A bill brought by Rep. Jonathan Windy Boy aims to firm up Indian Education for All by establishing new requirements — for instruction and for reporting.
HELENA, Mont. (AP) Leo Thompson received plenty of love, food and shelter from the non-Native American family who raised them, but missed out on any exposure to their Indigenous culture, heritage, ancestors and community.
Montana spends $3.5 million a year to make sure that students in public schools learn about Indigenous culture in the classrooms. But an advocate told lawmakers on Monday that more than half of that funding for “Indian Education for All” has not been accounted for.
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