Post by Okwes on Jul 7, 2007 11:04:47 GMT -5
Plan To Promote American Indian Culture
South Dakota lawmakers have approved a plan to give South Dakotans a
better understanding of American Indian culture by making it a priority
in public schools.
Both legislative chambers passed a bill offered by Governor Rounds that
would set up an Indian Education Office and an Indian Education Advisory
Council with representatives from each of the state's nine tribes.
Marcia Zephier of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe is on the advisory
council. She says the legislation ensures that Indian education will be
a permanent part of the state content standards. Zephier teaches the
Native American Connections classes at Roosevelt High School in Sioux
Falls and says the new law will prompt individual school districts to
start programs in their schools.
South Dakota lawmakers have approved a plan to give South Dakotans a
better understanding of American Indian culture by making it a priority
in public schools.
Both legislative chambers passed a bill offered by Governor Rounds that
would set up an Indian Education Office and an Indian Education Advisory
Council with representatives from each of the state's nine tribes.
Marcia Zephier of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe is on the advisory
council. She says the legislation ensures that Indian education will be
a permanent part of the state content standards. Zephier teaches the
Native American Connections classes at Roosevelt High School in Sioux
Falls and says the new law will prompt individual school districts to
start programs in their schools.