IEFA June 2025 Compass Update
New Indian Education Legislation
Senate Bill 181: Generally revise Indian education for all laws
Senate Bill 224: Create Indigenous peoples day
Senate Bill 182: Generally revise MT Indian language preservation program
Indian Education for All Workshop - July 8 - 9, 2025 - Sponsored by Stone Child College and OPI. Join the SCC Department of Education as they host a two-day event focused on exploring culturally relevant IEFA resources. The event will be held on the Stone Child College Campus - Rocky Boy, Montana. Conference Registration
Free on-line IEFA professional development opportunity for the first 250 Montana teachers that sign up. Sponsored by the National Indian Education Association. Course overview and registration.
IEFA in the News - Students at Plenty Coups High School Keep Crow History Alive
Billings Public Schools IEFA Symposium – June 17, 2025 – Sky View High School – All teachers welcome – contact Calli Rusche-Nicholson for logistics and registration.
2025 OPI Summer Institute Montana State University- Bozeman June 16-19, 2025
Be sure to check out some of the Indian Education workshops:
Wed., June 18 10:15 AM-12:15 PM Activities for Native Language and Culture Inclusion Matt Bell, OPI
Wed., June 18 1:00-2:00 PM Brothers on Three: Book Study Lindsay Mahoney, MEd, OPI
Thurs., June 19 10:15 AM-12:15 PM Building Capacity for Effective Implementation of IEFA Mike Jetty, MEd & Julie Jeffers, OPI
Thurs., June 19 1:00-2:00 PM Dancing and Singing Traditions in Indian Country Mike Jetty, MEd and Carrie McNab, MS & Med, OPI
IEFA Humor
In the spirit of the upcoming powwow season….And so it was many years ago during Crow Fair there was a Crow woman who was on her way to Billings to pick up groceries for a feed. As she was driving out of Crow, she ran into a young woman looking for a ride to Billings and offered to bring her along. The young woman had a large bag with her and so the Crow woman asked her what she had, and the other woman said…”I got a new hand drum for my husband” The Crow woman looked at her and slowly replied… “…That’s a good trade…” 😊
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