VOCATIONAL-TECHNICALSYSTEM We wish to acknowledge the work of the many educators in the state
BillingsVo-TechCenter of Montana, Indian and non-Indian alike, who contributed countless
ButteVo-TechCenter
GreatFallsVo-TechCenter hours of meetings, travel, writing, discussion, and editing of this
We
HelenaVo-TechCenter document. especially acknowledge the work of Rene' Dubay,
MissoulaVo-TechCenter
Director of Talent Search, who wrote the initial grant and served as
MONTANAPUBLIC Project Director. We recognize the significant work of Deborah
COMMUNITYCOLLEGES* LaCounte, the former coordinator of the TRACKS project, and the
DawsonCommunityCollege primary author of this document. We also thank the TRACKS Task
Glendive
Force, the Board of Regents Task Force on Minorities, the Montana
MilesCommunityCollege
MilesCity Advisory Council on Indian Education, and the Montana Committee for
FlatheadValleyCommunity American Indian Higher Education for the time and effort they spent on
College this document. We also thank the authors and Advisory Council of the
Kalispell
Indian Culture Master Plan of 1975 for their document which was an
"Sharelocaland invaluable resource. And finally, we wish to thank Kevin Red Star who
stategovernance
donated the cover art work.
We look now to you, the reader, as a representative of the broader
Montana community to respond to this document. We encourage the
various entities addressed to respond in writing to the recommendations
by June of 1991, and urge ongoing attention to Indian issues in education
by all participants and respondents.
As we face the year 2000, it is only with the valuable input and ideas
of all the citizenry, including the American Indians in this state, that the
education system can meet the challenges we face as a society. We look
forward to working with you in the process and discovering the answers
together.
Sincerely,
/
/ John M. Hutchinson
/ / Commissioner of Higher Education
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Recommended Goals
Recommendations to the Governor 3
Recommendations to the Legislature 4
Recommendations to the Board 6
of Regents
Recommendations to the Board 10
of Public Education
Recommendations to the Office of 14
Public Instruction
Recommendations to Local Boards 18
ofTrustees
Conclusion 20
References 21
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Appendices - F 23
Glossary 56
Response Form 57
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