May 4, 2021
Submitted Photo
Hunter Andes and Margret Yellowbird, teachers at White Shield High School, took White Shieldâs seventh, eighth, and Sahnish I and II classes to the ceremonial signing on April 28 of SB 2304 â a bill to require a unit of Native American history in K-12 education. Andes and Yellowbird have taken the students four times to support and testify in behalf of the bill.
NEW TOWN -A historic bill that will require North Dakota public and nonpublic schools to teach Native American history in their curriculums passed recently in the North Dakota Senate in a resounding victory for tribal communities, leaders, students and educators.