American Indian Education Knowledgbase

Bureau of Indian Education

This link is to the website for the Bureau of Indian Education.

American Indian Education: The Role of Tribal Education Departments (2009)

This 2009 report was written for the Institute of Educational Sciences (IES) by the Regional Education Laboratory Center administered by Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (MCREL).  The report describes the roles, responsibilities, organization and funding of Tribal Education Departments (TEDs), in Central Region states. Tribal education departments are departments within tribes responsible for the education of tribal members, created by sovereign governments of federally recognized American Indian tribes.  This report is intended to provide the Chiefs in the Central Region and their staffs with an overview of TEDs in order to support their work in improving educational outcomes for American Indian students and facilitate partnerships, collaborations, and further research.

Bureau of Indian Affairs Schools

The document offers information on the performance of the Bureau of Indian Affairs schools as reported in a September 2001 Government Accountability Office report.

2014 Native Youth Report

In June 2014, President Obama embarked on his first presidential visit to Indian Country, where he and Mrs. Obama witnessed the tale of two Americas. Standing Rock Reservation, like many others, faces myriad social, economic, and educational problems. Together, those problems are coalescing into a crisis for our most vulnerable population--Native youth. The specific struggles that Native youth face often go unmentioned in our nation's discussions about America's children, and that has to change. This report proposes some broad recommendations on opportunities for tribes to engage with other governmental entities and the private and nonprofit sectors to strengthen ladders of opportunity for youth and to help rebuild more prosperous, resilient tribal nations. In doing so, this report identifies areas where promising work is already taking place and where more work is needed.

The State of Indian Youth (2016)

In 2016, the Center for Native American Youth (CNAY) wanted to hear from even more of their stakeholders. That is why they launched the first-ever Generation Indigenous (Gen-I) online roundtable, a new online survey for Native youth that asks them to identify the priorities that matter to them and the resources that will help them succeed. CNAY fielded this survey over the summer and heard from nearly 700 Native youth under the age of 25. Throughout this report, the CNAY will be sharing the results of this survey. This is the first in a new yearly series of reports CNAY is calling The State of Native Youth. Every year, CNAY will share what we  learn through our community meetings, surveys, and other work with Native youth throughout the country. CNAY will also analyze the latest data and indicators of Native youth opportunity and success. Finally, and most important, this report will be a platform to lift up the voice of Native youth advocates and highlight the programs across Indian Country and the rest of the United States that are working to improve their lives.

Tribal Leaders Speak: The State of Indian Education (2010)

This 2010 Department of Education report details the consultations with Tribal Leaders in Indian Country by the Department of Education, an action which had never occurred before. The Obama administration committed to serve Native American Indian students better by collaborating with the people who know their students best; tribal leaders. During these consultations, tribal leaders addressed the following: failure to fulfill historic trust responsibilities; the "disconnect" between federal, state, and local government; insufficient funding; stressed the need to recruit and retain highly effective teachers and leaders; their need to collect and analyze student data; the impact of poverty and need for comprehensive student support; and the need for seamless cradle-to-career pipeline.

American Indian and Alaska Native-Serving Accredited PostSecondary Institutions

This Department of Education website provided a list of all Accredited American Indian and Alaska Native-Serving Postsecondary Minority Institutions.